Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/020

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;{{big|April 2022—Issue 020}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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|+Newly recognized content

{{icon|FA}} Red panda by {{noping|LittleJerry}} and {{noping|BhagyaMani}}

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

{{icon|FL}} List of ochotonids by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|GA}} Guadeloupe woodpecker by {{noping|OnlyFixingProse}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Magnetoreception by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Mover of molehills}}

{{icon|GA}} Macauley Island by {{noping|Jo-Jo Eumerus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Black-breasted buttonquail by {{noping|Casliber}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Florence Merriam Bailey by {{noping|GhostRiver}}, reviewed by {{noping|SquareInARoundHole}}

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|+Newly nominated content

{{icon|FAC}} Black-breasted buttonquail by {{noping|Casliber}}

{{icon|FLC}} List of birds of Tuvalu by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|FLC}} List of cingulates by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|FLC}} List of didelphimorphs by {{noping|PresN}}

{{icon|GAN}} Stegotherium by {{noping|Larrayal}}

{{icon|GAN}} Resplendent quetzal by {{noping|SadAttorney613}}

{{icon|GAN}} Electroreception and electrogenesis by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GAN}} Muja (alligator) by {{noping|Amanuensis Balkanicus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Punctelia graminicola by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GAN}} Siegfried Huneck by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GAN}} Abiogenesis by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

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News at a glance

* The second round of the WikiCup ends with three TOL editors moving into the third round: {{noping|AryKun}}, {{noping|Ealdgyth}}, and {{noping|GhostRiver}}.

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April DYKs

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... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey? (April 1)
... that Darth Vader's anal shield has a "pronounced bell shape"? (April 2)
... that lichexanthone, a chemical found in some lichens, enhances human sperm motility and kills mosquito larvae? (April 3)
... that raptor persecution is a crime against birds of prey, and in Scotland, ravens are afforded honorary raptor status? (April 4)
... that the chestnut-hooded laughingthrush feeds on insects that have been hit by vehicles? (April 7)
... that the calls of Whitehead's broadbill (example pictured) resemble those of trogons, woodpeckers, and jays? (April 10)
... that the nests of Hose's broadbill have tails? (April 12)
... that butterflies of the genus Anaea (example pictured) are said to have "commanded the admiration of even the most gold-mad conquistadores"? (April 16)
... that despite being described in 1840, the chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020? (April 21)
... that a species in the genus of sponges Pseudoceratina produces a chemical that can help prevent migration of metastatic breast cancer cells? (April 22)
... that Ulmus chuchuanus had to be renamed due to another fossil already having its original name? (April 26)
... that a walrus was given his own pontoon to stop him damaging other boats in St Mary's Harbour? (April 27)
... that magnetoreception in birds works by quantum effects in their eyes? (April 28)

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