New evolutionary tree for all of the world's bumblebee species, from (1) slow-evolving nuclear genes, (2) fast-evolving mitochondrial genes, and (3) results from genomic data, to provide a complete starting point for comparative studies of all bumblebees
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Happy Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Month! The natural world is full of diversity, and I’m delighted that @zoologymuseum.bsky.social we celebrate this and can show you some highlights beyond the binary. Come and visit!
Paul Williams
This sounds amazing - can’t wait to read it. I remember writing essays about pigeon-homing as an undergraduate, when it was all (excuse the pun) up in the air. Exciting that we’re still learning more about it nearly 40 years later 🐦 🧲
Mark Brown
Prepping for another roasting day!
Parenting is 24/7
This is a wonderful book - totally recommend for anyone interested in zoology and museums
It’s World Bee 🐝 Day! A day to celebrate these amazing insects, and to reflect on how we can support wild populations of 🐝 🐝 for the future. Museum collections are key in showing where bees used to be, setting baselines to understand impacts of stressors and set restoration/conservation targets
Ant Course is back! This year, in Mexico:
Happy Pride! Great fun judging the Neighbourhood Pride Bake-off - and for a great cause! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈🧁🍰🥮
Whoop whoop! My first book, Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects is out again in a new reprint! 🤩
It explores the *astonishing* things we can learn about the natural world from incredible specimens in natural history #museums. Go get your hands on it! #OneHundredAnimals
Mark Brown
2026 Dates: October 12–22
Deadline to apply: 1 July 2026
Location: Colorado State University Todos Santos Center, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Whoop whoop! My first book, Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects is out again in a new reprint! 🤩
It explores the *astonishing* things we can learn about the natural world from incredible specimens in natural history #museums. Go get your hands on it! #OneHundredAnimals
Jack Ashby
Video
Researchers have identified superparamagnetic macrophages in the livers of rock pigeons to be crucial for magnetic sensing. The finding uncovers an unexpected role for immune cells in sensory perception and may fundamentally change our understanding of animal navigation.
https://scim.ag/4nTQ3nq
