Thanks for the mention but i think it started even before, with Guillem noticing the odd white lizard when speccing thousands of them in Pyrenees...it been a long journey and we should all celebrate! Huge win, @premdaguilar.bsky.social !

Jindra Brejcha@jindrabrejcha.bsky.social · last mo.

🧪 Happy @sciencecharles.bsky.social that this study made it to @pnas.org , it was a real conundrum to solve and it all begun with poster by @abalosaurus.bsky.social 🦎🦎🦎. Good job @premdaguilar.bsky.social and many thanks to @evolgen.bsky.social and Ethology Lab @uv.es. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Lizards and the colors we can’t see! 🦎✨ Juvenile Podarcis muralis undergo ontogenetic color changes that are invisible to humans but perceptible to conspecifics, likely functioning as social signals. #Herpetology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

It is out, it is out! Our study on neural crest cells and micro to macroevolution in lizard skull 🦎

Evolution Letters@evolletters.bsky.social · 7mo ago

How does development shape skull evolution? In lizards, neural crest–derived skull bones drive rapid sexually selected shape change within species but show long-term constraint, revealing developmental bias linking micro- and macroevolution. Image Credit: Wikimedia academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

High-energy particles streaming through space can damage DNA and increase cancer risk, but antioxidants, tardigrades and hibernation could help astronauts make the journey safely.

Before trips to Mars, we need better protection from cosmic rays

High-energy particles streaming through space can damage DNA and increase cancer risk, but antioxidants, tardigrades and hibernation could help astronauts make the journey safely.

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How does development shape skull evolution? In lizards, neural crest–derived skull bones drive rapid sexually selected shape change within species but show long-term constraint, revealing developmental bias linking micro- and macroevolution. Image Credit: Wikimedia academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

Two new Science studies on lizard coloration reveal how a delicate interplay of genetics, environment, and social dynamics can either preserve or erase polymorphic diversity in species. 📄: https://scim.ag/4srYKHi 📄: https://scim.ag/4qCcsWn

🧪 Check this if you are interested in the convoluted evolution of lacertid colours. Yes, I know, we missed a unique opportunity opportunity to call the phenomenon "Chromatic Barrier of the Appennines", which totally sounds like a badass DnD spell. #evolution #colsci #lizard #sexualselection

Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Interactions similar to rock-paper-scissors help maintain color diversity in some lizard species, but the introduction of a dominant new phenotype can disrupt this balance and lead to color loss. doi.org/hbhxh4

🦚🔪"The Handicap Principle [HP] is the only theory in modern biology to our knowledge that is anti-Darwinian... The time is long overdue to reject HP/costly signalling paradigm... the longest non-Darwinian detour in the history of modern biology"

A general signalling theory: why honest signals are explained by trade-offs rather than costs or handicaps

Abstract. Honest signals have long posed a challenge for evolutionary biologists to explain. Here we propose a general Darwinian theory of signalling, Sign

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Se acaba de publicar cierto artículo de la ganadora del I concurso de comunicación científica de la @ucciuv.bsky.social, @bartolomealicia.bsky.social #ciencia #divulgacion #reptiles #bienestaranimal theconversation.com/reptiles-los...

Reptiles, los grandes olvidados: cómo mejorar su bienestar ayuda a cambiar su mala imagen

Tenemos una percepción estereotipada de los reptiles como animales extraños y poco inteligentes que no se corresponde con la realidad y que puede influir en el trato deficiente que reciben en cautivid...

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Today I found out that the sex pheromones of Aplysia (a genus of extremely large sea slugs) are called: • Enticin 🌶️ • Attractin 👁️🫦👁️ • Temptin 🌺 • Seductin 🔥 And I find that wonderful. Please vote for your favorite. Credits to Trystam Wyatt's book on Pheromones and Animal Behavior. #ethology

🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?! Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴‍☠️ [Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ] (1/n)

Check this piece published on @theguardian.com featuring the awesome work of an international team (pics by @rgarciaroa.bsky.social lens) on butterflies 🦋 coloration and deforestation 🌲🪓 in the Amazon As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

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Round 4 of surveys for the Mt Lyell #salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus). We were able to sample 7 salamanders this time, including a juvenile! #herpetology #herps #amphibians

📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Many wall lizards briefly sport bright blue tails as predator decoys after hatching. Our new study shows their throats and bellies also change color, yet at wavelengths invisible to humans! Could other species, too, undergo such cryptic shifts? @uv.es @ucciuv.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4rjfmde9 🧪🦎

Thrilled to see *National Geographic* highlight the wall lizards living in Cincinnati and our research on these little guys! www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... #WalliesWorld

10 lizards were smuggled into Cincinnati in a sock. Now there are tens of thousands.

Native to Europe, common wall lizards are growing bigger, faster, and more resilient in Ohio. Scientists say the city itself may be driving their evolution.

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Watch #BiologyLetters author Avery Maune talk about new research revealing that urbanization can reshape social behaviour in the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis): cassyni.com/events/3Hp2U... #AnimalBehaviour #ethology

Royal Society Publishing@royalsocietypublishing.org · 10mo ago

City lizards are more social. In a new paper in #BiologyLetters, social network analysis revealed that urban lizards have more social connections and stronger bonds than their non-urban counterparts. buff.ly/kqf2YfZ | #Behaviour #UrbanEcology

Protección frente al alarmismo agrario: la tortuga mora, rehén del ruido político en la Región de Murcia www.eldiario.es/1_c103ac?utm...

Protección frente al alarmismo agrario: la tortuga mora, rehén del ruido político en la Región de Murcia

El plan de conservación de esta especie ha encendido un fuego cruzado en el campo: mientras científicos y ecologistas reclaman medidas urgentes para salvarla, Vox agita el miedo entre los agricultores...

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ESTO ES IMPORTANTÍSIMO Euskadi suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula ante la situación crítica de la especie Un paso crucial para lo conservación de la anguila, tomada en el territorio donde su consumo tiene más arraigo @miteco.gob.es y otras CCAA, os toca www.europapress.es/euskadi/noti...

Gobierno Vasco suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula de 2025-2026 ante la situación "crítica" de la especie

El Departamento de Alimentación, Desarrollo Rural, Agricultura y Pesca del Gobierno Vasco se ha reunido...

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Aquí podéis encontrar una nota de prensa sobre nuestro ultimo artículo. Muchas gracias al equipo de @ucciuv.bsky.social #divulgacion #lagartijas #color #desarrollo www.uv.es/uvweb/univer...

Universidad de Valencia

La UV, fundada en 1499, es una de las universidades más antiguas de España. Es una universidad pública, moderna e innovadora orientada a la docencia y a la investigación en casi todos los ámbitos del ...

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📖Published📖 Roemer et al. propose a comprehensive evaluation of the limits and possibilities of passive acoustic monitoring of bats, identifying knowledge gaps and practice barriers, and highlighting novel ideas that may revolutionise practices🦇👇 buff.ly/l8DGN7X 🌍 🧪

After a lot of time spent in the darkness of the wind tunnel, the results finally see the light. I'm very excited to share what will become the first chapter of my thesis. Energy conversion efficiency peaks at intermediate flight speed in a migratory songbird www.cell.com/current-biol...

Energy conversion efficiency peaks at intermediate flight speed in a migratory songbird

Using in vivo measurements of thrush nightingales flying in a wind tunnel, Macias-Torres et al. show that energy conversion efficiency varies with airspeed following a concave function, with a maximum...

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🧪 New paper out! Growing up, wall lizards undergo a UV-visible “awkward phase” (who doesn’t?) that we can’t see—but they can. These ontogenetic color changes may mediate juvenile–adult interactions by delaying the onset of adult social signals. doi.org/10.1002/jez.... #colsci #lizard #ontogeny

Cryptic Ontogenetic Changes in the Ventral Coloration of a Color Polymorphic Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)

Wall lizards' ventral coloration undergoes cryptic ontogenetic color changes invisible without UV vision. We tracked wall lizards from hatching to one year of age. Spectrophotometry and visual modeli...

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333 wolf packs in Spain, 12% increase from the previous census (>10y ago). Sadly, local governments are approving 20% culls (targeting adult mothers for extra damage, ofc). The official excuse: preventing food waste. I kid you not. #lobovivo #loboprotegido #wolf elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

El nuevo censo del lobo detecta 333 manadas en España, un aumento de 36 que no garantiza su futuro

Lejos de los 500 grupos necesarios para que sea viable genéticamente, el ministerio asegura que la especie está en “estado desfavorable” y que no se debería estar cazando

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It's out! Read about how to combine advanced animal vision modelling and colour pattern analysis with comparative phylogenetic methods in arguably some of the most incredible critters in the ocean: doi.org/10.1111/1365.... Amazing work with amazing people! #colsci #micaToolbox #AnimalEcology

Diel activity correlates with colour pattern morphology of heterobranch sea slugs

The authors show that daytime activity fundamentally shapes the appearance of prey animals to potential predators and that colour pattern phenotypes likely associated with visual signalling are predo....

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La osadía de llamar cobarde a un toro (un animal social y doméstico) por rehuir el maltrato en la plaza. Pobre Antonio, quiere que los toros pongan de su parte en su sangriento espectáculo amañado. La tauromaquia, como los gladiadores: mejor en el cine y los cuadros, donde nadie sufre @elpais.com

Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n

Practical advice on variable selection and reporting using Akaike information criterion: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #ecology

📸Capturing Ecology 2025 is OPEN ⭐️Our renowned photography competition is back for another year, showcasing stories of ecological triumph, challenge and resilience. 📷@rgarciaroa.bsky.social