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Accelerated Evolution of Limb-Related Gene Hoxd11 in the Common Ancestor of Cetaceans and Ruminants (Cetruminantia)

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2020
Reduced numbers of carpal and tarsal bones (wrist and ankle joints) are extensively observed in the clade of Cetacea and Ruminantia (Cetruminantia). Homebox D11 (Hoxd11) is one of the important genes required for limb development in mammals. Mutations in
Jun Li, Songyang Shang, Na Fang, Yubo Zhu, Junpeng Zhang, David M. Irwin, Shuyi Zhang, Zhe Wang   +7 more
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A Global Compilation of Blue Whale Strandings

Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Marine mammal strandings are common occurrences that attract public and scientific interest. Stranding data can provide important information for rarely sighted species, but while regional and national stranding databases do exist in some areas, cross‐database communication and data sharing are limited.
Kristina V. Randrup, Robert L. Brownell Jr., R. Charles Anderson, Emma L. Carroll, Rochelle Constantine, Barbara Galletti Vernazzani, Hannah Hendriks, Anouk D. Ilangakoon, Divya Panicker, Dipani Sutaria, Koen Van Waerebeek, Sarah M. Wilkin, Tonya Wimmer, Trevor A. Branch   +13 more
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An Updated Checklist of Terrestrial Mammals of Hainan Island, China

Biological Diversity, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 180-189, September 2026.
Building upon the foundational work Birds and Mammals of Hainan Island (1983), and synthesizing verified species records accumulated over the past four decades under a modern taxonomic framework, we present an updated checklist documenting 95 species of terrestrial mammals on Hainan Island.
Zhihui Yang, Gang Lu, Yixin Chen, Yuan Chen   +3 more
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Cetotheriidae (Cetacea, Mysticeti) From The Collections Of The National Geological Museum, Bucharest (Romania) [PDF]

, 2023
Torcărescu, B.-A. (2023): Cetotheriidae (Cetacea, Mysticeti) From The Collections Of The National Geological Museum, Bucharest (Romania). Zoodiversity 57 (3): 267-276, DOI: 10.15407/zoo2023.03.267, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/zoo2023.03 ...
Torcărescu, B.-A., B.-A. Torcărescu
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Genomic Insights Into the Body Size Evolution in Felidae (Mammalia: Carnivora)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.
This study performed reannotation of the genomes of two felid species and conducted the first genomic analysis of body size variation and evolution in Felidae. Our results demonstrate that felid body size evolution is driven by adaptive changes in both core signaling pathways and individual key genes.
Shihu Zhao, Tian Xia, Xuesong Mei, Chen Qiu, Ying Zhang, Chao Zhao, Xiaoyang Wu, Xiaodong Gao, Jiaohui Fang, Jianqun Ding, Zhenglong Wang, Xiufeng Yang, Honghai Zhang   +12 more
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New Skeletons of the Ancient Dolphin Xenorophus sloanii and Xenorophus simplicidens sp. nov. (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of South Carolina and the Ontogeny, Functional Anatomy, Asymmetry, Pathology, and Evolution of the Earliest Odontoceti

Diversity, 2023
The early diverging, dolphin-sized, cetacean clade Xenorophidae are a short-lived radiation of toothed whales (Odontoceti) that independently evolved two features long thought to be odontocete synapomorphies: the craniofacial and cochlear morphology ...
Robert W. Boessenecker, Jonathan H. Geisler   +1 more
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Using Photographs in Fishers’ Ecological Knowledge Research: A Review and Field Study on Small‐Scale Fishers’ Knowledge of Coastal Habitats in the Central Mediterranean Sea

Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Volume 6, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Fishers interact daily with coastal environments, which generate a deep understanding of habitat characteristics, species associations and ecological change. Fishers’ ecological knowledge (FEK) is therefore a critical source of insight for marine science, offering observations that uniquely complement scientific data and, when incorporated ...
Chiara D'Agata, Sieglind Wallner‐Hahn, Wiebren Johannes Boonstra   +2 more
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Effectiveness of current and potential conservation actions for amphibians, birds and mammals

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
Our study demonstrates the power of combining differently‐sourced and compiled datasets to evaluate the likely effectiveness of ongoing conservation strategies and identify future needs. Our findings can inform species action plans and conservation spatial‐planning tools, helping to ensure that future conservation efforts are evidence‐based, have ...
Ashley T. Simkins, William J. Sutherland, Silviu O. Petrovan, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Alec P. Christie, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Michael Hoffmann, Rebecca A. Senior, Samuel T. Turvey, Catherine E. Waite, Lynn V. Dicks   +11 more
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Osteological correlates of evolutionary transitions in cetacean feeding and related oropharyngeal functions

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Teeth are often the first structures that anatomists and paleontologists examine to understand the ecology and morphology of feeding, both because teeth are highly specialized structures that provide precise information, and because they are among the ...
Alexander J. Werth, Brian L. Beatty
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pylifemap: Mapping data onto the tree of life

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 6, Page 1696-1702, June 2026.
Abstract The need to visualize data associated with NCBI Taxonomy Identifiers is growing in various biological fields ranging from comparative genomics to metagenomics and metabarcoding, and even for outreach. No tool today allows visualization of such data while still keeping the full vision of the whole taxonomy, possibly causing a biased view of the
Julien Barnier, Cassandra Bompard, Aurélie Siberchicot, Vincent Navratil, Joaquim Martin, Damien M. de Vienne   +5 more
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