Our paper describing three new species of #mesophotic Chromis from the Philippines came out in @ZooKeys_Journal today! So I will start a thread talking a little bit about each species. But first, here is a link to the paper: https://t.co/sL3OzO7qyQ
Now, just to show you how much we still don't know about #mesophotic coral ecosystems, today another incredible new species was described! A new butterflyfish from Palau! Publication led by @JoshuaCopus https://t.co/K3D1oZHQCW
Another spectacular new species of Tosanoides gets a name! Meet Tosanoides annepatrice from Pohnpei, Micronesia, and you can see it alive at @calacademy! https://t.co/kWyDMHQkfX
Geopolitical species revisited: genomic and morphological data indicate that the roundtail chub Gila robusta species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) is a single species https://t.co/hVacvy6CyK
America’s best parks program, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, has put parks in every county in the United States. Unless Congress acts, it goes away on Sept. 30th: https://t.co/DVup8flZz2
#SaveLWCF
Because who cares about our incredible public lands, clean air and endangered wildlife? @Trevornoah on @TheDailyShow describes it best: https://t.co/gBXP4nb0Yc
I fear the Trump administration is seeking to overturn the almost 20-year-old Roadless Rule to allow for development in the nation’s few remaining pristine open spaces, including vital watersheds that supply clean drinking water.
https://t.co/WWCcQczdrX
"...he celebrates his own image as a conservationist frontiersman, even as he effectively gives away lands rich with dinosaur remains and archeological treasures to mining companies and other business concerns."
https://t.co/qvkbw0IMDG via @alexnazaryan
Absurd: @Interior crams complex environmental review, concerns from local tribes and hundreds of thousands of comments from the American people into mere months (instead of years) https://t.co/bM6U2vvM6W via @eilperin@StevenMufson#ProtectTheArctic