House lawmakers on both sides grill head of nonprofit that worked with Chinese virologists | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

We found pesticides in a third of Australian frogs we tested. Did these cause mass deaths? theconversation.com/we-found-pesti… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

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Where do elbows and knees come from? Biologists track them back to our boneless, sharklike ancestors | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

Largest snake discovered | Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s4159…

The Javan tiger has not been rediscovered

'No Reliable Evidence Supports the Presence of Javan Tigers - Data Issues Related to the DNA Analysis of a Recent Hair Sample' biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Evelyn Cheesman #DiedOnThisDay in 1969. She was a British entomologist and traveller who collected over 70,000 specimens on her travels.

Solanum cheesmaniae, a species of a wild tomato is named in her honour.

Click on our link to learn more about her.
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“The idea that you could actually tweak the DNA of this mouse-sized animal into making this apex predator of Australia, it stretches imagination in many different ways,” says scientist Kris Helgen. cbsn.ws/3vROXBW

“So many people have the dream, 'If we could just get this animal back. Maybe it would help us think differently about extinction or the guilt that we might feel of having removed such a special animal from the planet,’” says scientist Kris Helgen. cbsn.ws/3TWYm3d

Don’t bury Mexico’s biodiversity capacity | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Is the Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica extant? DNA analysis of a recent hair sample | Oryx | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/43APJjm

THE HUMAN DISEASE by Sabrina Sholts is the amazing story of human biology, culture, and society in the age of pandemics -- available on April 9th from The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social! There's so much in this book for everyone. You'll want to read it cover to cover in one sitting.

Wowsers. This book is so thoroughly brilliant. The Winter Road by Kate Holden is the true story of the murder of an environmental officer by an Australian farmer, but it's much more than that: it delves deep into complex relationships with, and exploitation of, land in Australia.

Great news! Digitising the NHM to lead new national programme to digitise UK’s natural science collections. NatSCA will collaborate with NHM & project partners to support organisations to engage with digitisation opportunities. natsca.org/dissco-update

More words of support for the South Australian Museum and against cuts to its staff.
Once again, SAMA and its collections have been critical to my research and development as a scientist. And I’m happy to say that most of my important collections live there. Hopefully forever.

Ladybug becomes powerful foe after ‘stealing’ toxins from invasive insect | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…