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== WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter Issue 26 == |
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;{{big|January and February 2024—Issue 026}} |
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;'''{{huge|Tree of Life}}''' |
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;Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter! |
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{{icon|FA}} [[Alpine ibex]] by {{noping|LittleJerry}}<br> |
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{{icon|FA}} [[Markham's storm petrel]] by {{noping|FunkMonk}}, {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}, and {{noping|Therapyisgood}}<br> |
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{{icon|FL}} [[List of primates]] by {{noping|PresN}}<br> |
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{{icon|FL}} [[List of birds of Alberta]] by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Rice]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|RecycledPixels}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Barley]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Bruxton}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Chicken]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|DocZach}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Cereal]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|Bruxton}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Ant mimicry]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Anopheles]]'' by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|AryKun}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Mosquito]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}, reviewed by {{noping|20 upper}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Cherry blossom]] by {{noping|Reconrabbit}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Sei whale]] by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Megaherbivore]] by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Brown bear]] by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Indian rhinoceros]] by {{noping|20 upper}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Hypericum hircinum]]'' by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Hypericum foliosum]]'' by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Hypericum grandifolium]]'' by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Boquila]]'' by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Aptostichus barackobamai]]'' by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Crassispira incrassata]]'' by {{noping|Etriusus}}, reviewed by {{noping|20 upper}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Punctelia]]'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Chrysothrix chlorina]]'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Chrysothrix chlorina]]'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Ramalina peruviana]]'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}, reviewed by {{noping|Ealdgyth}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Menemerus animatus]]'' by {{noping|simongraham}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Afraflacilla braunsi]]'' by {{noping|simongraham}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Nasutoceratops]]'' by {{noping|FunkMonk}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pseudastacus]]'' by {{noping|Olmagon}}, reviewed by {{noping|FunkMonk}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Angustidontus]]'' by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}} and {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}, reviewed by {{noping|Amitchell125}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} ''[[Pruemopterus]]'' by {{noping|Super Dromaeosaurus}} and {{noping|Ichthyovenator}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Black-billed magpie]] by {{noping|grungaloo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Black-capped chickadee]] by {{noping|grungaloo}}, reviewed by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Horned sungem]] by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Flaco (owl)]] by {{noping|Rhododendrites}}, reviewed by {{noping|Etriusus}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Telonemia]] by {{noping|Snotoleks}}, reviewed by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [["Pliosaurus" andrewsi|"''Pliosaurus''" ''andrewsi'']] by {{noping|Amirani1746}}, reviewed by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|GA}} [[Beaver drop]] by {{noping|Lightburst}}, reviewed by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|FAC}} [[Horned sungem]] by {{noping|Jens Lallensack}}<br> |
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{{icon|FAC}} [[Tufted jay]] by {{noping|grungaloo}}<br> |
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{{icon|FAC}} ''[[Nasutoceratops]]'' by {{noping|FunkMonk}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Maize]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Cattle]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Pig]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Domestic duck]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Eusociality]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Fish]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Barnacle]] by {{noping|Chiswick Chap}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Ochrophyte]] by {{noping|Snotoleks}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Parvilucifera]]'' by {{noping|Snotoleks}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Thalattoarchon]]'' by {{noping|Amirani1746}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Hydropunctaria amphibia]]'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Melanohalea]]'' by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Spot test (lichen)]] by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Lecideaceae]] by {{noping|Esculenta}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Hypericum × inodorum|''Hypericum'' × ''inodorum'']] by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Hypericum sect. Androsaemum|''Hypericum'' sect. ''Androsaemum'']] by {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} [[Olga Hartman]] by {{noping|Viriditas}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Mixtotherium]]'' by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Enhydriodon]]'' by {{noping|PrimalMustelid}}<br> |
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{{icon|GAN}} ''[[Lentinus brumalis]]'' by {{noping|Зэгс ус}}<br> |
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| style="text-align:center;" | <big><strong>News at a glance</strong></big> |
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* Our first double issue in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/015|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). |
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* A highly competitive first round of the [[WP:WikiCup|WikiCup]] sees four Tree of Life editors advance to the second round: {{noping|MtBotany}}, {{noping|Fritzmann2002}}, {{noping|Ealdgyth}}, and {{noping|AryKun}} |
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* The [[Wikipedia:Good articles/GAN Backlog Drives/March 2024|March 2024 GAN Backlog Drive]] starts today; everyone is welcome to participate and help reduce the backlog of GANs. |
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* The January edition of our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/Contest|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. |
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* 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 [[eukaryote]]s, including the GA [[Telonemia]]. |
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| style="text-align:center;" | <big><strong>January DYKs</strong></big> |
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* ... that '''''[[Dacrytherium]]''''', literally meaning 'tear beast', was named after its "[[Fossa for lacrimal sac|tear-pit]]"? (3 January) |
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* ... that misidentifications of the '''[[crested cuckoo-dove]]''' have led to claims that the extinct [[Choiseul pigeon]] is still around? (4 January) |
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* ... that the '''[[wood-pasture hypothesis]]''' posits that semi-open wood pastures and not primeval forests are the natural vegetation of temperate Europe? (5 January) |
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* ... 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) |
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* ... 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) |
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* ... that '''[[Cymbalaria muralis|Oxford ivy]]''' grows towards the light to bloom and then towards the darkness when going to seed? (17 January) |
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* ... that '''[[S. F. Light]]''' ''(pictured)'' disliked using his full name? (20 January) |
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* ... that the fossil turtle '''''[[Acherontemys]]''''' was named for a "river of the fabled lower world"? (26 January) |
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* ... that '''[[Aptostichus barackobamai|a species of spider]]''' is named after [[Barack Obama]]? (27 January) |
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* ... that '''''[[Boquila|Boquila trifoliolata]]''''' is the only known plant capable of simultaneously mimicking multiple species? (27 January) |
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* ... that '''''[[Harpegnathos alperti]]''''' worker ants have black heads and chocolate-colored mandibles? (28 January) |
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* ... that all known populations of '''''[[Epipterygium opararense]]''''' ''(example pictured)'' live within a 5-metre (16 ft) radius in New Zealand? (28 January) |
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* ... that female '''[[Poecilia picta|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 |
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|Epipterygium obovatum Ochyra (AM AK197610-5).jpg|''Epipterygium opararense'' |
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|Micropoecilia picta males.png|Gold-morph swamp guppies |
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* ... that '''[[Black-billed magpie|black-billed magpies]]''' are known to eat [[Tick|ticks]] off [[deer]] and other large mammals ''(example pictured)''? (1 February) |
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* ... that scientist '''[[Adelaida K. Semesi]]''' was known as "mama mangroves" due to her specialist knowledge of their ecology? (2 February) |
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* ... that for the '''[[Poecilia vivipara|southern molly]]''', [[sexual selection]] favors smaller males because they copulate by sneaking up to females? (2 February) |
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* ... that '''[[Dione arcuata|eyelash seaweed]]''' may have been made [[Extinction|extinct]] by [[2016 Kaikōura earthquake|a single 2016 earthquake]]? (4 February) |
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* ... that '''[[conservation in Indonesia]]''' had little local support after independence because it was associated with the [[Dutch East Indies|Dutch colonial period]]? (5 February) |
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* ... that the [[artiodactyl]] '''''[[Ephelcomenus]]''''' is thought to have been capable of burrowing? (6 February) |
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* ... that male '''[[Poecilia orri|mangrove mollies]]''' mate sneakily? (14 February) |
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* ... that '''[[barley]]''' was once used as a form of money? (14 February) |
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* ... it has been suggested that '''''[[Crassispira incrassata]]''''' may be a southern variation of ''[[Crassispira bottae]]'' and not its own species? (15 February) |
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* ... that the '''[[Hypericum foliosum|shining St John's wort]]''' owes its bright colors partly to [[carotenoid]] compounds? (18 February) |
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* ... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, '''[[Flaco (owl)|Flaco]]''' ''(pictured)'' has been accused of being a peeping tom? (19 February) |
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* ... that the '''[[horned sungem]]''' ''(example pictured)'' is sometimes a [[Nectar robbing|nectar robber]]? (24 February) |
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* ... that the sea slug '''''[[Bosellia mimetica]]''''' benefits from photosynthesis? (25 February) |
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* ... that almost all members of a flock of '''[[Tufted jay|tufted jays]]''' work together to build a nest? (28 February) |
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* ... that the [[hippocampus]] of the '''[[black-capped chickadee]]''' grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring? (29 February) |
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* ... 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 |
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