• Independent lines of evidence document the identification of bird–aircraft collision sample of Western Marsh Harrier (<i>Circus aeruginosus</i>) in continental USA 

  Dove, Carla J.; Bevier, Louis R.; Luttrell, Sarah A. M.; Whatton, James F.; Dahlan, Faridah; Andrews,Frank, III (2025)

  Bird–aircraft collisions (birdstrikes) occur daily and are global in scale. In the USA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) tracks information regarding birdstrikes in the National Wildlife Strike Database to improve ...
• Analysis of bulk stable isotopes and trophic positions of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) on deep versus shallow reefs at Curacao 

  Ewing, Megan M.; Welicky, Rachel; Baldwin, Carole C.; Robertson, D. R.; Maslenikov, Katherine P.; Tornabene, Luke (2025)
• The modern pattern of insect herbivory predates the advent of angiosperms by 60 My 

  Xiao, Lifang; Chen, Liang; Labandeira, Conrad C.; Azevedo-Schmidt, Lauren; Wang, Yongjie; Ren, Dong (2025)

  Modern ecosystems display complex associations of plants–insects that underwent a long evolutionary process since the appearance of mid-Paleozoic vascular plants. Although several major hypotheses explain the evolution of ...
• A Fossil Anolis Lizard Tail in Mexican Amber: Phylogenetic Relationships and Biogeographic Significance 

  De Queiroz, Kevin; Müller, Patrick; Hammel, Jörg U.; Baranov, Viktor (2025)

  Pre-Pleistocene fossils of Anolis lizards from the mainland of the Americas are exceedingly rare: only two specimens referred to a single species have been described previously. Here we report on a third specimen, preserved ...
• A nuclear phylogenomic tree of grasses (Poaceae) recovers current classification despite gene tree incongruence 

  Grass Phylogeny Working Group III; GPWG III; Peterson, Paul M.; Soreng, Robert J.; Arthan, Wachtran (2025)

  Summary Grasses (Poaceae) comprise c . 11 800 species and are central to human livelihoods and terrestrial ecosystems. Knowing their relationships and evolutionary history is key to comparative research and crop breeding. ...
• A new fossil Anolis lizard in Hispaniolan amber: Ecomorphology and systematics 

  de Queiroz, Kevin; Huie, Jonathan M.; Hammel, Jörg U.; Müller, Patrick; Baranov, Viktor (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2024)

  Pre-Pleistocene fossils of Anolis lizards are rare, although 20 Miocene fossils preserved in amber from the island of Hispaniola have been reported on previously. Using light-microscopy and computed-tomography imaging, we ...
• A Translation of Human Activity and Sea Turtles in Japan 

  Kamezaki, Naoki (Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, 2024)
• Sequential introgression of a carotenoid processing gene underlies sexual ornament diversity in a genus of manakins 

  Lim, Haw Chuan; Bennett, Kevin F. P.; Justyn, Nicholas M.; Powers, Matthew J.; Long, Kira M.; Kingston, Sarah E.; Lindsay, Willow R.; Pease, James B.; Fuxjager, Matthew J.; Bolton, Peri E.; Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Day, Lainy B.; Parsons, Thomas J.; Brawn, Jeffrey D.; Hill, Geoffrey E.; Braun, Michael J. (2024)

  In a hybrid zone between two tropical lekking birds, yellow male plumage of one species has introgressed asymmetrically replacing white plumage of another via sexual selection. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the ...
• Anolis richardii (Richard’s Anole). Clawlessness 

  de Queiroz, Kevin; Langan, Esther M. (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2024)

  On 12 August 1992, Kevin de Queiroz and Jonathan B. Losos collected a series of 15 Anolis richardii on the SW coast of Grand Anse Bay, Saint George Parish, Grenada, of which one adult female (USNM 321805) lacks claws. In ...
• Checklist of Chelonian Place Names in the United States of America 

  Watermolen, Dreux J. (Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Vertebrate Zoology, 2024)
• Flora of Guaramacal (Venezuela) II: Gymnosperms, Angiosperms (Chloranthales, Magnoliids) 

  Dorr, Laurence J.; Niño, S. Miguel (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2024)

  The present volume is a taxonomic study of the Gymnosperms and Angiosperms (Chloranthales and Magnoliids) that occur in Guaramacal National Park (officially Parque Nacional “General Cruz Carrillo en Guaramacal”), which ...
• History of the Monographic Series Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 

  Collette, Bruce B.; Bemis, Katherine E. (2024)
• Kingdom Animalia, phylum Cnidaria (corals, medusae, anemones, hydroids, staurozoans, & myxozoans) 

  Macpherson, Diana; Tracey, Di; Bilewitch, Jaret; Opresko, Dennis; Bo, Marzia; Kitahara Marcelo V.; Cairns, Stephen; Sinniger, Frederic; Kessel, Gustav; Alderslade, Phil; Rodriguez, Estefania; Neill, Kate; Miranda, Lucila Souza; Schuchert, Peter; Gordon, Dennis P. (2023)
• Anthropological linguist looks at Passamaquoddy 

  Bragdon, Kathleen (1990)
• Newfoundland-Quebec 2024 Field Diary: Newfoundland Activities and Reconstructing Brador Mound #2 

  Fitzhugh, William W. (Smithsonian Institution: Arctic Studies Center, 2024)
• A phylogeographic analysis of the North American medicinal leech, <i>Macrobdella decora</i> (Say, 1824) 

  Kennedy, Nat; Kvist, Sebastian; Oceguera‐Figueroa, Alejandro; Phillips, Anna J.; Stacey, Donald F.; De Carle, Danielle (2024)

  In spite of their important roles in many ecosystems, data regarding population structure and biogeographic patterns of leeches are scarce. To begin to address this knowledge gap, we herein perform a phylogeographic analysis ...
• Genetic and telomeric variability: Insights from a tropical avian hybrid zone 

  Vernasco, Ben J.; Long, Kira M.; Braun, Michael J.; Brawn, Jeffrey D. (2024)

  Telomere lengths and telomere dynamics can correlate with lifespan, behaviour and individual quality. Such relationships have spurred interest in understanding variation in telomere lengths and their dynamics within and ...
• Biographical sketch and bibliography of J. Whitfield Gibbons 

  Gibbons, J. Whitfield (Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, 2019)
• Revelatory locales: The ritual reuse of a Late Archaic shell ring in South Carolina 

  Sanger, Matthew C.; Seeber, Katherine; Bourcy, Samuel; Galdun, Jaclyn; Troutman, Michele; Mahar, Ginessa; Pietras, Jeffrey T.; Kelly, Caleb (2021)

  Crematory pit shows ritual reuse of a site a millennium after original construction. Indigenous Philosophy provides novel insights into site reuse. Use of cremation spans at least one thousand years in the coastal Southeast ...
• Tortugas marinas: el rol de las especies bandera en interacciones entre las personas y el mar 

  Frazier, John G. (Abya-Yala, 2023)

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