Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/026

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;{{big|January and February 2024—Issue 026}}

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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

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{{icon|FA}} Alpine ibex by {{noping|LittleJerry}}

{{icon|FA}} Markham's storm petrel by {{noping|FunkMonk}}, {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}, and {{noping|Therapyisgood}}

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

{{icon|FL}} List of birds of Alberta by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Rice by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|RecycledPixels}}

{{icon|GA}} Barley by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Bruxton}}

{{icon|GA}} Chicken by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|DocZach}}

{{icon|GA}} Cereal by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Bruxton}}

{{icon|GA}} Ant mimicry by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}

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

{{icon|GA}} Mosquito by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|20 upper}}

{{icon|GA}} Cherry blossom by {{noping|Reconrabbit}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Sei whale by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Megaherbivore by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Brown bear by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Indian rhinoceros by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Hypericum hircinum by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Hypericum foliosum by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

{{icon|GA}} Hypericum grandifolium by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

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

{{icon|GA}} Aptostichus barackobamai by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GA}} Crassispira incrassata by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|20 upper}}

{{icon|GA}} Punctelia by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Chrysothrix chlorina by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Ramalina peruviana by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}

{{icon|GA}} Menemerus animatus by {{noping|simongraham}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GA}} Afraflacilla braunsi by {{noping|simongraham}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Nasutoceratops by {{noping|FunkMonk}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Pseudastacus by {{noping|Olmagon}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

{{icon|GA}} Angustidontus by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}} and {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}, reviewed by {{noping|Amitchell125}}

{{icon|GA}} Pruemopterus by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}} and {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GA}} Black-billed magpie by {{noping|grungaloo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Black-capped chickadee by {{noping|grungaloo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|GA}} Horned sungem by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Flaco (owl) by {{noping|Rhododendrites}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}

{{icon|GA}} Telonemia by {{noping|Snotoleks}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GA}} "Pliosaurus" andrewsi by {{noping|Amirani1746}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|GA}} Beaver drop by {{noping|Lightburst}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

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{{icon|FAC}} Horned sungem by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}

{{icon|FAC}} Tufted jay by {{noping|grungaloo}}

{{icon|FAC}} Nasutoceratops by {{noping|FunkMonk}}

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

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

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

{{icon|GAN}} Domestic duck by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}

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

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

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

{{icon|GAN}} Ochrophyte by {{noping|Snotoleks}}

{{icon|GAN}} Parvilucifera by {{noping|Snotoleks}}

{{icon|GAN}} Thalattoarchon by {{noping|Amirani1746}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hydropunctaria amphibia by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GAN}} Melanohalea by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GAN}} Spot test (lichen) by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GAN}} Lecideaceae by {{noping|Esculenta}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hypericum × inodorum by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}

{{icon|GAN}} Hypericum sect. Androsaemum by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}

{{icon|GAN}} Olga Hartman by {{noping|Viriditas}}

{{icon|GAN}} Mixtotherium by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}

{{icon|GAN}} Enhydriodon by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}

{{icon|GAN}} Lentinus brumalis by {{noping|Зэгс ус}}

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| style="text-align:center;" | News at a glance

* Our first double issue in almost four years, although we will try to return to a monthly schedule henceforth (incidentally, the last double issue saw Markham's storm petrel at GAN, and this one sees it finally pass FAC).

A highly competitive first round of the WikiCup sees four Tree of Life editors advance to the second round: {{noping|MtBotany}}, {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, {{noping|Ealdgyth}}, and {{noping|AryKun}}
The March 2024 GAN Backlog Drive starts today; everyone is welcome to participate and help reduce the backlog of GANs.
The January edition of our monthly rolling contest was won by {{noping|Quetzal1964}} with 100 points from 40 articles, mainly related to various species of marine fish. {{noping|simongraham}} was second with 80 points from 14 articles on jumping spiders.
The February edition saw {{noping|Quetzal1964}} win for the second time in a row, with 114 points from 43 articles. In second place was {{noping|Snoteleks}}, with 21 points from 7 seven articles on various unicellular eukaryotes, including the GA Telonemia.

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| style="text-align:center;" | January DYKs

* ... that Dacrytherium, literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "tear-pit"? (3 January)

... that misidentifications of the crested cuckoo-dove have led to claims that the extinct Choiseul pigeon is still around? (4 January)
... that the wood-pasture hypothesis posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? (5 January)
... that until April 2023, when the genus Triassosculda was discovered, the mantis shrimp fossil record contained a gap of more than a hundred million years? (5 January)
... that although Olga Hartman believed that her basic research on marine worms had no practical value, it was applied to experimental studies of oysters? (6 January)
... that Oxford ivy grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (17 January)
... that S. F. Light (pictured) disliked using his full name? (20 January)
... that the fossil turtle Acherontemys was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January)
... that a species of spider is named after Barack Obama? (27 January)
... that Boquila trifoliolata is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? (27 January)
... that Harpegnathos alperti worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles? (28 January)
... that all known populations of Epipterygium opararense (example pictured) live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand? (28 January)
... that female swamp guppies (pictured) show no preference for orange or red coloration during courtship? (29 January)

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|Sol Felty Light c. 1937.jpg|S. F. Light examining termites

|Epipterygium obovatum Ochyra (AM AK197610-5).jpg|Epipterygium opararense

|Micropoecilia picta males.png|Gold-morph swamp guppies

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| style="text-align:center;" | February DYKs

* ... that black-billed magpies are known to eat ticks off deer and other large mammals (example pictured)? (1 February)

... that scientist Adelaida K. Semesi was known as "mama mangroves" due to her specialist knowledge of their ecology? (2 February)
... that for the southern molly, sexual selection favors smaller males because they copulate by sneaking up to females? (2 February)
... that eyelash seaweed may have been made extinct by a single 2016 earthquake? (4 February)
... that conservation in Indonesia had little local support after independence because it was associated with the Dutch colonial period? (5 February)
... that the artiodactyl Ephelcomenus is thought to have been capable of burrowing? (6 February)
... that male mangrove mollies mate sneakily? (14 February)
... that barley was once used as a form of money? (14 February)
... it has been suggested that Crassispira incrassata may be a southern variation of Crassispira bottae and not its own species? (15 February)
... that the shining St John's wort owes its bright colors partly to carotenoid compounds? (18 February)
... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco (pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom? (19 February)
... that the horned sungem (example pictured) becomes a nectar robber when food is scarce? (24 February)
... that the sea slug Bosellia mimetica benefits from photosynthesis? (25 February)
... that almost all members of a flock of tufted jays work together to build a nest? (28 February)
... that the hippocampus of the black-capped chickadee grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring? (29 February)
... that an Indian rhinoceros, sent as a gift to Pope Leo X in 1515, was immortalised as Dürer's Rhinoceros after dying in a shipwreck? (29 February)

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|Black-billed magpie on cow (40005944621).jpg| Black-billed magpie eating ticks off the back of a cow

|Flaco peeping 4.jpg|Flaco peeping through a window

|Vitorino 2016 fig1-crop.png|Horned sungem robbing a flower

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