Excited for this one to get published! @rfelice and I investigate how integration and evolutionary rate influence the evolution of the avian neck, and it's #OpenAccess@CIA_UCL@BMCBiology
https://t.co/pPhjxWj6Jh
(DM for PDF)
Our paper led by @MikeMSch is out #OA in @AnatRecord. We explore how the craniofacial hinge joint balances mobility & stability in helmeted hornbills, birds w/ high-impact head-butting behavior. Thanks @MasonDeanLab for inviting me to join the fun! https://t.co/bCE1x6UiAU
Barn owls are remarkable birds, with some of the most amazing hearing capabilities of any animal. Our first paper of the year, led by John Peacock, investigates barn owl hearing physiology: https://t.co/cxfwEsG978.
At #SICB2025 and really like bird and dinosaur necks? Well good news, I'm talking about all that and more (incl. heterochrony!) at 10:45 today in A601!
I'm halfway to my fundraising target for Mermaids. Massive thanks to everyone who has helped – you can follow my progress here (and please donate if you haven't already!):
https://t.co/JOrXT4lv50 #JustGiving
Very pleased to see this out. What started as a grad course assignment turned into a quite large PhD side project! Big thank you to everyone who helped pull this together🙌🏼. Please DM me for a pdf if needed! #passerines#phylogenetics https://t.co/q1mxhTWjVl
Congratulations to @tyrannosaura and @GNavalon on this contribution investigating the ancestral morphology of the bird brain, with a focus on the palaeognath Lithornis. Paper is Open Access: https://t.co/nXLKySOGhQ
There are few things as exciting in our little corner of science as a new specimen of Archaeopteryx...with a skull...in a major, easily accessible museum! Congratulations to @FieldMuseum & @Paleontologista! These lovely photos are from this great article: https://t.co/29Qj5o62GM
Another job opening! I am hiring a postdoc in my lab at University College London to work on developing new phylogenetic comparative methods for modeling the evolution of complex phenotypes! Details here: https://t.co/QLFC1MDbaO
Look! A job opportunity! I’m hiring a research technician in my lab to work on CT scanning and segmentation of birds and mammals. Apply now if you love vertebrate anatomy: https://t.co/OtvoPjwhHZ. we’ll also be hiring a Postdoc on the project soon.
Morphology of the vertebral column in the Miocene flightless swan Annakacygna ("the ultimate bird"): https://t.co/MbcDrVAMsb Potential adaptations for stability while floating on the water's surface. Larger species estimated to have been up to 2 m long. #birds#dinosaurs
New genome-scale phylogeny of birds! Lots to chew on here, including increased confidence in mostly post-Cretaceous diversification of Neoaves and Mirandornithes as the sister group to other neoavians. The hoatzin is still a problem... https://t.co/b8UEDvQ2JO #birds#dinosaurs
Manafzadeh et al. propose an approach for combining measurements of 3D articular overlap, symmetry, and congruence into a single metric, and apply this to examine the walking stride of Deinonychus antirrhopus.
@armanafzadeh@AnjanBhullar
https://t.co/6dZM4T0QBy
Our new paper led by Amy Balanoff @HopkinsAnatomy using #PETscan on live pigeons to see which parts of the brain are activated during flight 🪽🧠 and how this informs the evolution of the avian brain from #dinosaurs 🦖.