The Chemical Signaling in Lizards (Campos) Lab at Villanova University is hiring a full-time NSF-funded Research Tech to study the behavioral & chemical ecology of Sceloporus lizards. Apply here:
jobs.villanova.edu/postings/32458

🚨 Fully-funded PhD project on the size, structure and interconnectivity of ghost bat populations ‪‪@charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social‬

📍 Darwin, AU
Closes: 20th June 2025

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Swordfish skull and vertebrae in a museum display case

Me too, swordfish. Me too.

‘Everyone has their favourite phylogeny’ - @waspwoman.bsky.social talking wasps

‘ Bees are wasps that have forgotten to hunt
Ants are wasps that have forgotten to fly’

@royentsoc.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social

Hey #SICB2025 Come to the joint DAB DNNSB DCE social tonight right after the Bern lecture in the Marquis foyer! @sicb-dab.bsky.social I’ll see you there!

Looks like two snakes fighting but they’re actually legless lizards (sheltopusiks)! They both have their mouths open and one is biting the other in the chest. They have rows of yellow and brown scales, small ear holes and eyes that have eyelids.

Pseudopus pannonicus is probably the biggest non-snake legless lizard ever. It could grow to be over 6 feet long! This is much bigger than its closest living relative, Sheltopusik (📸), the current biggest legless lizard.

Here’s a redescription.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...