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Read MoreHigh mammalian melanosome diversity exhibits weak correlation with color and environmental variables→
/Li, X. S. Bi, J. A. Clarke, Z. Li, X. Zh, Q. Liu, Y. Peng, L. Zhao, Z. Li, Y. Pan. 2025. High mammalian melanosome diversity exhibits weak correlation with color and environmental variables. Science Advances 11 (43), eadw8707 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw8707
Read MoreForm and function in the developing túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) larynx.
/Bilger H.T., N. M. Kime, P. S. Wilson, J. A. Clarke, M.J. Ryan, 2026. Form and function in the developing túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus) larynx. Bioacoustics. 35 (2) 175–189 https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2026.2614675
Read MoreA new dinosaur species from Korea and its implications for early-diverging ornithopod diversity
/Jung J., M. Kim, H. Jo, J.A. Clarke. 2026. A new dinosaur species from Korea and its implications for early-diverging ornithopod diversity. Fossil Record. 29(1): 87-113.https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.178152
Read MoreNeolithic Bird Folk of the Mongolian Gobi Desert: Climate Change, Ecological Knowledge and Intangible Heritage in an Ancient Persistent Place.
/Rosen AM, Clarke JA, Eighmey J. Farquhar J, S. Dalantai Y. Tserendagva. 2025. Neolithic Bird Folk of the Mongolian Gobi Desert: Climate Change, Ecological Knowledge and Intangible Heritage in an Ancient Persistent Place. Special Issue- the Archaeology of Climate Change. 2025, 8(10), 433;https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage8100433
Read MoreAntarctic crown bird reveals ecological shift across end Cretaceous mass extinction.→
/Torres, C.R. J.A. Clarke, J.R. Groenke, M.C. Lamanna, R. D. E. MacPhee, *G. M. Musser, E. M. Roberts, P. M. O’Connor. 2025. Antarctic crown bird reveals ecological shift across end Cretaceous mass extinction. Nature. 638, 146–151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08390-0
Read MoreNew Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration→
/Li, R , L. D'Alba, G. Debruyn , J.L. Dobson , C-F.Zhou, J. A. Clarke, J. Vinther , Q. Li, M. D. Shawkey. 2025. New Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration. Science 387, 1193-1198(2025). DOI:10.1126/science.ads9734
Read MoreNew U-Pb constraints and geochemistry of the East Kirkton Quarry, Scotland: Implications for early tetrapod evolution in the Carboniferous→
/Garza HK, Catlos EJ, Lapen TJ, Clarke JA, Brookfield ME. 2025. New U-Pb constraints and geochemistry of the East Kirkton Quarry, Scotland: Implications for early tetrapod evolution in the Carboniferous. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0321714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321714
Read MoreDescription of the first Mesozoic bird eggs from Korea and a new mid-Cretaceous theropod-dominant egg locality.→
/Jo H., J Jung, M. Kim, M. Huh, J.A. Clarke. 2026. Description of the first Mesozoic bird eggs from Korea and a new mid-Cretaceous theropod-dominant egg locality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. co-corresponding author. Volume 689, 113653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113653.
Read More‘Key advances’ in descriptive anatomy, taxonomy/nomenclature, and interpretative palaeobiology: an outline and perspective.
/Young, M. T. and Clarke, J. A. .2026. ‘Key advances’ in descriptive anatomy, taxonomy/nomenclature, and interpretative palaeobiology: an outline and perspective. Historical Biology, 38(6), pp. 1707–1712. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2026.2641400
Read MoreSyrinx anatomy and vocalizations in New World vultures (Aves: Cathartidae): Implications for avian vocal evolution→
/Ibarra, B, C. Urban, L. Legendre and J. A. Clarke. 2026. Syrinx anatomy and vocalizations in New World vultures (Aves: Cathartidae): Implications for avian vocal evolution. Journal of Anatomy. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70217
Read MoreMultiple exceptionally preserved fossils from the Paleocene Waipara Greensand inform the diversity of the oldest stem group Sphenisciformes and the formation of their diving adaptations→
/G. Mayr, V.L. De Pietri, J. Proffitt, J.C. Blokland, J.A. Clarke, L. Love, A.A. Mannering, E.M. Crouch, C. Reid, R.P. Scofield (2025). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204:zlaf080.
Read MoreIridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from the Jehol Biota→
/Z. Li, J. Hu, T.A. Stidham, M. Ye, M. Wang, Y. Pan, T. Zhao, J. Li, Z. Zhou, J.A. Clarke (2025). eLife 14:RP103628.
Read MoreTaphonomic damage obfuscates interpretation of the retroarticular region of the Asteriornis mandible→
/A. Crane, J. Benito, A. Chen, G. Musser, C.R. Torres, J.A. Clarke, S. Lautenschlager, D.T. Ksepka, D.J. Field (2025). Geobios 90:31–43.
Read MoreNew U-Pb constraints and geochemistry of the East Kirkton Quarry, Scotland: Implications for early tetrapod evolution in the Carboniferous→
/H.K. Garza, E.J. Catlos, T.J. Lapen, J.A. Clarke, M.E. Brookfield (2025). PLOS ONE 20:e0321714.
Read MoreGeoscience ambassadors: An extracurricular college-level program for transforming relationships to the geosciences through student-crafted stories→
/K.K. Ellins, L.J. Legendre, A.S. Papendieck, J.A. Clarke (2025). Journal of Geoscience Education 73:117–132.
Read MoreMesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration→
/R. Li, L. D’Alba, G. Debruyn, J.L. Dobson, C.-F. Zhou, J.A. Clarke, J. Vinther, Q. Li, M.D. Shawkey (2025). Science 387:1193–1198.
Read MoreCretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity→
/C.R. Torres, J.A. Clarke, J.R. Groenke, M.C. Lamanna, R.D.E. MacPhee, G.M. Musser, E.M. Roberts, P.M. O’Connor (2025). Nature 638:146–151.
Read MoreEvolution of the syrinx of Apodiformes, including the vocal-learning Trochilidae (Aves: Strisores)→
/L.J. Legendre, C.A. Rodríguez-Saltos, C.M. Eliason, J.A. Clarke (2024). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202:zlae001.
Read MoreA new Paleogene fossil and a new dataset for waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) clarify phylogeny, ecological evolution, and avian evolution at the K-Pg Boundary→
/G. Musser, J.A. Clarke (2024). PLOS ONE 19:e0278737.
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