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Great someone is saying this: James Bond, not Bond James: why scientific publishing must respect name order www.nature.com/articles/d41...

James Bond, not Bond James: why scientific publishing must respect name order

Databases and submission systems are often inflexible. Can’t publishers do more on author names?

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On August 1, 1931, Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock published the first experimental proof that genes are physically located on chromosomes—a discovery that transformed genetics. 1/3🧵

We're still looking for a Fish Collection Manager at the Sam Noble Museum in Oklahoma! Apply by August 1st. #MuseumJobs #TeamFish jobs.ou.edu/jobs/curator...

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Crinoids as "living fossils" drives me crazy. Modern crinoids are more species-rich than extant primates and about twice as diverse as turtles. They live in habitats ranging from the deep sea to coral reefs. And they're quite morphologically & ecologically disparate if you understand how they live!

📢 Great news! We've extended the deadline for abstract submissions! We can't wait to see your latest research! 📅 New deadline: 13 July 2026 🌐 Submit your abstract 👉 www.ipc7.site #IPC7 #Palaeontology #Abstracts #Conference2026 #CapeTown #FossilScience

#FossilFriday Sections of the Carboniferous rugose coral Dibunophyllum bipartitum in black Frosterley Marble from County Durham at Peterborough Cathedral. This decorative limestone is seldom seen in churches as far south in England.

📣 Attention to U.S. Paleontologists! See you email for links to take action. #paleontology #geoscience #paleo

Registration for the American Society of Naturalists stand-alone meeting is now open! www.amnat2027.org The former Asilomar meeting will be held in a mansion on Long Island in Jan '27. Limit of 200 people. @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2026

Post one (1) photo of a painting that you took with your very own hands. This was taken by me in 2025 in 武汉 （Wuhan） at 黄鹤楼 （yellow crane tower）. I no longer remember the medium but it may not be “paint”.

Steve Wang@stevewang251.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Post one (1) photo of a painting that you took with your very own hands. One of my favorites, from the National Gallery of Art two weeks ago.

Legendary morphometrician Fred L. Bookstein (1947–2026) passed away (news by Hugo A. Benítez). Made the analysis of morphological shapes rigorous and mathematically justified. Paleontology here benefitted from the geometric morphometric innovations the most. 🧪 #EvoBio #Paleobio

Congratulations to this year’s Hamilton Award winner, Princeton Vaughn! @princetonvaughn.bsky.social www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

📖 Published📖 Challenging and diagnosing structured population models by testing predictions from stochastic demography🖥️ 🌱 🌍 🔎 Find out more:

Halfway done with this giant metal flower sculpture we’re creating for Hortus Arboretum. Come see it in situ on July 4th for Art in the Gardens hortusgardens.org/art-in-the-g...

ha ha. I cannot get over the weird and consistent morphology of these! Gorgeous! #bryozoanstoday Disporella www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Disporella from Rocher à la Voile, Nouméa 98800, New Caledonia on October 18, 2020 at 09:31 AM by Jean Roger

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oh! that's a gorgeous shot of a "derby hat" bryozoan! you can see the feeding structure sticking out from the skeleton #bryozoanstoday from my old stomping grounds in central California www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Derby Hat Bryozoan (Integripelta bilabiata)

Derby Hat Bryozoan from CA, US on December 5, 2025 at 04:19 PM by Ethan Ramsey

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Sad to hear of the passing of Robert Ricklefs - a giant of Ecology who simultaneously pushed forward big ideas at multiple biological levels yet took time for detailed natural history .. McGill does a nice job summarizing his impressive contributions 🌐🧪 dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...

Robert Ricklefs – in memoriam

Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…

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#TrilobiteTuesday Ampyx from the Ordovician of Asker, Norway. On display in the Geologisk Museum, Oslo.

The team for our artsdatabanken (Norwegian taxonomic initiative) project NorDigBryo visiting NHM Oslo in conjunction with Larwood Oslo #bryozoan this week. Thank you! We are up to 7000+ new digitized observations 300+ barcodes and maybe species nes to science!

#FossilFriday Silurian tabulate corals and crinoids in the stone facing of a building in Oslo. Braksøoya Formation from Brevik Quarry.

Larwood Oslo 2026 was a meeting of friends old and new! Thank you all! We have discovered so much together and there is so much more fun #bryozoan work awaiting! @bryozoology.bsky.social

Larwood Oslo 2026 begins with its icebreaker in three hours!! The bryozoans are ready! Courtesy of Carolann Schack!! #bryozoa @bryozoology.bsky.social @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social

Dennis Gordon from earth science NZ is ready for Larwood Oslo 2026 #bryozoa. See all you bryozoologists out there soon!! @bryozoology.bsky.social

Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era. A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.

Pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning was born #OnThisDay in 1799. Already ground-breaking by aged 12, she discovering the first correctly-identified ichthyosaur skeleton and helped revolutionise our understanding of the prehistoric Earth. She always worked with her dog, Tray. #WomenInSTEM

Happy to announce our new MSc in Earth System Dynamics and Evolution beginning this Oct 2026 at FAU Germany. We provide interdisciplinary training in Earth systems and science diplomacy 🌍🧪📈👩‍💻 📝 Funding provided by the Elite Network of Bavaria. Application deadline: July 15. More info below👇

Check out the talks for Larwood #bryozoan meeting 1-3 June 2026 www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese... Can’t wait to see old friends, meet new ones, and nerd out about our favourite animals and their evolution! @bryozoology.bsky.social Welcome to the Natural History Museum in Oslo!

Blanca Figuerola@bfiguerola.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really happy that I can finally attend the Larwood again! Looking forward to reconnecting with many bryozoologist colleagues, some I haven’t seen in a long time, & to listening to the talks in such an interesting program. Thanks @lhliow.bsky.social & @malihr.bsky.social for organizing it! #Bryozoa

🎓 IPC7 Travel Grants – Call for Applications The IPC7 organizers are pleased to announce the availability of Travel Grants to support delegates from any part of Africa, as well as from any developing country (worldwide) wishing to attend the IPC7. Don’t miss this opportunity!!

📣 10 days left to register for our workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology and Phylogenetics Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...