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Microbial Partnerships in Entomology and Beyond
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (478+ words) The complex and often intimate associations between insects, spiders, and arachnids and their microbial partners have emerged as a central theme in modern entomology and symbiosis research, offering. .. Thank you for visiting nature. com. You are using a browser version…...
Mummified early Permian reptile reveals ancient amniote breathing apparatus
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (1506+ words) Perry, S. F. & Sander, M. Reconstructing the evolution of the respiratory apparatus in tetrapods. Resp. Physiol. Neurobiol. 144, 125139 (2004). Striedter, G. F. & Northcutt, R. G. Brains Through Time: A Natural History of Vertebrates (Oxford Academic, 2019) Buchwitz, M. , Jansen, M. , Renaudie, J. , Marchetti, L. & &Voigt, S. Evolutionary change in locomotion close to the origin of…...
Shell game: Neanderthal use of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Last Interglacial landscape of Neumark-Nord (Germany) - Scientific Reports
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (476+ words) In addition, the Neumark-Nord 2 excavation yielded four elements of the plastron and 20 elements of the carapace, as well as one shell fragment that could not be identified further. The specimens represent an MNI of 4 (see Fig. 3; Table2). Number of identified specimens…...
How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (877+ words) Marla Broadfoot is a science writer and editor in Wendell, North Carolina. Specks of eraser dust contain enough DNA to identify the animal products used to in books. Credit: Courtesy of The John Rylands Library University of Manchester The volume…...
Pincer movement: fossil pushes origins of chelicerate arthropods back to the Cambrian period
1+ week, 4+ day ago (288+ words) James C. Lamsdell is in the Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA. Lamsdell, J. C. , Briggs, D. E. G. , Liu, H. P. , Witzke, B. J. & Mc Kay, R. M. Sci. Nat. 102, 63 (2015). Butterfield, N. J. Bio Essays 28, 11611166 (2006). Briggs, D. E. G. & Collins, D. Palaeontology 31, 779798 (1988). Aria, C. & Caron, J. -B. BMC Evol. Biol. 17, 261 (2017). Aria, C. & Caron, J. -B. Nature 573, 586589 (2019). Tanaka,…...
A chelicera-bearing arthropod reveals the Cambrian origin of chelicerates
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1639+ words) Sharma, P. P. & Gavish-Regev, E. The evolutionary biology of Chelicerata. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 70, 143163 (2025). Dunlop, J. A. & Arango, C. P. Pycnogonid affinities: a review. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 43, 821 (2005). Waloszek, D. & Dunlop, J. A. A larval sea spider (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Upper Cambrian "Orsten" of Sweden, and the phylogenetic position of…...
A comprehensive dated phylogeny of China's vascular plants reveals a hidden global biodiversity hotspot - Nature Ecology & Evolution
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1741+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article Pleistocene climatic dynamics are inferred to have spurred rapid diversification of young, geographically restricted species, as median divergence age of endemic species is significantly younger than widespread species (4. 8 Ma vs 7. 2 Ma, P State Key…...
Rapid mid-Cretaceous diversification of squid and cuttlefish preceded radiation into coastal niches - Nature Ecology & Evolution
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1719+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article Each vertical line represents one of 5, 533 one-to-one OGs found in all six species. Lineage-specific rearrangements are evident in Sepiolida and Idiosepiida. See also Supplementary Note 3 and Extended Data Fig. 5. The arrow indicates the sex…...
Oceanographic connectivity strongly restricts future range expansions of critical marine forest species - npj Biodiversity
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1545+ words) Comparison of unrestricted versus restricted dispersal by oceanographic connectivity using a propagule duration period of 20 days, within the reported range of the species" dispersal potential56, 71. Pecl, G. T. et al. Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being. Science 355, eaai9214 (2017). Pinsky,…...
Kristina M. Gjerde (19572025) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
2+ week, 2+ day ago (217+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article Lawyer who was instrumental in securing protection for the high seas and the deep ocean. Gjerde, K. M. Int. J. Mar. Coast. Law 27, 839847 (2012). Mengerink, K. J. et al. Science 344, 696698 (2014). Gjerde, K. M. et al. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity…...