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Reconstructed phylogeny and morphometry suggest the European rock ant Temnothorax sordidulus (Müller, 1923) forms a ring species around the Dinaric Alps (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Myrmecol. News 36: 215-229 myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?…

Congratulations @Deepnb for pulling off this Microbial Ecology work on "Tracking Microbiome Composition and Stability Across Indian Social Honeybees Foraging in a Homogeneous Mustard Crop Landscape" Thanks @3CS_ashoka @MenonBioPhysics link.springer.com/article/10.100…

What can undergraduate classroom research reveal about a decades-old genetics problem? This project, driven by the tremendous efforts of graduate student @ale_samano11 , helped shed new light on a longstanding question in genetics. Read more: artsci.tamu.edu/news/2026/07/t…

The life history of recessive deleterious alleles as seen through the eyes of a honey bee (Apis mellifera) academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar… @MolBioEvol

1/ New book in the Springer Fascinating Life Science Series: Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes: Assembling the Most Diverse Continental Vertebrate Fauna. 46 coauthors, 21 chapters, 2 editors, 1 long argument. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Deep in the lush forests of Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lives a rare monkey that has long evaded scientists and even most local communities. Only few have witnessed the black, orange-mouthed primate quietly perching high in the canopy. Now, following years of determined fieldwork, researchers have concluded the elusive animal—christened “Likweli,” the name given to it by the local Balanga people—is a new species. It’s only the fifth species of African monkey discovered in the past 75 years, and the second from Lomami, researchers report. Learn more: scim.ag/454psv5

If you want an up-to-date summary of whale and dolphin evolution, have a read of my new review paper in @NatRevBiodiv! I’ve tried to cover as much research as possible in this, so apologies if I’ve missed you! nature.com/articles/s4435…

9/ These data evaluate prominent theories on the ecology and evolution of South American freshwater fishes. Eigenmann’s Uplands Origins hypothesis downstream colonization from highland ancestors; Smith’s Lowland Origins hypothesis upstream colonization from lowland ancestors

The Campus Biodiversity Register is #CitizenScience program & use @inaturalist, @Team_eBird @seasonwatch_in apps. I strongly encourage colleagues from Indian HEIs to join this initiatives.

Adaptation across an extreme elevational gradient in Andean leaf-eared mice, the world’s highest-dwelling mammal | Science science.org/doi/full/10.11…

"Whether the male and female strategies are associated with morphological, physiological, or behavioural traits beyond the dimorphism in gamete size is an important question, but this issue is independent of the definition of biological sex." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

How did primate hand function evolve? 🐒 Hamate bone morphology suggests natural selection shaped key hand traits linked to grip & locomotion. Suspensory behaviors evolved independently in gibbons & great apes Hunter et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar…

Math and science needs more visualization and less equations. This paper is so beautiful bc you don’t get wrapped up in syntactical garbage. I feel like so many people like equations because they look and feel esoteric and make people feel Really Smart when they are in reality a really lossy means of idea communication. It is so easy to apply derivative rules via notation and remember the simple tricks but actually understanding the nuance behind the chain rule for instance is so much deeper than a d/dx. This is one reason it’s so much easier to learn things talking w Claude it’ll just tell you what the idea actually is. And the ideas are infinitely more interesting than the hieroglyphs we use to try to convey the meaning. NEVER think about math in terms of notation. Think in terms of spaces and gradients and shapes and curves. It is so much more rewarding. arxiv.org/abs/2206.07867

A proposed solar power plant near the Banni grasslands of Kachchh has sparked concerns over its ecological impact and triggered opposition from local communities. Ronak Gajjar reports. india.mongabay.com/2026/07/propos…

Mating strategies shape tropical plants' invasive ability phys.org/news/2026-07-s… via @physorg_com

Are you a new follower, or simply would like to learn more about what the impact of the Darwin Tree of Life project? Our project is delivered by experts across the tree of life and genomics. Learn about the impact of our project in this summary report⤵️ zenodo.org/records/194971…

Protecting their habitat could safeguard more than 700 vertebrate species and 1.1 gigatons of carbon nature.com/articles/d4415…

While the #EthiopianWolves is famous for hunting rodents in the Afro-alpine moorlands, they also have a lesser-known craving. This stunning shot captures two wolves tapping into a sweet, high-energy resource: the nectar of the endemic Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia foliosa)! @KyKebero

The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… @PNASNews

Catching a glimpse of the elegant #EthiopianWolf in its natural element at #BaleMountainsNationalPark. A master of the highlands. @kykebero @claudiosillero @marinojorgelina @donjean_leandri @ewca_eth @WildCRU_Ox @DinkeneshEth @canidae_jlee2 @VisitOromia @Arctic_paws @ESA_org