Functional anatomy of the ʻakiapōlāʻau, an unusual Hawaiian finch: academic.oup.com/auk/advance-... The lower jaw is used to chisel into wood and the long, curved upper jaw for extracting prey. 🪶🧪 (📷Bret Nainoa Mossman, Samantha J. Clark)

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Euryurus was once reserved for the euryurinins with sharp, pointy gonopods, and Auturus for those with dull, rounded tips. Regardless of gonopods, the 14 current members of Euryurus are nearly identical to look at, gray with three orange spots in rows, all munching on wet rotten wood near creeks.

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The American Arachnological Society (www.americanarachnology.org/home/) held a bioblitz at Reller Priaire in Nebraska and I found Mysmena incredula, a litter weaver in the family Mysmenidae. Not only is this species new to NE, it's never been found anywhere near it! We know so little! #arachtober

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Really cool work by Callen here - True Natural History of a kind that's almost extinct nowadays!!! Green jay poleward range expansion is more complex than just a warming climate

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Yeah I feel like Altman is a con man while Amodei is a cult leader

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