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For some fish, being born close to a new moon increases the chances they will develop as male, while female offspring are more likely when the moon is full, a new study has found.
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cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/7680
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The number of pathogens that could trigger the next pandemic has grown to more than 30, and now includes influenza A virus, dengue virus and monkeypox virus, according to an updated list published by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week. Researchers say that the list of ‘priority pathogens’ will help organizations to decide where to focus their efforts in developing treatments, vaccines and diagnostics.
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cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/2066
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/25010101 > > Boops boops (/ˈboʊ.ɒps ˈboʊ.ɒps/; from Ancient Greek βόωψ, literally 'ox-eyed'), commonly called the bogue, is a species of seabream native to the eastern Atlantic > > ``` > Domain: Eukaryota > Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Spariformes > Family: Sparidae > Genus: Boops > Species: B. boops > ```
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24113865
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23517604 > Link to patient profile: https://mmrpatients.org/patient/el2401-female-otter-pup-name-tbd/ > > Patient Record (as of 2024-06-20) > > ``` > Species: Sea Otter > Patient ID: EL2401 > Admitted on: 2024/06/17 > Collection Site: Wikkaninnish Island > Reason for Admission: Maternal separation > Weight at Admission: 2.10 kg > Patient Status: in care > Time in Care: 2 days > Current Habitat: Hospital (Intensive Care) > ``` > > Photos: > >  > >  > >  > >  > > 
Such a perfect ending for a paper! "The animals themselves did not long survive in the aquarium. A slow process of dissolution set in at some point on the body, and gradually more and more of the tissue melted away till only the tentacle- and brain-region remained. This crept about for a few days, but finally it, too, disintegrated. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, May 12, 1893." Wheeler, W. M. (1894). Journal of Morphology, 9(2), 195–201. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050090203 [@biology](https://mander.xyz/c/biology)
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 Any chance someone knows anything about it? It was found in the Great Lakes area. It's about palm sized, found near a tree by the playground. I returned it to an out of the way place where kids wouldn't mess it it.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21700185 > The article is short so I recommend reading it. I started adding the key points below, but ended up including almost the entire article: > > > Number 16 (c. 1974 – 2016), also known as #16, was a wild female trapdoor spider (Gaius villosus, family Idiopidae) that lived in North Bungulla Reserve near Tammin, Western Australia. She lived an estimated 43 years and became the longest-lived spider on record, beating a 28-year-old tarantula who previously held the title. When Number 16 finally died in 2016, it was not of old age but from a parasitic wasp sting. > > --- > > > On March 1974, Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main began a long-term study of spider families. [...] Main returned to the site annually, sometimes more frequently, for more than four decades. > > > Like other trapdoor spiders, Number 16 spent her entire life in the same burrow, subsisting off the edible insects that walked on her burrow's trapdoor-like silk roof. > > > For her 40th birthday, research assistant Leanda Mason wanted to give the spider a mealworm, but Main denied the request since it would interfere with the study > > > Because of Number 16, Main's project took far longer than she had expected. She continued to work into her late 80s, but she "began to look forward to the project's end," The Washington Post reported. Finally, when Main's own health declined before the spider's, she passed the project on to Leanda Mason. > > > On 31 October 2016, researcher Leanda Mason discovered Number 16's burrow in disrepair. The spider was gone. Evidence suggested she was killed by a parasitic spider wasp > > > “She was cut down in her prime [...] It took a while to sink in, to be honest," said Mason > > > After retiring, Barbara York Main moved to a care facility for Alzheimer's. Leanda Mason, who kept in contact with her mentor, said in 2018 that Barbara "remembers No. 16" but "forgets that she’s died."
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New paper from Ikeda et al. on the biogenesis of chitin bristles in the annelid [#Platynereis](https://biologists.social/tags/Platynereis) with nice [#vEM](https://biologists.social/tags/vEM) reconstructions and a chitin synthase knockout. Bristles are formed in a process of biological 3D printing. [@biology](https://mander.xyz/c/biology) [\#microscopy](https://biologists.social/tags/microscopy) [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48044-3](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48044-3)
Six stories of parthenogenesis: - Rays - Sharks - California Condors - Honeybees - Whiptail lizards - Amazon Mollies
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20257123 > From this article: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/swimming-and-spinning-aquatic-spiders-use-slick-survival-strategies/
Still time to sign up to our COS Symposium 2024 "Life in Context: Organismal sensing and adaptation in the natural environment" in Heidelberg July 22-23, 2024. Free registration. [https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/centre-for-organismal-studies-heidelberg/scientific-events-at-cos/cos-symposia/cos-symposium-2024](https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/centre-for-organismal-studies-heidelberg/scientific-events-at-cos/cos-symposia/cos-symposium-2024) with [@vincentflora](https://fediscience.org/@vincentflora), [@NicoleDubilier](https://biologists.social/@NicoleDubilier), [@GonzalezLab](https://ecoevo.social/@GonzalezLab) and many other great speakers [@biology](https://mander.xyz/c/biology) [#Evolution](https://biologists.social/tags/Evolution)