Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/019

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;{{big|March 2022—Issue 019}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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{{icon|FA}} Queen angelfish by {{noping|LittleJerry}}

{{icon|GA}} Alaska marmot by {{noping|An anonymous username, not my real name}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Firefly by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Afrolychas braueri by {{noping|OnlyFixingProse}}, reviewed by {{noping|An anonymous username, not my real name}}

{{icon|GA}} Mountain pigeon by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Dracopristis by {{noping|Fossiladder13}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Bonacynodon by {{noping|Trilletrollet}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GA}} Lichexanthone by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Szmenderowiecki}}

{{icon|GA}} Yellowtail flounder by {{noping|Eviolite}}, reviewed by {{noping|RecycledPixels}}

{{icon|GA}} Sexual selection by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} White-headed fruit dove by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GTC}} Mountain pigeon by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GAN}} Florence Merriam Bailey by {{noping|GhostRiver}}

{{icon|GAN}} Agelenopsis pennsylvanica by {{noping|Kline}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hypericum aegypticum by {{noping|Fritzmann}}

{{icon|GAN}} Guadeloupe woodpecker by {{noping|OnlyFixingProse}}

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News at a glance

* A discussion is ongoing over whether the pencil icon for editing taxonomy templates should be changed.

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March DYKs

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... that Squatina mapama was named after Spain's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment? (March 3)
... that the sea slug Elysia timida (example pictured) absorbs its colouration from its algae-based diet? (March 3)
... that Seal Rescue Ireland comforts orphaned seal pups with fake mothers made of wetsuits? (March 4)
... that the flatworm Humbertium covidum (pictured), named after the COVID-19 pandemic, was classified in a study written mostly during the initial lockdown? (March 6)
... that the Door Tree (pictured), which stood for nearly 200 years, was cut down because of a brother's hatred? (March 8)
... that the nature documentary The Green Planet, narrated by David Attenborough, has been compared to both horror films and a "plant porno"? (March 10)
... that the colour of the markings on Nesticus cellulanus can vary depending on the light level of the habitat, with darker habitats causing lighter markings? (March 15)
... that the gonads of the banded bullfrog remain ripe during dry periods so that it can mate soon after rainfall? (March 17)
... that Gea eff has the shortest scientific name of any spider species? (March 18)
... that the discovery of Bianchengichthys may shed new light on the evolution of all jawed vertebrates? (18 March)
... that Alaska marmots take turns acting as sentries to protect their colonies? (March 20)
... that some of the calls of the bare-headed laughingthrush have been described as "comical"? (March 25)
... that the Bornean stubtail forages more like a mouse than a bird? (March 29)

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