Phylum Studios
@phylumstudios.bsky.social
Dedicated to my second channel: Phylum Studios, centered around zoology, paleontology, folklore and conservation.
Link to channel: https://www.youtube.com/@phylumstudios4230
Link to main account: https://bsky.app/profile/rangogamer14.bsky.social
Link to channel: https://www.youtube.com/@phylumstudios4230
Link to main account: https://bsky.app/profile/rangogamer14.bsky.social
New study suggests that late Pleistocene Japan use to be home to cave lions rather than tigers:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The Japanese Archipelago sheltered cave lions, not tigers, during the Late Pleistocene | PNAS
Lions and tigers, as dominant apex predators, likely became competitors when lions
expanded from Africa into Eurasia approximately one million year...
www.pnas.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:19 PM
New study suggests that late Pleistocene Japan use to be home to cave lions rather than tigers:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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🦈 #shark
#Thailand is releasing captive-bred
Indo-Pacific #leopardsharks near #MaitonIsland "revive a species that has sharply declined in the wild due to overfishing and habitat loss."
Click through to watch a video from Reuters about this
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
#Thailand is releasing captive-bred
Indo-Pacific #leopardsharks near #MaitonIsland "revive a species that has sharply declined in the wild due to overfishing and habitat loss."
Click through to watch a video from Reuters about this
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
Thailand releases bred leopard sharks to boost wild population
Thailand has begun its first effort to "rewild" Indo-Pacific leopard sharks, releasing aquarium‑bred pups off the southern Maiton Island in a bid to revive a species that has sharply declined in the w...
www.reuters.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🦈 #shark
#Thailand is releasing captive-bred
Indo-Pacific #leopardsharks near #MaitonIsland "revive a species that has sharply declined in the wild due to overfishing and habitat loss."
Click through to watch a video from Reuters about this
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
#Thailand is releasing captive-bred
Indo-Pacific #leopardsharks near #MaitonIsland "revive a species that has sharply declined in the wild due to overfishing and habitat loss."
Click through to watch a video from Reuters about this
www.reuters.com/video/watch/...
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Sea turtles may be better able to cope with climate change than we thought. There are concerns that the reptiles face extinction because warmer conditions will make most #turtle eggs develop into females. But the animals have a genetic safety net. 🧪 🦑 🐢
www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought
An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse
www.newscientist.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Sea turtles may be better able to cope with climate change than we thought. There are concerns that the reptiles face extinction because warmer conditions will make most #turtle eggs develop into females. But the animals have a genetic safety net. 🧪 🦑 🐢
www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
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Happy Penguin Awareness Day!
Photos taken at:
Bronx Zoo (little blue penguin)
Detroit Zoo (king, chinstrap, and southern rockhopper penguin)
London Zoo (Humboldt penguin)
Whipsnade Zoo (northern rockhopper penguin)
Photos taken at:
Bronx Zoo (little blue penguin)
Detroit Zoo (king, chinstrap, and southern rockhopper penguin)
London Zoo (Humboldt penguin)
Whipsnade Zoo (northern rockhopper penguin)
January 20, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Happy Penguin Awareness Day!
Photos taken at:
Bronx Zoo (little blue penguin)
Detroit Zoo (king, chinstrap, and southern rockhopper penguin)
London Zoo (Humboldt penguin)
Whipsnade Zoo (northern rockhopper penguin)
Photos taken at:
Bronx Zoo (little blue penguin)
Detroit Zoo (king, chinstrap, and southern rockhopper penguin)
London Zoo (Humboldt penguin)
Whipsnade Zoo (northern rockhopper penguin)
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I've written a bit about writing, given that I've now published numerous books and hundreds of articles. One point I emphasise is that good writing takes a-g-e-s. It's painfully slow. I keep count of what I get done in a day and it might be shocking how little gets done, per day, on some projects.
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I've written a bit about writing, given that I've now published numerous books and hundreds of articles. One point I emphasise is that good writing takes a-g-e-s. It's painfully slow. I keep count of what I get done in a day and it might be shocking how little gets done, per day, on some projects.
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Over on Instagram, Slash shared a reel from a content creator all about the 'living fossils' concept. Whenever someone promotes this stuff, it's basically always misleading and only partly correct. I posted this comment...
January 18, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Over on Instagram, Slash shared a reel from a content creator all about the 'living fossils' concept. Whenever someone promotes this stuff, it's basically always misleading and only partly correct. I posted this comment...
I was not expecting this….DNA analysis seems to indicate the historical presence of Northwest African cheetahs in Saudi Arabia! Turns out the Asiatic cheetah was once not the only subspecies to inhabit Asia!
richardconniff.substack.com/p/cave-cheet...
richardconniff.substack.com/p/cave-cheet...
Cave Cheetahs Raise Hope for Species Recovery
The cheetah's place in Arabic cultural heritage now proved, will species restoration follow?
richardconniff.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I was not expecting this….DNA analysis seems to indicate the historical presence of Northwest African cheetahs in Saudi Arabia! Turns out the Asiatic cheetah was once not the only subspecies to inhabit Asia!
richardconniff.substack.com/p/cave-cheet...
richardconniff.substack.com/p/cave-cheet...
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An edit I made of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. Essentially tried to make my own intro utilizing the intro music from The Future is Wild.
I own nothing, all rights belong to their respective owners!!!
I own nothing, all rights belong to their respective owners!!!
January 4, 2026 at 3:33 AM
An edit I made of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. Essentially tried to make my own intro utilizing the intro music from The Future is Wild.
I own nothing, all rights belong to their respective owners!!!
I own nothing, all rights belong to their respective owners!!!
Reposted by Phylum Studios
Reposted by Phylum Studios
In celebration of #worldpangolinday2025
I uploaded my first short on Phylum Studios, covering a newly described species of Asian pangolin. Be sure to check it out!!!
youtube.com/shorts/GiOZ5...
I uploaded my first short on Phylum Studios, covering a newly described species of Asian pangolin. Be sure to check it out!!!
youtube.com/shorts/GiOZ5...
New Pangolin Species| World Pangolin Day 2025
YouTube video by Phylum Studios
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February 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In celebration of #worldpangolinday2025
I uploaded my first short on Phylum Studios, covering a newly described species of Asian pangolin. Be sure to check it out!!!
youtube.com/shorts/GiOZ5...
I uploaded my first short on Phylum Studios, covering a newly described species of Asian pangolin. Be sure to check it out!!!
youtube.com/shorts/GiOZ5...