by Communities @ PeerJ | Aug 21, 2025 | Article Spotlight
An unusual early-diverging plesiosauroid from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, Germany The lower Toarcian Posidonia Shale at Holzmaden, Southwest Germany, has yielded some of the most remarkable Lower Jurassic marine tetrapod specimens, including five...
by Communities @ PeerJ | Aug 11, 2025 | Article Spotlight
A new neornithischian dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of northern China The Middle and Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota is different from other contemporaneous fossil assemblages in that it lacks neornithischian dinosaurs. Here, we report a new,...
by Communities @ PeerJ | Aug 6, 2025 | Article Spotlight
A predictive framework for identifying the source populations of Chondria tumulosa, a cryptogenic red macroalga that has been rapidly overtaking coral reef ecosystems in Hawai‘i's Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument The cryptogenic marine red alga Chondria...
by Communities @ PeerJ | Jul 23, 2025 | Article Spotlight
A hundred species, mostly new—first assessment of ribbon worm diversity and distribution in Oman Biodiversity is a key characteristic of any ecosystem but remains largely undescribed for most marine animals. Ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea), a diverse but poorly sampled...
by Communities @ PeerJ | Jul 14, 2025 | Article Spotlight
Researchers have successfully adapted a standardized system for analyzing facial expressions to include bonobos The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a widely recognised coding scheme for analysing human facial behaviour, providing an objective method to quantify...
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