#taxonomy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #taxonomy, aggregated by home.social.
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#speciation #taxonomy #habitat
"How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past
Evolutionary biologists are uncovering genomic mechanisms that allow populations to adapt quickly to different, hyperlocal habitats without splitting into new species.
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Around 50 years earlier, the botanist Göte Turesson had had a similar revelation in a similar setting. As he walked Sweden’s shores, he noticed that saltbush plants from different stretches of coastline had distinct traits — earlier or later flowering times, or shorter or longer stalks — and between habitats, those traits fell somewhere in the middle. He bred the plants in his home garden and found that these distinct traits had a genetic basis even though they arose from the same species. In 1922, he published his results (opens a new tab) and coined the term 'ecotype' to describe a subpopulation of a species adapted to a hyperlocal habitat.
At that time, the definition of a species was even less clear than it is today. Genes were still theoretical, and the structure of DNA wouldn’t be discovered for another 30 years. Turesson 'struggled to be accepted,' said Johannesson, now the director of Tjärnö Marine Laboratory at the University of Gothenberg. How can a species contain multiple distinct phenotypes — or sets of traits — without separating into two species? 'He had quite a job to try to convince his colleagues that there were inherited differences and local adaptation within species,' she said."
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-ecotypes-harbor-the-genetic-memory-of-a-species-past-20260521/
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319 years ago today #CarlLinnaeus was born. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of taxonomy.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Taxonomy #Botany #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #SciComm @princetonupress
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319 years ago today #CarlLinnaeus was born. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of taxonomy.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Taxonomy #Botany #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #SciComm @princetonupress
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319 years ago today #CarlLinnaeus was born. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of taxonomy.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Taxonomy #Botany #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #SciComm @princetonupress
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319 years ago today #CarlLinnaeus was born. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of taxonomy.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Taxonomy #Botany #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #SciComm @princetonupress
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319 years ago today #CarlLinnaeus was born. The scholarly #biography The Man Who Organized Nature provides a full immersion in his life, revealing the polymath behind his reputation as the father of taxonomy.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Taxonomy #Botany #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #SciComm @princetonupress
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I must have missed a memo on #virus #taxonomy. Why are #ebolaviruses named with the species first and the genus second, such as "Zaire ebolavirus":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire_ebolavirus German wiki also gives the option: Orthoebolavirus zairense ?see also: Orthohantavirus sinnombreense vs. Sin Nombre hantavirus
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Very niche taxonomy pet peeve: authors who don't distinguish between the author citation associated with a name, and citations of publications where a name is used.
How are readers meant to tell which of these names are misapplied and which are true synonyms?
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🐘🌊 Marine biologist David Harasti officially identified the hairy ghost #pipefish after 20 years of searching the #GreatBarrierReef.
Named Solenostomus snuffleupagus for its shaggy resemblance to the #SesameStreet character, this master of #camouflage uses thick skin filaments to blend into #coral, evading researchers for decades.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snuffleupagus-fish-sesame-street/
#marinebiology #science #nature #antarctica #research #oceanography #wildlife #taxonomy #biodiversity #exploration
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🐘🌊 Marine biologist David Harasti officially identified the hairy ghost #pipefish after 20 years of searching the #GreatBarrierReef.
Named Solenostomus snuffleupagus for its shaggy resemblance to the #SesameStreet character, this master of #camouflage uses thick skin filaments to blend into #coral, evading researchers for decades.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snuffleupagus-fish-sesame-street/
#marinebiology #science #nature #antarctica #research #oceanography #wildlife #taxonomy #biodiversity #exploration
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🐘🌊 Marine biologist David Harasti officially identified the hairy ghost #pipefish after 20 years of searching the #GreatBarrierReef.
Named Solenostomus snuffleupagus for its shaggy resemblance to the #SesameStreet character, this master of #camouflage uses thick skin filaments to blend into #coral, evading researchers for decades.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snuffleupagus-fish-sesame-street/
#marinebiology #science #nature #antarctica #research #oceanography #wildlife #taxonomy #biodiversity #exploration
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🐘🌊 Marine biologist David Harasti officially identified the hairy ghost #pipefish after 20 years of searching the #GreatBarrierReef.
Named Solenostomus snuffleupagus for its shaggy resemblance to the #SesameStreet character, this master of #camouflage uses thick skin filaments to blend into #coral, evading researchers for decades.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snuffleupagus-fish-sesame-street/
#marinebiology #science #nature #antarctica #research #oceanography #wildlife #taxonomy #biodiversity #exploration
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🐘🌊 Marine biologist David Harasti officially identified the hairy ghost #pipefish after 20 years of searching the #GreatBarrierReef.
Named Solenostomus snuffleupagus for its shaggy resemblance to the #SesameStreet character, this master of #camouflage uses thick skin filaments to blend into #coral, evading researchers for decades.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snuffleupagus-fish-sesame-street/
#marinebiology #science #nature #antarctica #research #oceanography #wildlife #taxonomy #biodiversity #exploration
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People who write code are programmers. They program.
People who really love to write code and take pleasure in elegant systems of codified thought are hackers. They hack.
But vibe coders... We need a word for what they do, and I've come up with some possibilities, but I can't decide. Can you help?
What do vibe coders do?
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People who write code are programmers. They program.
People who really love to write code and take pleasure in elegant systems of codified thought are hackers. They hack.
But vibe coders... We need a word for what they do, and I've come up with some possibilities, but I can't decide. Can you help?
What do vibe coders do?
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People who write code are programmers. They program.
People who really love to write code and take pleasure in elegant systems of codified thought are hackers. They hack.
But vibe coders... We need a word for what they do, and I've come up with some possibilities, but I can't decide. Can you help?
What do vibe coders do?
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People who write code are programmers. They program.
People who really love to write code and take pleasure in elegant systems of codified thought are hackers. They hack.
But vibe coders... We need a word for what they do, and I've come up with some possibilities, but I can't decide. Can you help?
What do vibe coders do?
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People who write code are programmers. They program.
People who really love to write code and take pleasure in elegant systems of codified thought are hackers. They hack.
But vibe coders... We need a word for what they do, and I've come up with some possibilities, but I can't decide. Can you help?
What do vibe coders do?
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Visual #taxonomy of #Hantavirus (ICTV, as of May 10 '26), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/05/visual-taxonomy-of-hantavirus-ictv-as.html
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🐝🎂 Scientists at the Natural #History Museum in #London named a new genus and species of parasitic #wasp to honor Sir #DavidAttenborough for his 100th birthday.
The specimen was collected in #Chile in 1983 and remained in a #museum collection for over 40 years before its unique traits were identified. The wasp is about 3.5 mm long and has a T-shaped mark on its abdomen.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/david-attenborough-100-birthday-wasp/
#science #nature #biology #insects #biodiversity #taxonomy #museums #discovery #learning #wildlife
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🐝🎂 Scientists at the Natural #History Museum in #London named a new genus and species of parasitic #wasp to honor Sir #DavidAttenborough for his 100th birthday.
The specimen was collected in #Chile in 1983 and remained in a #museum collection for over 40 years before its unique traits were identified. The wasp is about 3.5 mm long and has a T-shaped mark on its abdomen.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/david-attenborough-100-birthday-wasp/
#science #nature #biology #insects #biodiversity #taxonomy #museums #discovery #learning #wildlife
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🐝🎂 Scientists at the Natural #History Museum in #London named a new genus and species of parasitic #wasp to honor Sir #DavidAttenborough for his 100th birthday.
The specimen was collected in #Chile in 1983 and remained in a #museum collection for over 40 years before its unique traits were identified. The wasp is about 3.5 mm long and has a T-shaped mark on its abdomen.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/david-attenborough-100-birthday-wasp/
#science #nature #biology #insects #biodiversity #taxonomy #museums #discovery #learning #wildlife
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🐝🎂 Scientists at the Natural #History Museum in #London named a new genus and species of parasitic #wasp to honor Sir #DavidAttenborough for his 100th birthday.
The specimen was collected in #Chile in 1983 and remained in a #museum collection for over 40 years before its unique traits were identified. The wasp is about 3.5 mm long and has a T-shaped mark on its abdomen.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/david-attenborough-100-birthday-wasp/
#science #nature #biology #insects #biodiversity #taxonomy #museums #discovery #learning #wildlife
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🐝🎂 Scientists at the Natural #History Museum in #London named a new genus and species of parasitic #wasp to honor Sir #DavidAttenborough for his 100th birthday.
The specimen was collected in #Chile in 1983 and remained in a #museum collection for over 40 years before its unique traits were identified. The wasp is about 3.5 mm long and has a T-shaped mark on its abdomen.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/david-attenborough-100-birthday-wasp/
#science #nature #biology #insects #biodiversity #taxonomy #museums #discovery #learning #wildlife
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How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: https://youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY #biology #invertebrate #arthropod #taxonomy #paleontology #palaeontology #cambrian #fossil #BurgessShale
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How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: https://youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY #biology #invertebrate #arthropod #taxonomy #paleontology #palaeontology #cambrian #fossil #BurgessShale
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How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: https://youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY #biology #invertebrate #arthropod #taxonomy #paleontology #palaeontology #cambrian #fossil #BurgessShale
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How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: https://youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY #biology #invertebrate #arthropod #taxonomy #paleontology #palaeontology #cambrian #fossil #BurgessShale
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How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: https://youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY #biology #invertebrate #arthropod #taxonomy #paleontology #palaeontology #cambrian #fossil #BurgessShale
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The latest version 2.0.0 of the open-source application "Unicopedia Symbolica" (previously part of the "Unicopedia Plus" application) adds a new "Emoji Taxonomy" utility.
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🌊 Late #Pleistocene pelagic #gastropods of southern #taiwan paleobiodiversity, first #fossil records, and regional affinity: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046
@PeerJ
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Paleontology #Taxonomy, #Zoology -
🌊 Late #Pleistocene pelagic #gastropods of southern #taiwan paleobiodiversity, first #fossil records, and regional affinity: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046
@PeerJ
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Paleontology #Taxonomy, #Zoology -
🌊 Late #Pleistocene pelagic #gastropods of southern #taiwan paleobiodiversity, first #fossil records, and regional affinity: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046
@PeerJ
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Paleontology #Taxonomy, #Zoology -
🌊 Late #Pleistocene pelagic #gastropods of southern #taiwan paleobiodiversity, first #fossil records, and regional affinity: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046
@PeerJ
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Paleontology #Taxonomy, #Zoology -
🌊 Late #Pleistocene pelagic #gastropods of southern #taiwan paleobiodiversity, first #fossil records, and regional affinity: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21046
@PeerJ
#Biodiversity #Biogeography #Paleontology #Taxonomy, #Zoology -
Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4
#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain
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Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4
#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain
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Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4
#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain
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Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4
#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain
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Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits: Wrinkles and Corpulence (ca. 1909) by Alphonse Bertillon, from Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd1daf0d-8419-44c0-ad8b-b23d9f1794c4
#biopower #foucault #filing #criminals #identification #taxonomy #faces #archives #police #physiognomy #eyes #bertillonage #art #publicdomain
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African scientists hail mushrooming global interest in conserving fungi https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/african-scientists-fungal-conservation-movement-aoe #Fungi #Environment #Conservation #Africa #WorldNews #Science #Biology #ClimateCrisis #Taxonomy #Madagascar #Zimbabwe #Benin #Congobrazzaville
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Taxonomy news. Is this the new "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich"? (Cause we're all kinda sick of that one).
Will marmalade really have to be rebranded in UK?
Britain is reportedly considering aligning with EU rules in what Daily Mail is calling the PM’s ‘breakfast reset’ -
Taxonomy news. Is this the new "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich"? (Cause we're all kinda sick of that one).
Will marmalade really have to be rebranded in UK?
Britain is reportedly considering aligning with EU rules in what Daily Mail is calling the PM’s ‘breakfast reset’ -
Taxonomy news. Is this the new "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich"? (Cause we're all kinda sick of that one).
Will marmalade really have to be rebranded in UK?
Britain is reportedly considering aligning with EU rules in what Daily Mail is calling the PM’s ‘breakfast reset’ -
Taxonomy news. Is this the new "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich"? (Cause we're all kinda sick of that one).
Will marmalade really have to be rebranded in UK?
Britain is reportedly considering aligning with EU rules in what Daily Mail is calling the PM’s ‘breakfast reset’ -
Taxonomy news. Is this the new "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich"? (Cause we're all kinda sick of that one).
Will marmalade really have to be rebranded in UK?
Britain is reportedly considering aligning with EU rules in what Daily Mail is calling the PM’s ‘breakfast reset’ -
Scientists Discover 24 New Species and New Branch of Life in Area Slated for Deep Sea Mining
A patch of seafloor targeted for future mining has given us a blunt reminder that we don’t really…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #amphipods #AU #Australia #clarionclippertonzone #deep-seamining #Marinebiology #oceanconservation #Taxonomy
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/568368/ -
Scientists Discover 24 New Species and New Branch of Life in Area Slated for Deep Sea Mining
A patch of seafloor targeted for future mining has given us a blunt reminder that we don’t really…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #amphipods #AU #Australia #clarionclippertonzone #deep-seamining #Marinebiology #oceanconservation #Taxonomy
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🦈🔬 If you were asked to describe a #shark, you’d probably mention a dorsal fin, gills, and a #skeleton made of cartilage. But as this deep dive explains, defining exactly what makes a shark a shark is one of #biology's trickiest challenges.
👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a70747636/what-is-a-shark/
#sharks #marinebiology #science #evolution #taxonomy #oceanlife #biology #education #nature #paleontology
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