#NewSpecies!
New microsnail from #thailand just crawled in:

Hypselostoma pongrati

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/095F7E0C-6B70-5DEC-8E9E-F734D112E162
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.160661
#ZooKeys #HypselostomaPongrati

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #microsnail

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #madagascar just snuck in:

Brachytarsophrys wui

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191F853-62A6-5190-97FC-CAFDBA47261A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachytarsophrysWui

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #madagascar just snuck in:

Brachytarsophrys wui

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7191F853-62A6-5190-97FC-CAFDBA47261A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.161437
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #BrachytarsophrysWui

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

#NewSpecies!
New bloodworm from #australia just surfaced:

Marphysa tompaulingi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087CB-FF9C-FFE5-8AD1-5F92FEA9FD1E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.2.1
#Zootaxa #MarphysaTompaulingi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #worms #annelida #baitworms #bloodworms

#NewSpecies!
New mirine plant bug from #japan just snuck in:

Itoigawacoris venustulus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E26F781A-FFA2-695F-FF5A-158642096AC7
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.6
#Zootaxa #ItoigawacorisVenustulus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #bugs

#NewSpecies!
New mirine plant bug from #japan just snuck in:

Itoigawacoris venustulus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E26F781A-FFA2-695F-FF5A-158642096AC7
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.6
#Zootaxa #ItoigawacorisVenustulus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #bugs

#NewSpecies!
New bloodworm from #australia just surfaced:

Marphysa tompaulingi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087CB-FF9C-FFE5-8AD1-5F92FEA9FD1E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.2.1
#Zootaxa #MarphysaTompaulingi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #worms #annelida #baitworms #bloodworms

#NewSpecies!
New catfish from #china just surfaced:

Glyptothorax pulcher

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/42181E21-239D-5B4C-A653-47D6A01F22B5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.167142
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #GlyptothoraxPulcher

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #catfish

#NewSpecies!
New catfish from #china just surfaced:

Glyptothorax pulcher

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/42181E21-239D-5B4C-A653-47D6A01F22B5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.167142
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #GlyptothoraxPulcher

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #catfish

#NewSpecies!
New microsnail from #thailand just crawled in:

Hypselostoma pongrati

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/095F7E0C-6B70-5DEC-8E9E-F734D112E162
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.160661
#ZooKeys #HypselostomaPongrati

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #microsnail

#NewSpecies!
New beetle from #china just snuck in:

Lagria cordata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7BDBC43A-A9E4-5D25-826D-24283005A878
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.171898
#ZooKeys #LagriaCordata

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs

Just remember that the dichotomous keys that we use in taxonomy are "choose-your-adventure" stories.

#biology #taxonomy

Just remember that the dichotomous keys that we use in taxonomy are "choose-your-adventure" stories.

#biology #taxonomy

#NewSpecies!
New beetle from #china just snuck in:

Lagria cordata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7BDBC43A-A9E4-5D25-826D-24283005A878
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.171898
#ZooKeys #LagriaCordata

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs

Billions of years ago, #life crossed a threshold. Single cells started to band together, and a world of formless, unicellular life was on course to evolve into the riot of shapes and functions of multicellular life today, from ants to pear trees to people.

It's a transition as momentous as any in the history of life, and until recently we had no idea how it happened.

But the momentous transition to #multicellular life may not have been so hard after all.

The evidence comes from multiple directions. The evolutionary histories of some groups of organisms record repeated transitions from single-celled to multicellular forms, suggesting the hurdles could not have been so high.

Genetic comparisons between simple multicellular organisms and their single-celled relatives have revealed that much of the molecular equipment needed for cells to band together and coordinate their activities may have been in place well before multicellularity evolved.

And clever experiments have shown that in the test tube, single-celled life can evolve the beginnings of multicellularity in just a few hundred generations—an evolutionary instant.

#biology #evolution
https://www.science.org/content/article/momentous-transition-multicellular-life-may-not-have-been-so-hard-after-all

Billions of years ago, #life crossed a threshold. Single cells started to band together, and a world of formless, unicellular life was on course to evolve into the riot of shapes and functions of multicellular life today, from ants to pear trees to people.

It's a transition as momentous as any in the history of life, and until recently we had no idea how it happened.

But the momentous transition to #multicellular life may not have been so hard after all.

The evidence comes from multiple directions. The evolutionary histories of some groups of organisms record repeated transitions from single-celled to multicellular forms, suggesting the hurdles could not have been so high.

Genetic comparisons between simple multicellular organisms and their single-celled relatives have revealed that much of the molecular equipment needed for cells to band together and coordinate their activities may have been in place well before multicellularity evolved.

And clever experiments have shown that in the test tube, single-celled life can evolve the beginnings of multicellularity in just a few hundred generations—an evolutionary instant.

#biology #evolution
https://www.science.org/content/article/momentous-transition-multicellular-life-may-not-have-been-so-hard-after-all

It was great to welcome to SNOLAB a new winter class of #students and share with them pieces of the #SNOLAB science portfolio. I loved the questions afterward about #neutrino mass measurement!

#science #darkmatter #biology #medicine #undergroundlab

I've been a practicing scientist since 1990, and it never ceases to amaze me just how much time it takes to pull together a journal manuscript. These two figures alone took about 16 hours (it's how I spent this weekend)--and that doesn't count the time spent practicing to get to the point that I could get this quality of images. Whew! Done!

These are the palps and epigyne of wolf spiders, documenting a new species.

#spiders #nature #science #biology