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Bryan McLean
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Integrative biologist exploring mammal evolution | On a mission to liberate traits | Explore UNCG Mammals on GBIF: https://doi.org/10.15468/nujf6d
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Applications for the (final) 2026 Ranges Imaging Mini Awards are due on Jan. 7! This is a great funding opportunity for trait-based projects that rely on high resolution imaging. Focus on Western North American #mammals
Learn More/apply: ranges-network.org/awards/
The Ranges Imaging Mini-Awards
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November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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www.batcon.org/press/1500th...
1,500th Bat Species Discovered in Africa's Equatorial Guinea
Breakthrough marks global milestone in biodiversity.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Function of the scaly tail in scaly tailed squirrels!

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Scaly-tail organ enhances static stability during Pel’s scaly-tailed flying squirrels’ arboreal locomotion | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Scaly-tailed squirrels (Anomaluridae) are one of the least studied mammalian families. Their name is due to a peculiar and unique scaly-tail organ extruding from the caudal vertebra that has been pred...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Attenborough’s echidna rediscovered by combining Indigenous knowledge with camera-trapping - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Attenborough’s echidna rediscovered by combining Indigenous knowledge with camera-trapping
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June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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End of an Era: Landsat 7 Decommissioned After 25 Years of Earth Observation
After 25 years of capturing Earth's changing landscape, the Landsat 7 satellite received its final transmission from the U.S. Geological Survey and was officially decommissioned June 4, closing a rema...
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June 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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New open access NHM available ahead of print! "Seasonal Body Size Plasticity and the Generality of Dehnel’s Phenomenon in Sorex Shrews" by McLean et al. Read now! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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April 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Ahhhhhh Spring. A time to replenish, revive, and…. REGROW YOUR BONES?!?

a🧵on a new paper
April 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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An animal source of mpox emerges — and it’s a squirrel
Researchers solve the mystery of a disease outbreak through long-term surveillance of wildlife in Africa.
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April 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM