July 2018

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Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Greater flamingos at Kutch

July 18, 2018

Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Same-sex pair bonding is an understudied area of research interest. In an early, small sample study, researchers have observed similar behavior in female-female parenting as with heterosexual pairs in the zoo greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). These early results could be illuminating with regard to the evolution of flamingo social behavior, same-sex pair bonds, and why pair bonds form in general. Image credit: Dhaval Vargiya, CC SA 4.0.

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July 19, 2018
A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA
2 citations
1,967 downloads
17,015 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5016 PubMed 30065856
July 24, 2018
The real Bigfoot: a pes from Wyoming, USA is the largest sauropod pes ever reported and the northern-most occurrence of brachiosaurids in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation
2 citations
1,179 downloads
11,026 views
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biogeography
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5250 PubMed 30065867
July 5, 2018
The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain
3 citations
1,056 downloads
4,771 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4963 PubMed 30002951
July 26, 2018
‘Rolling’ stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
7 citations
425 downloads
4,721 views
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entomology
paleontology
taxonomy
freshwater-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5354 PubMed 30065894
July 20, 2018
Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity
8 citations
980 downloads
4,255 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5313 PubMed 30042900
July 3, 2018
New insights into chasmosaurine (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) skulls from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alberta, and an update on the distribution of accessory frill fenestrae in Chasmosaurinae
976 downloads
4,093 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5194 PubMed 30002987
July 6, 2018
Fossil eggshell cuticle elucidates dinosaur nesting ecology
2 citations
539 downloads
3,631 views
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ecology
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5144 PubMed 30002976
July 6, 2018
Xenoposeidon is the earliest known rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur
4 citations
1,166 downloads
2,841 views
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5212 PubMed 30002991
July 6, 2018
The cranial endocast of the Upper Devonian dipnoan ‘Chirodipterus’ australis
333 downloads
2,503 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5148 PubMed 30002977
July 19, 2018
A novel approach to study the morphology and chemistry of pollen in a phylogenetic context, applied to the halophytic taxon Nitraria L.(Nitrariaceae)
6 citations
576 downloads
2,359 views
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biogeography
evolutionary-studies
molecular-biology
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5055 PubMed 30038851
July 27, 2018
Hyperphalangy in a new sinemydid turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota
2 citations
412 downloads
1,787 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5371 PubMed 30065899
July 31, 2018
Ornamentation of dermal bones of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis and its ecological implications
5 citations
347 downloads
1,719 views
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paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5267 PubMed 30083441
July 20, 2018
Morphospace saturation in the stem-gnathostomes pteraspidiformes heterostracans: an early radiation of a ‘bottom’ heavy clade
1 citation
294 downloads
1,393 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5249 PubMed 30042894
Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Greater flamingos at Kutch

July 18, 2018

Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Same-sex pair bonding is an understudied area of research interest. In an early, small sample study, researchers have observed similar behavior in female-female parenting as with heterosexual pairs in the zoo greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). These early results could be illuminating with regard to the evolution of flamingo social behavior, same-sex pair bonds, and why pair bonds form in general. Image credit: Dhaval Vargiya, CC SA 4.0.

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