#zoology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #zoology, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video
#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video
#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video
#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video
#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.
👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video
#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video
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Montana FWP monitoring Helena mountain lion activity
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff are monitoring the situation after reports of mountain lion activity in Helena’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Apexpredators #Bear #carnivorousanimals #Cougar #Helena #lion #Montana #montanadepartmentoffish #predatoryanimals #Science #trophicecology #WildlifeandParks #Zoology
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets
By Pejman FaratinThis week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
#Environment #Zoology #Animals #Worldnews #Photography #Biology #Science #TheGuardian #PejmanFaratin
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets
By Pejman FaratinThis week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
#Environment #Zoology #Animals #Worldnews #Photography #Biology #Science #TheGuardian #PejmanFaratin
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets
By Pejman FaratinThis week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
#Environment #Zoology #Animals #Worldnews #Photography #Biology #Science #TheGuardian #PejmanFaratin
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets #Environment #Zoology #Animals #WorldNews #Photography #Biology #Science
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets #Environment #Zoology #Animals #WorldNews #Photography #Biology #Science
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets #Environment #Zoology #Animals #WorldNews #Photography #Biology #Science
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets #Environment #Zoology #Animals #WorldNews #Photography #Biology #Science
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Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets #Environment #Zoology #Animals #WorldNews #Photography #Biology #Science
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Authorities confirm bird flu in fox and suspected case in dolphin
By Jarrod WhittakerA fox in Victoria's south-west has died from H5 bird flu and authorities suspect the virus is responsible for the death of a dolphin.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/bird-flu-found-in-fox-victoria/107116232
#AvianInfluenza #WildlifeDiseases #Animals #Zoology #JarrodWhittaker
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🕷️ A jumping spider that nurses its young with milk — 4x the protein of cow's milk
Female Toxeus magnus spiders secrete a milk-like fluid from their egg-laying opening for nearly 40 days after hatching. Newborns drink nothing else for the first 20 days and die within 11 days if the mother's milk supply is blocked.
Even after spiderlings learn to hunt at day 20, they keep nursing alongside their own kills for another three weeks. Daughters are allowed to return to the nest after reaching adulthood, but adult sons are attacked if they try.
This subverts the long-held assumption that lactation and extended milk-provisioning are exclusive to mammals.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jumping-spider-mom-nurses-her-brood-weeks-milk
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Strolling on a Japanese path in New Hampshire | Lake Style https://www.allforgardening.com/1937220/strolling-on-a-japanese-path-in-new-hampshire-lake-style/ #biology #botany #Construction(Industry) #GardeningNewHampshire #geology #journalism #meteorology #NewHampshire #publishing #RoadsAndTraffic #Zoology
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Strolling on a Japanese path in New Hampshire | Lake Style https://www.allforgardening.com/1937220/strolling-on-a-japanese-path-in-new-hampshire-lake-style/ #biology #botany #Construction(Industry) #GardeningNewHampshire #geology #journalism #meteorology #NewHampshire #publishing #RoadsAndTraffic #Zoology
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🎸🐍 Scientists named a newly described #NewGuinea groundsnake, "Lielaphis slashi", after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, for his love of #reptiles.
Herpetologist Chris Austin first spotted the 71 cm (28 in) snake during nighttime fieldwork in 2006. Genetic and ecological analysis confirmed it as a distinct #species, supporting #conservation in New Guinea’s threatened #forests.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snake-species-named-after-guns-n-roses-guitarist-slash/
#snakes #gunsnroses #herpetology #science #biodiversity #zoology #fieldmuseum #nature #wildlife #reptiles #discovery #genetics
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‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean
By Oliver MilmanSmart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of sea
#Marinelife #Oceans #Wildlife #Environment #Invertebrates #Animalbehaviour #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #OliverMilman
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_Этология, етологія, Ethology
#Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494_Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
#Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
#Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
#эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492_Экология, Ecology, Екологія
эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
#Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491_эволюция, еволюція, evolution
теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
#эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490_Флора и фауна Украины
Flora and fauna of Ukraine
Флора і фауна України
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489_систематика, taxonomy
#систематика, #taxonomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488_Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
#Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487_Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
#Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486B Biology, Біологія, Биология
#Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485_нейро, neuro
Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
#нейро, #neuro
#Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483_Нематология, Nematology
#Нематология, #Nematology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
#Определители
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481_Микробиология и Вирусология
Мікробіологія та вірусологія
Microbiology and Virology
#Микробиология и #Вирусология
#Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
#Microbiology and #Virology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480_Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
#Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479_Макология
#Макология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478_Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
#Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476Cell
Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
#Cell
#Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475Клетка, клеточная биология
#Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474_Красная книга
Червона книга, the Red Book,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473История биологии
History of biology
Історія біології
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
#Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
#Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469_Грибы
mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
#Грибы
#mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
#Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468Genome, Геном,
геномика, Genomics, геноміка
#Genome, #Геном,
#геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466Genetics, генетика
#Genetics, #генетика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465Вода, Water
#Вода, #Water
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
#Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
#природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломныеработы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463Анатомия и морфология растений
Анатомія і морфологія рослин
Anatomy and morphology of plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462Сосудистые растения,
Судинні рослини
Vascular plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460Низшие растения
Lower plants
Нижчі рослини
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
#Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
#Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456Биохимия, молекулярная биология
Biochemistry, molecular biology
Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
#Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
#Biochemistry, #molecular biology
#Біохімія, #молекулярнабіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455Биология моря, морская биология
Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
#Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
#Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
#Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
#Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/450 -
_Этология, етологія, Ethology
#Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494_Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
#Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
#Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
#эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492_Экология, Ecology, Екологія
эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
#Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491_эволюция, еволюція, evolution
теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
#эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490_Флора и фауна Украины
Flora and fauna of Ukraine
Флора і фауна України
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489_систематика, taxonomy
#систематика, #taxonomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488_Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
#Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487_Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
#Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486B Biology, Біологія, Биология
#Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485_нейро, neuro
Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
#нейро, #neuro
#Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483_Нематология, Nematology
#Нематология, #Nematology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
#Определители
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481_Микробиология и Вирусология
Мікробіологія та вірусологія
Microbiology and Virology
#Микробиология и #Вирусология
#Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
#Microbiology and #Virology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480_Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
#Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479_Макология
#Макология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478_Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
#Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476Cell
Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
#Cell
#Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475Клетка, клеточная биология
#Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474_Красная книга
Червона книга, the Red Book,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473История биологии
History of biology
Історія біології
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
#Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
#Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469_Грибы
mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
#Грибы
#mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
#Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468Genome, Геном,
геномика, Genomics, геноміка
#Genome, #Геном,
#геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466Genetics, генетика
#Genetics, #генетика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465Вода, Water
#Вода, #Water
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
#Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
#природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломныеработы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463Анатомия и морфология растений
Анатомія і морфологія рослин
Anatomy and morphology of plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462Сосудистые растения,
Судинні рослини
Vascular plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460Низшие растения
Lower plants
Нижчі рослини
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
#Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
#Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456Биохимия, молекулярная биология
Biochemistry, molecular biology
Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
#Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
#Biochemistry, #molecular biology
#Біохімія, #молекулярнабіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455Биология моря, морская биология
Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
#Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
#Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
#Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
#Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/450 -
_Этология, етологія, Ethology
#Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494_Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
#Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
#Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
#эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492_Экология, Ecology, Екологія
эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
#Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491_эволюция, еволюція, evolution
теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
#эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490_Флора и фауна Украины
Flora and fauna of Ukraine
Флора і фауна України
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489_систематика, taxonomy
#систематика, #taxonomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488_Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
#Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487_Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
#Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486B Biology, Біологія, Биология
#Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485_нейро, neuro
Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
#нейро, #neuro
#Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483_Нематология, Nematology
#Нематология, #Nematology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
#Определители
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481_Микробиология и Вирусология
Мікробіологія та вірусологія
Microbiology and Virology
#Микробиология и #Вирусология
#Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
#Microbiology and #Virology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480_Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
#Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479_Макология
#Макология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478_Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
#Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476Cell
Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
#Cell
#Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475Клетка, клеточная биология
#Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474_Красная книга
Червона книга, the Red Book,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473История биологии
History of biology
Історія біології
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
#Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
#Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469_Грибы
mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
#Грибы
#mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
#Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468Genome, Геном,
геномика, Genomics, геноміка
#Genome, #Геном,
#геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466Genetics, генетика
#Genetics, #генетика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465Вода, Water
#Вода, #Water
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
#Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
#природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломныеработы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463Анатомия и морфология растений
Анатомія і морфологія рослин
Anatomy and morphology of plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462Сосудистые растения,
Судинні рослини
Vascular plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460Низшие растения
Lower plants
Нижчі рослини
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
#Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
#Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456Биохимия, молекулярная биология
Biochemistry, molecular biology
Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
#Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
#Biochemistry, #molecular biology
#Біохімія, #молекулярнабіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455Биология моря, морская биология
Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
#Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
#Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
#Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
#Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/450 -
_Этология, етологія, Ethology
#Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494_Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
#Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
#Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
#эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492_Экология, Ecology, Екологія
эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
#Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491_эволюция, еволюція, evolution
теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
#эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490_Флора и фауна Украины
Flora and fauna of Ukraine
Флора і фауна України
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489_систематика, taxonomy
#систематика, #taxonomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488_Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
#Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487_Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
#Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486B Biology, Біологія, Биология
#Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485_нейро, neuro
Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
#нейро, #neuro
#Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483_Нематология, Nematology
#Нематология, #Nematology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
#Определители
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481_Микробиология и Вирусология
Мікробіологія та вірусологія
Microbiology and Virology
#Микробиология и #Вирусология
#Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
#Microbiology and #Virology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480_Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
#Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479_Макология
#Макология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478_Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
#Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476Cell
Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
#Cell
#Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475Клетка, клеточная биология
#Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474_Красная книга
Червона книга, the Red Book,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473История биологии
History of biology
Історія біології
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
#Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
#Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469_Грибы
mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
#Грибы
#mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
#Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468Genome, Геном,
геномика, Genomics, геноміка
#Genome, #Геном,
#геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466Genetics, генетика
#Genetics, #генетика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465Вода, Water
#Вода, #Water
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
#Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
#природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломныеработы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463Анатомия и морфология растений
Анатомія і морфологія рослин
Anatomy and morphology of plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462Сосудистые растения,
Судинні рослини
Vascular plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460Низшие растения
Lower plants
Нижчі рослини
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
#Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
#Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456Биохимия, молекулярная биология
Biochemistry, molecular biology
Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
#Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
#Biochemistry, #molecular biology
#Біохімія, #молекулярнабіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455Биология моря, морская биология
Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
#Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
#Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
#Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
#Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/450 -
`A new species, Chlorocytus papahemii sp. nov. (Pteromalidae), a hyperparasitoid of E. curculionum, is described from China. Illustrations and a detailed morphological description of the new species, as well as a redescription of the types of related Chlorocytus species, are provided. ` http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.188643
#hymenoptera #wasp #insecta #arthropoda #arthropod #invertebrate #zoology #science #biology #taxonomy #phylogeny
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Across an extraordinary variety of species, animals vocalize at a strikingly consistent rate of approximately two to three acoustic events per second (around 2.8 Hz), constrained by the brain's inherent capacity to process auditory stimuli.
#Neurobiology #EvolutionaryBiology #Bioacoustics #Zoology #sflorg
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Pair of cats mostly get along, except over food | Pet Photos
The cats pictured, Tina and Tom, typically tolerate each other – except when it comes to eating, said owner Ava Kelley of Barnhart. “The get along for the most part,” she said. “But, when it comes to food, they fig…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #Animal #animals #cats #domesticatedanimals #hairlesscat #pet #petspot #sphynx #zoology
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🐙🛡️ Regenerating a lost limb takes several months which is a significant portion of an #octopus's one-year lifespan.
Scientists observed that males prioritize the safety of the hectocotylus to ensure they remain viable for breeding. This instinct helps them avoid spending a large part of their life waiting for a critical organ to regrow.
#marinebiology #science #evolution #animals #ocean #nature #biology #zoology #research #cephalopod
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Crocodile caught in an Australian creek far from its tropical habitat
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AlligatorsandCrocodiles #Animals #AU #Australia #BillyCollett #Climate #Climateandenvironment #Generalnews #InternationalNews #LionelSaunders #Oddities #Science #StephanieKirsop #worldnews #Zoology
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Crocodile caught in an Australian creek far from its tropical habitat
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #AlligatorsandCrocodiles #Animals #Australia #BillyCollett #Climate #Climateandenvironment #Generalnews #InternationalNews #LionelSaunders #Oddities #Science #StephanieKirsop #Worldnews #Zoology
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Animal coloration (Zoology 🦥)
Animal coloration is the general appearance of an animal resulting from the reflection or emission of light from its surfaces. Some animals are brightly coloured, while others are hard to see. In some species, such as the peafowl, the male has strong patterns, conspicuous colours and is iridescent, while the female is far less ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_coloration
#AnimalColoration #Mimicry #Zoology #Camouflage #WarningColoration #EvolutionOfAnimals
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Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Florida #meteorology ☁️ #Snowmageddon #SnowStorm #BombCyclone ☃️
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Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Florida #meteorology ☁️ #Snowmageddon #SnowStorm #BombCyclone ☃️
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Tr... -
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Florida #meteorology ☁️ #Snowmageddon #SnowStorm #BombCyclone ☃️
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Tr... -
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Florida #meteorology ☁️ #Snowmageddon #SnowStorm #BombCyclone ☃️
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Tr... -
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Florida #meteorology ☁️ #Snowmageddon #SnowStorm #BombCyclone ☃️
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#Mammalian #teeth show an astonishing diversity that has developed over 225 million years. One approach to describing the development of mammalian teeth is the so-called “Inhibitory Cascade Model”, short ICM.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Paleontology #Zoology #sflorg
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@AlSweigart
Nonsense. Everyone who takes it seriously (!) knows the master-race is a crossbreed of the Fijians and the Gurkhas. Maybe throw in an equal amount of very very clever people from around the world... Are there any gene-pools that churn out very bright problem-solvers? The rest of us are just an evolutionary side-show :PI wrote the above as a joke of course, but on writing it, I think the problem is that even if people could agree on the traits they wanted in future-humans, and if those traits had some basis in genetics, and if the humans with those genes could be persuaded to interbreed in an orderly fashion, I think most gardeners will agree, sooner or later the future-humans would become inbred and need fresh genetic stock from as different a gene-pool as possible to be brought in to make them (genetically) strong again.
The key take-home to my mind, aside from the notion that we should all try to sleep with more Fijians and Gurkhas, is that we should seek mates who are genetically as far from us as possible, in order to maximise the probability of our offspring being good stock.
I lament that this message is not more widely popular.
I'm not mad enough to know which hashtags go with a post like this, so I welcome any replies with silly hashtags anyone feels able to contribute.
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New-to-me, from University of Exeter: Monkey database reveals shift towards open science. “MacaqueNet contains social behavioural data from 14 of the world’s 24 species of macaque. Established in 2017, MacaqueNet has grown into a platform for truly global collaboration, with over 100 members based at 58 institutes across five continents. It is now the largest publicly searchable and […]
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Can we please have more of such #ecology #zoology project videos? 😉
Here they are combining #research on #arthropods in mountain areas, #ElevationalGradients, and #DNAsequencing to assess the #SoilFauna in 🇿🇦, old and new one.
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Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot
An article advanced-published on 14 November 2024 in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of proposed new species in our internet age. One of the most famous examples of poor practice was that of Melba Ketchum, et al., who not only did a terrible job analyzing DNA from “Bigfoot” but also used a pop-up journal to give Bigfoot another useless name.
The “Perspective” piece by Ruedas, Norris, and Timm, titled “Best practices for the naming of species“, explains that there are set rules to effectively naming new species. Naming is governed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) based on the 10th edition of Linnaeus’s Systema Naturæ published likely in 1758. Linnaeus’s system of nature called a consistent use of two Greek or Latin words to denote genus and species.
A person who wishes to designate an organism as a new species must publish the name and description according to the rules in the code of the ICZN. But that frequently does not happen as it should leading to “descriptions that fail to meet standards outlined in the Code” that “can create problems for years afterwards, with any number of unfortunate—and often unforeseen—consequences.”
For example, when authors propose new names that fail to meet the standards in the Code, these names are unavailable. They are called “naked names” (singular = nomen nudum; plural = nomina nuda). The description and name is invalid. The real world effect of these errors is that, if we cannot clearly define the organism we are talking about, we can’t effectively study or protect it.
Ruedas, et al. goes on to describe what makes a good naming process. Additionally, they note issues with electronic publications, which are more prevalent now than in… uh… 1758. The ICZN Code addresses that. It might be argued, they say, that an HTML version of the description can never be the version of record because it’s impermanent.
When you don’t have an actual Bigfoot
There is also a problem with not having a holotype specimen when we now have photographic, video, and DNA evidence instead of a collected sample. While it’s not prohibited, things can get messy if you only have a photo or video to document the find. The example given of an “absurd situation” is that of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I don’t think the paper’s authors were aware of (or maybe they chose not to go down that hole) of the many instances of people proposing names for Bigfoot and other cryptids on a whim and thinking those names would be valid. This happened before that of the infamous Melba Ketchum and her Bigfoot DNA/Sasquatch Genome debacle. But Ketchum was name-checked in this article because, out of all the rules she didn’t follow, she DID register Homo sapiens cognatus with the ZooBank, the official registry of the ICZN. The name is a nomen nudem because it was missing every other requirement, including a description. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the Denovo journal that she created herself to publish this one paper (after failing to get it into Nature because the science was so bad), has now disappeared from the internet. It no longer exists.
A second example related to Bigfoot is that of the Patterson-Gimlin Film which is the visual of this creature that everyone recognizes, seemingly from childhood. If a name was given to the creature based on this film, and it turned out that it was a man in horsehide suit as suspected, the name would apply possibly either to the man or to the horsehide as a holotype! That spirals even further into nomenclature chaos, but you can read the article if you want to hear what would happen regarding synonyms.
Unsurprisingly, this tactic has been attempted! In 2017, an alternative healer, Dr. Erich Hunter, described and named the animal based on the 1967 film. He self-published a document on CreateSpace calling the creature Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersonorum (Hunter 2017). The document, “Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersoni, A New Species of Bipedal Primate (Primates: Hominidae) From Humboldt County, California USA” (later edited to “gimlinpattersonorum” as noted above), is a legitimate way to declare a species – since it was printed and could be archived. But Hunter couldn’t follow the rules, either. The original species name was “gimlinpattersoni” which appeared on the cover and in the released print/Kindle copy. That is incorrect Latinization and there is no legitimate way to fix it. Sloppy Latin was just one of the problems in this Bigfoot naming ceremony.
Like Ketchum, Hunter registered the name in ZooBank. That makes no difference. The Code or the registration of the name includes no judgment on the validity of the species description or characterization. The ICZN code, however, explicitly prohibits naming hypothetical concepts. Until a part of a body is found and clearly documented by a professional who knows what they are doing, Bigfoot remains hypothetical. No past used name would legitimately apply unless (I think) it could be proven that the previous name was referring to the same creature. Considering all the things out there that are called a Bigfoot, but aren’t, that’s a heavy lift.
Finally, this process reminds me of the ridiculous stunt pulled as part of the Lost Monster Files show where they named a chupacabra by plucking fun, cool words out of the air. That was just idiotic. There have been past attempts to name the Loch Ness Monster and Cadborosaurus, too. Some of those names are still circulating in the cryptid literature today, misleading the audience to assume that such names are valid and represent a creature yet to be captured. Since there is no distinct description of what the creature was (they possibly could have been just a wave or an already named big fish), the suggested name means nothing without the definitive description. Don’t let amateurs play the zoological name game.
#Bigfoot #binomialNomenclature #Cryptozoology #howToNameNewSpecies #ICZN #MelbaKetchum #newSpecies #Sasquatch #science #scientific #scientificName #scientificProcess #zoology
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Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot
An article advanced-published on 14 November 2024 in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of proposed new species in our internet age. One of the most famous examples of poor practice was that of Melba Ketchum, et al., who not only did a terrible job analyzing DNA from “Bigfoot” but also used a pop-up journal to give Bigfoot another useless name.
The “Perspective” piece by Ruedas, Norris, and Timm, titled “Best practices for the naming of species“, explains that there are set rules to effectively naming new species. Naming is governed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) based on the 10th edition of Linnaeus’s Systema Naturæ published likely in 1758. Linnaeus’s system of nature called a consistent use of two Greek or Latin words to denote genus and species.
A person who wishes to designate an organism as a new species must publish the name and description according to the rules in the code of the ICZN. But that frequently does not happen as it should leading to “descriptions that fail to meet standards outlined in the Code” that “can create problems for years afterwards, with any number of unfortunate—and often unforeseen—consequences.”
For example, when authors propose new names that fail to meet the standards in the Code, these names are unavailable. They are called “naked names” (singular = nomen nudum; plural = nomina nuda). The description and name is invalid. The real world effect of these errors is that, if we cannot clearly define the organism we are talking about, we can’t effectively study or protect it.
Ruedas, et al. goes on to describe what makes a good naming process. Additionally, they note issues with electronic publications, which are more prevalent now than in… uh… 1758. The ICZN Code addresses that. It might be argued, they say, that an HTML version of the description can never be the version of record because it’s impermanent.
When you don’t have an actual Bigfoot
There is also a problem with not having a holotype specimen when we now have photographic, video, and DNA evidence instead of a collected sample. While it’s not prohibited, things can get messy if you only have a photo or video to document the find. The example given of an “absurd situation” is that of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I don’t think the paper’s authors were aware of (or maybe they chose not to go down that hole) of the many instances of people proposing names for Bigfoot and other cryptids on a whim and thinking those names would be valid. This happened before that of the infamous Melba Ketchum and her Bigfoot DNA/Sasquatch Genome debacle. But Ketchum was name-checked in this article because, out of all the rules she didn’t follow, she DID register Homo sapiens cognatus with the ZooBank, the official registry of the ICZN. The name is a nomen nudem because it was missing every other requirement, including a description. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the Denovo journal that she created herself to publish this one paper (after failing to get it into Nature because the science was so bad), has now disappeared from the internet. It no longer exists.
A second example related to Bigfoot is that of the Patterson-Gimlin Film which is the visual of this creature that everyone recognizes, seemingly from childhood. If a name was given to the creature based on this film, and it turned out that it was a man in horsehide suit as suspected, the name would apply possibly either to the man or to the horsehide as a holotype! That spirals even further into nomenclature chaos, but you can read the article if you want to hear what would happen regarding synonyms.
Unsurprisingly, this tactic has been attempted! In 2017, an alternative healer, Dr. Erich Hunter, described and named the animal based on the 1967 film. He self-published a document on CreateSpace calling the creature Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersonorum (Hunter 2017). The document, “Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersoni, A New Species of Bipedal Primate (Primates: Hominidae) From Humboldt County, California USA” (later edited to “gimlinpattersonorum” as noted above), is a legitimate way to declare a species – since it was printed and could be archived. But Hunter couldn’t follow the rules, either. The original species name was “gimlinpattersoni” which appeared on the cover and in the released print/Kindle copy. That is incorrect Latinization and there is no legitimate way to fix it. Sloppy Latin was just one of the problems in this Bigfoot naming ceremony.
Like Ketchum, Hunter registered the name in ZooBank. That makes no difference. The Code or the registration of the name includes no judgment on the validity of the species description or characterization. The ICZN code, however, explicitly prohibits naming hypothetical concepts. Until a part of a body is found and clearly documented by a professional who knows what they are doing, Bigfoot remains hypothetical. No past used name would legitimately apply unless (I think) it could be proven that the previous name was referring to the same creature. Considering all the things out there that are called a Bigfoot, but aren’t, that’s a heavy lift.
Finally, this process reminds me of the ridiculous stunt pulled as part of the Lost Monster Files show where they named a chupacabra by plucking fun, cool words out of the air. That was just idiotic. There have been past attempts to name the Loch Ness Monster and Cadborosaurus, too. Some of those names are still circulating in the cryptid literature today, misleading the audience to assume that such names are valid and represent a creature yet to be captured. Since there is no distinct description of what the creature was (they possibly could have been just a wave or an already named big fish), the suggested name means nothing without the definitive description. Don’t let amateurs play the zoological name game.
#Bigfoot #binomialNomenclature #Cryptozoology #howToNameNewSpecies #ICZN #MelbaKetchum #newSpecies #Sasquatch #science #scientific #scientificName #scientificProcess #zoology
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Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot
An article advanced-published on 14 November 2024 in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of proposed new species in our internet age. One of the most famous examples of poor practice was that of Melba Ketchum, et al., who not only did a terrible job analyzing DNA from “Bigfoot” but also used a pop-up journal to give Bigfoot another useless name.
The “Perspective” piece by Ruedas, Norris, and Timm, titled “Best practices for the naming of species“, explains that there are set rules to effectively naming new species. Naming is governed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) based on the 10th edition of Linnaeus’s Systema Naturæ published likely in 1758. Linnaeus’s system of nature called a consistent use of two Greek or Latin words to denote genus and species.
A person who wishes to designate an organism as a new species must publish the name and description according to the rules in the code of the ICZN. But that frequently does not happen as it should leading to “descriptions that fail to meet standards outlined in the Code” that “can create problems for years afterwards, with any number of unfortunate—and often unforeseen—consequences.”
For example, when authors propose new names that fail to meet the standards in the Code, these names are unavailable. They are called “naked names” (singular = nomen nudum; plural = nomina nuda). The description and name is invalid. The real world effect of these errors is that, if we cannot clearly define the organism we are talking about, we can’t effectively study or protect it.
Ruedas, et al. goes on to describe what makes a good naming process. Additionally, they note issues with electronic publications, which are more prevalent now than in… uh… 1758. The ICZN Code addresses that. It might be argued, they say, that an HTML version of the description can never be the version of record because it’s impermanent.
When you don’t have an actual Bigfoot
There is also a problem with not having a holotype specimen when we now have photographic, video, and DNA evidence instead of a collected sample. While it’s not prohibited, things can get messy if you only have a photo or video to document the find. The example given of an “absurd situation” is that of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I don’t think the paper’s authors were aware of (or maybe they chose not to go down that hole) of the many instances of people proposing names for Bigfoot and other cryptids on a whim and thinking those names would be valid. This happened before that of the infamous Melba Ketchum and her Bigfoot DNA/Sasquatch Genome debacle. But Ketchum was name-checked in this article because, out of all the rules she didn’t follow, she DID register Homo sapiens cognatus with the ZooBank, the official registry of the ICZN. The name is a nomen nudem because it was missing every other requirement, including a description. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the Denovo journal that she created herself to publish this one paper (after failing to get it into Nature because the science was so bad), has now disappeared from the internet. It no longer exists.
A second example related to Bigfoot is that of the Patterson-Gimlin Film which is the visual of this creature that everyone recognizes, seemingly from childhood. If a name was given to the creature based on this film, and it turned out that it was a man in horsehide suit as suspected, the name would apply possibly either to the man or to the horsehide as a holotype! That spirals even further into nomenclature chaos, but you can read the article if you want to hear what would happen regarding synonyms.
Unsurprisingly, this tactic has been attempted! In 2017, an alternative healer, Dr. Erich Hunter, described and named the animal based on the 1967 film. He self-published a document on CreateSpace calling the creature Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersonorum (Hunter 2017). The document, “Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersoni, A New Species of Bipedal Primate (Primates: Hominidae) From Humboldt County, California USA” (later edited to “gimlinpattersonorum” as noted above), is a legitimate way to declare a species – since it was printed and could be archived. But Hunter couldn’t follow the rules, either. The original species name was “gimlinpattersoni” which appeared on the cover and in the released print/Kindle copy. That is incorrect Latinization and there is no legitimate way to fix it. Sloppy Latin was just one of the problems in this Bigfoot naming ceremony.
Like Ketchum, Hunter registered the name in ZooBank. That makes no difference. The Code or the registration of the name includes no judgment on the validity of the species description or characterization. The ICZN code, however, explicitly prohibits naming hypothetical concepts. Until a part of a body is found and clearly documented by a professional who knows what they are doing, Bigfoot remains hypothetical. No past used name would legitimately apply unless (I think) it could be proven that the previous name was referring to the same creature. Considering all the things out there that are called a Bigfoot, but aren’t, that’s a heavy lift.
Finally, this process reminds me of the ridiculous stunt pulled as part of the Lost Monster Files show where they named a chupacabra by plucking fun, cool words out of the air. That was just idiotic. There have been past attempts to name the Loch Ness Monster and Cadborosaurus, too. Some of those names are still circulating in the cryptid literature today, misleading the audience to assume that such names are valid and represent a creature yet to be captured. Since there is no distinct description of what the creature was (they possibly could have been just a wave or an already named big fish), the suggested name means nothing without the definitive description. Don’t let amateurs play the zoological name game.
#Bigfoot #binomialNomenclature #Cryptozoology #howToNameNewSpecies #ICZN #MelbaKetchum #newSpecies #Sasquatch #science #scientific #scientificName #scientificProcess #zoology
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Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot
An article advanced-published on 14 November 2024 in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of proposed new species in our internet age. One of the most famous examples of poor practice was that of Melba Ketchum, et al., who not only did a terrible job analyzing DNA from “Bigfoot” but also used a pop-up journal to give Bigfoot another useless name.
The “Perspective” piece by Ruedas, Norris, and Timm, titled “Best practices for the naming of species“, explains that there are set rules to effectively naming new species. Naming is governed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) based on the 10th edition of Linnaeus’s Systema Naturæ published likely in 1758. Linnaeus’s system of nature called a consistent use of two Greek or Latin words to denote genus and species.
A person who wishes to designate an organism as a new species must publish the name and description according to the rules in the code of the ICZN. But that frequently does not happen as it should leading to “descriptions that fail to meet standards outlined in the Code” that “can create problems for years afterwards, with any number of unfortunate—and often unforeseen—consequences.”
For example, when authors propose new names that fail to meet the standards in the Code, these names are unavailable. They are called “naked names” (singular = nomen nudum; plural = nomina nuda). The description and name is invalid. The real world effect of these errors is that, if we cannot clearly define the organism we are talking about, we can’t effectively study or protect it.
Ruedas, et al. goes on to describe what makes a good naming process. Additionally, they note issues with electronic publications, which are more prevalent now than in… uh… 1758. The ICZN Code addresses that. It might be argued, they say, that an HTML version of the description can never be the version of record because it’s impermanent.
When you don’t have an actual Bigfoot
There is also a problem with not having a holotype specimen when we now have photographic, video, and DNA evidence instead of a collected sample. While it’s not prohibited, things can get messy if you only have a photo or video to document the find. The example given of an “absurd situation” is that of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I don’t think the paper’s authors were aware of (or maybe they chose not to go down that hole) of the many instances of people proposing names for Bigfoot and other cryptids on a whim and thinking those names would be valid. This happened before that of the infamous Melba Ketchum and her Bigfoot DNA/Sasquatch Genome debacle. But Ketchum was name-checked in this article because, out of all the rules she didn’t follow, she DID register Homo sapiens cognatus with the ZooBank, the official registry of the ICZN. The name is a nomen nudem because it was missing every other requirement, including a description. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the Denovo journal that she created herself to publish this one paper (after failing to get it into Nature because the science was so bad), has now disappeared from the internet. It no longer exists.
A second example related to Bigfoot is that of the Patterson-Gimlin Film which is the visual of this creature that everyone recognizes, seemingly from childhood. If a name was given to the creature based on this film, and it turned out that it was a man in horsehide suit as suspected, the name would apply possibly either to the man or to the horsehide as a holotype! That spirals even further into nomenclature chaos, but you can read the article if you want to hear what would happen regarding synonyms.
Unsurprisingly, this tactic has been attempted! In 2017, an alternative healer, Dr. Erich Hunter, described and named the animal based on the 1967 film. He self-published a document on CreateSpace calling the creature Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersonorum (Hunter 2017). The document, “Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersoni, A New Species of Bipedal Primate (Primates: Hominidae) From Humboldt County, California USA” (later edited to “gimlinpattersonorum” as noted above), is a legitimate way to declare a species – since it was printed and could be archived. But Hunter couldn’t follow the rules, either. The original species name was “gimlinpattersoni” which appeared on the cover and in the released print/Kindle copy. That is incorrect Latinization and there is no legitimate way to fix it. Sloppy Latin was just one of the problems in this Bigfoot naming ceremony.
Like Ketchum, Hunter registered the name in ZooBank. That makes no difference. The Code or the registration of the name includes no judgment on the validity of the species description or characterization. The ICZN code, however, explicitly prohibits naming hypothetical concepts. Until a part of a body is found and clearly documented by a professional who knows what they are doing, Bigfoot remains hypothetical. No past used name would legitimately apply unless (I think) it could be proven that the previous name was referring to the same creature. Considering all the things out there that are called a Bigfoot, but aren’t, that’s a heavy lift.
Finally, this process reminds me of the ridiculous stunt pulled as part of the Lost Monster Files show where they named a chupacabra by plucking fun, cool words out of the air. That was just idiotic. There have been past attempts to name the Loch Ness Monster and Cadborosaurus, too. Some of those names are still circulating in the cryptid literature today, misleading the audience to assume that such names are valid and represent a creature yet to be captured. Since there is no distinct description of what the creature was (they possibly could have been just a wave or an already named big fish), the suggested name means nothing without the definitive description. Don’t let amateurs play the zoological name game.
#Bigfoot #binomialNomenclature #Cryptozoology #howToNameNewSpecies #ICZN #MelbaKetchum #newSpecies #Sasquatch #science #scientific #scientificName #scientificProcess #zoology
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Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot
An article advanced-published on 14 November 2024 in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of proposed new species in our internet age. One of the most famous examples of poor practice was that of Melba Ketchum, et al., who not only did a terrible job analyzing DNA from “Bigfoot” but also used a pop-up journal to give Bigfoot another useless name.
The “Perspective” piece by Ruedas, Norris, and Timm, titled “Best practices for the naming of species“, explains that there are set rules to effectively naming new species. Naming is governed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) based on the 10th edition of Linnaeus’s Systema Naturæ published likely in 1758. Linnaeus’s system of nature called a consistent use of two Greek or Latin words to denote genus and species.
A person who wishes to designate an organism as a new species must publish the name and description according to the rules in the code of the ICZN. But that frequently does not happen as it should leading to “descriptions that fail to meet standards outlined in the Code” that “can create problems for years afterwards, with any number of unfortunate—and often unforeseen—consequences.”
For example, when authors propose new names that fail to meet the standards in the Code, these names are unavailable. They are called “naked names” (singular = nomen nudum; plural = nomina nuda). The description and name is invalid. The real world effect of these errors is that, if we cannot clearly define the organism we are talking about, we can’t effectively study or protect it.
Ruedas, et al. goes on to describe what makes a good naming process. Additionally, they note issues with electronic publications, which are more prevalent now than in… uh… 1758. The ICZN Code addresses that. It might be argued, they say, that an HTML version of the description can never be the version of record because it’s impermanent.
When you don’t have an actual Bigfoot
There is also a problem with not having a holotype specimen when we now have photographic, video, and DNA evidence instead of a collected sample. While it’s not prohibited, things can get messy if you only have a photo or video to document the find. The example given of an “absurd situation” is that of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I don’t think the paper’s authors were aware of (or maybe they chose not to go down that hole) of the many instances of people proposing names for Bigfoot and other cryptids on a whim and thinking those names would be valid. This happened before that of the infamous Melba Ketchum and her Bigfoot DNA/Sasquatch Genome debacle. But Ketchum was name-checked in this article because, out of all the rules she didn’t follow, she DID register Homo sapiens cognatus with the ZooBank, the official registry of the ICZN. The name is a nomen nudem because it was missing every other requirement, including a description. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the Denovo journal that she created herself to publish this one paper (after failing to get it into Nature because the science was so bad), has now disappeared from the internet. It no longer exists.
A second example related to Bigfoot is that of the Patterson-Gimlin Film which is the visual of this creature that everyone recognizes, seemingly from childhood. If a name was given to the creature based on this film, and it turned out that it was a man in horsehide suit as suspected, the name would apply possibly either to the man or to the horsehide as a holotype! That spirals even further into nomenclature chaos, but you can read the article if you want to hear what would happen regarding synonyms.
Unsurprisingly, this tactic has been attempted! In 2017, an alternative healer, Dr. Erich Hunter, described and named the animal based on the 1967 film. He self-published a document on CreateSpace calling the creature Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersonorum (Hunter 2017). The document, “Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersoni, A New Species of Bipedal Primate (Primates: Hominidae) From Humboldt County, California USA” (later edited to “gimlinpattersonorum” as noted above), is a legitimate way to declare a species – since it was printed and could be archived. But Hunter couldn’t follow the rules, either. The original species name was “gimlinpattersoni” which appeared on the cover and in the released print/Kindle copy. That is incorrect Latinization and there is no legitimate way to fix it. Sloppy Latin was just one of the problems in this Bigfoot naming ceremony.
Like Ketchum, Hunter registered the name in ZooBank. That makes no difference. The Code or the registration of the name includes no judgment on the validity of the species description or characterization. The ICZN code, however, explicitly prohibits naming hypothetical concepts. Until a part of a body is found and clearly documented by a professional who knows what they are doing, Bigfoot remains hypothetical. No past used name would legitimately apply unless (I think) it could be proven that the previous name was referring to the same creature. Considering all the things out there that are called a Bigfoot, but aren’t, that’s a heavy lift.
Finally, this process reminds me of the ridiculous stunt pulled as part of the Lost Monster Files show where they named a chupacabra by plucking fun, cool words out of the air. That was just idiotic. There have been past attempts to name the Loch Ness Monster and Cadborosaurus, too. Some of those names are still circulating in the cryptid literature today, misleading the audience to assume that such names are valid and represent a creature yet to be captured. Since there is no distinct description of what the creature was (they possibly could have been just a wave or an already named big fish), the suggested name means nothing without the definitive description. Don’t let amateurs play the zoological name game.
#Bigfoot #binomialNomenclature #Cryptozoology #howToNameNewSpecies #ICZN #MelbaKetchum #newSpecies #Sasquatch #science #scientific #scientificName #scientificProcess #zoology
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The global #challenge i am coordinating with James Wasmuth: Invertebrates in the Anthropocene: Critical #Knowledge Gathering, #Dissemination and #Application to Mitigate Human-Induced #Global Impacts. #invertebrates #zoology #parasites #mitigation
https://peerj.com/journals/openadv-zoology/global-challenges/invertebrates-anthropocene
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Was reminded of the 1988 IMAX film 'Beavers' I saw when I was 8 - it's still so vivid to me in my mind (VERY few things from when I was 8 are) - to see them huge, up close, on a giant screen as they swam around, crunched logs & worked was MINDBLOWING for an 8 year old kid. It's the first full length documentary made about one type of creature! (Trailer: https://inv.tux.pizza/YDwRmBCANvE?t=1)
If you've seen it, you know, and if you haven't and you dig animals, you'll probably want to find this one and check it out.
Thanks to @fistfulofdave for reminding me of it by sending me this wild link about beavers about beavers repairing their ecosystems (https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/news/research-backs-beavers-fight-against-flooding-and-droughts) - this is a cool read, too. Beavers are amazing!
#animals #Beavers #nature #IMAX #80s #1980s #80sMovies #80sFilms #documentaries #environment #biology #zoology #science
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Whether the #disabilities are the result of #congenital malformations or injuries, many #primate species exhibited behavioral flexibility and innovation to compensate for their disabilities.
#BehavioralScience #Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/bs02202401.html
