Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/025

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{{icon|FA}} Teloschistaceae by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|FL}} List of birds of Bouvet Island by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|FL}} List of sunbirds by {{noping|AryKun}}

{{icon|GA}} Slime mold by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GA}} Handicap principle by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GA}} Insect by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Iztwoz}}

{{icon|GA}} Wheat by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|KoA}}

{{icon|GA}} Eucalyptus gomphocephala by {{noping|Hughesdarren}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Buellia frigida by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|J Milburn}}

{{icon|GA}} Nyctibatrachus robinmoorei by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Nyctibatrachus sabarimalai by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Great cuckoo-dove by {{noping|AryKun}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Lake Patzcuaro salamander by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Anoplotherium by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}, reviewed by {{noping|20 upper}}

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{{icon|FAC}} Pseudastacus by {{noping|Olmagon}}

{{icon|FAC}} Pachysentis by {{noping|Mattximus}}

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

{{icon|GAN}} Banded palm civet by {{noping|Cremastra}}

{{icon|GAN}} Perothops by {{noping|Memer15151}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hypericum hircinum by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}

{{icon|GAN}} Boquila by {{noping|Etriusus}} and {{noping|Veridicae}}

{{icon|GAN}} Aptostichus barackobamai by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Buffy-tufted marmoset by {{noping|André Ribeiro Cardoso}}

{{icon|GAN}} Ant mimicry by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

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

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

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

{{icon|GAN}} Pliosaurus andrewsi by {{noping|Amirani1746}}

{{icon|GAN}} Triassosculda by {{noping|Abdullah raji}}

{{icon|GAN}} Flaco (owl) by {{noping|Rhododendrites}}

{{icon|GAN}} Crassispira incrassata by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GAN}} Sei whale by {{noping|20 upper}}

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• ... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History? (December 2)
• ... that female snowy plovers often abandon their families as soon as the chicks hatch? (December 4)
• ... that Lepas testudinata can form colonies of more than 1000 members at a time? (December 5)
• ... that the gecko Teratoscincus roborowskii eats caper fruits and disperses the plant's seeds in its feces? (December 5)
• ... that Henk Zwartepoorte quacked at caimans? (December 5)
• ... that the green colour of bofedales (examples pictured) stands out in the yellow surrounding landscape? (December 6)
• ... that Desulfovibrio vulgaris can remove toxic heavy metals from the environment? (December 8)
• ... that Varroa destructor (example pictured), the Varroa mite, is an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on honey bees and is one of the most harmful honey-bee pests in the world? (December 11)
• ... that young orange-billed lorikeets are actually yellow-billed? (December 16)
• ... that stinking tutsan smells like goat? (December 20)
• ... that orange paintbrushes are guarded by rufous hummingbirds? (December 21)
• ... that the Antarctic lichen Buellia frigida has been to outer space? (December 22)
• ... that the closest modern fern relatives to Dennstaedtia christophelii (fossil pictured) of the Pacific Northwest are tropical species from South America? (December 24)
• ... that in Icelandic folklore, the Yule cat eats people who do not receive new clothing for Christmas? (December 25)
• ... that the Lake Patzcuaro salamander's native habitat is limited to a single lake in Mexico? (December 28)
• ... that plant species like Hypericum bupleuroides can reproduce by a callus? (December 29)