What makes this parrot look green? It's more than just a pigment! We found that the color comes from the interaction of pigments, nano- and even microstructures of the feather itself. @jessica-dobson.bsky.social @michaelnicolai.bsky.social @wybouw.bsky.social @lilianadalba.bsky.social.
How are different parts of the solar spectrum linked in animal reflectance? That is the question we asked in our latest study led by @jgoldenbergevo.bsky.social, published in @journal-evo.bsky.social open access link: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Color and Near‐Infrared Reflectance Covary in Distinct Ways Across Taxa
Solar reflectance across ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths was analyzed in integuments and eggs of 322 species. We found consistent positive correlations between UV and visible refl...
dx.doi.org
Starting of with Phasmedia - Wietse Chanet talking about his work!
Big day today for the stick insect enthousiasts. Day filled with interesting talks and many bugs! @tbuescher.bsky.social
Back again with more cool mammal updates, this time in maybe the coolest mammal - the platypus! Thrilled to share the second chapter of my PhD, out today in Biology Letters. We found spherical hollow melanosomes in the fur of the platypus, maybe a total vertebrate first! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!
Mammal colours boring? Guess again (mostly a note to myself). Superstar Jess has been finding iridescence colours across mammals! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Multilayer thin-film produces recurrent evolution of iridescence in mammals | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Iridescent coloration is a vibrant structural colour that is widespread in nature, but in mammals is thought to be limited. Although multiple rodent and Eulipotyphlan species have been anecdotally des...
royalsocietypublishing.org
Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting our research on phasmid eggs at the international stick insect meeting organized at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. A big thanks to the organizers for the opportunity and creating such an amazing event!
Wonderful opening talk on phasmid egg colouration by @gdebruyn.bsky.social at the yearly International Stick Insect Meeting.
As an early career researcher there is no better feeling than seeing someone cited your paper who isn’t a coauthor.
a bird is wearing a green and yellow outfit with a microphone on it
ALT: a bird is wearing a green and yellow outfit with a microphone on it
media.tenor.com
🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is a major collaborative effort, involving 8 countries across 3 continents 🌎🌍🌏
Color evolution wasn’t inevitable - was it? In a recent article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore some of the latest research on how animals and plants co-evolved to bring vibrant colors into our world theconversation.com/why-did-life...
Why did life evolve to be so colourful? Research is starting to give us some answers
If evolution had taken a different turn, nature would be missing some colours.
theconversation.com
We are very excited to share our new paper in Science! We show that a diverse group of Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals all had darkly-colored fur. Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning! 🧵 (1/6) @science.org
In our newest paper we highlight the similarities and differences in biomineralization patterns of different animals eggshells! pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
