We're extremely proud to introduce our newest faculty members arriving over the next year! Here's a big welcome to Luca Fornelli, Dahiana Arcila, Ricardo Betancur, and Laura Stein! Read about their research in the link below. ou.edu/cas/biology

Post-Cretaceous bursts of evolution along the benthic-pelagic axis in marine fishes royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Genomics overrules mitochondrial DNA, siding with morphology on a controversial case of species delimitation - Caribbean red snapper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Both the Betancur and Arcila labs are looking to recruit PhD students at OU Dept. of Biology If you have interests in fish evolutionary biology and phylogenetics, please contact us: fishphylogeny.org/Opportunities Applications to OU are due December 15th.

New pub alert! Congrats to all on this excellent collaboration #TeamFish pnas.org/content/early/…

The Ichthyology collection at the museum has been hard at work developing a new app about all the fishes of Oklahoma! The beta version is set to launch in the coming weeks, so keep your eye out for it on the Apple and Android stores. #fish #fishesofoklahoma #comingsoon

🚨Excited to share that my 1st PhD chapter on the phylogenomics and biogeography of syngnatharians (seahorses, dragonets, goatfishes, etc.) is out now in Society of Systematic Biologists! Many thanks to all my collaborators! Ricardo Betancur Alexandre C Siqueira @RibeiroED_ Dahiana Arcila ... doi.org/10.1093/sysbio…

Attention all #Oklahoma #fish lovers! The beta version of our new app "Fishes of Oklahoma" is now in the Apple store and coming soon to Android. It's perfect for learning about and IDing Oklahoma species. Great job team for all your hard work!!

Great article summarizing the results of my first PhD chapter! OU Dept. of Biology Sam Noble Museum ou.edu/research-norma…

Biological collections are repositories of the biodiversity on our planet, but they require critical infrastructure. We’re very thankful to U.S. National Science Foundation OU Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences and OU Dept. of Biology for supporting and recognizing the importance of collections 1/2

1/ 🐟 Exciting discoveries in flatfish evolution! A study led by our former student Emanuell Ribeiro challenges the previous notion of convergent evolution in flatfishes and instead find support for a simpler, single-origin view nature.com/articles/s4158…

6/ 👊🏻Thanks to our collaborators Ulises Rosas Matt Friedman gavin woodruff Lily Hughes Kent Carpenter @WillWhiteSharks John Pogonoski Mark Westneat 🐟 Juan Astarloa Jeff Williams Mudje Santos Omar Dominguez Guillermo Orti Dahiana Arcila Ricardo Betancur

How did #flatfish develop the ultimate side-eye? 👀 Scripps marine biologist Ricardo Betancur shares his research on flounder evolution with Carl Zimmer of The New York Times, which sheds new light on how these flatfish adapted to sea-floor life over millions of years. nytimes.com/2024/06/21/sci…

1/📢 Exciting News! Using newly sequenced sea catfish genomes, we analyze signatures of selection across three major ecological axes within this clade. Our findings identify a heightened incidence of positive selection in marine-derived freshwater lineages. 🌊➡️🐟 #genomics

Why do seahorses, goatfishes, dragonets and flying gurnards evolve differently across oceans? 🌏🐟 A new study led by Scripps researchers reveals that colonization dynamics drive the decoupling of species richness and morphological diversity. Dive in: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

Congrats to @Liz_C_Miller for leading this amazing work on deep-sea anglerfishes! 🌊✨ With 1,092 loci & CT scans, we revealed their adaptation from benthic to pelagic habitats—rapid diversification, bigger jaws, smaller eyes, & diverse body shapes. ⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4155…

Huge thanks to my wonderful co-authors: Will White, Ricardo Betancur and Dahiana Arcila This study was funded by the National Science Foundation U.S. National Science Foundation - so please vote for politicians who support science!!!

We really look forward to joining OU next year! x.com/amazonmatt/sta…