Current Biology
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Scientific journal publishing research, overview and commentary across all of biology. All of it!
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Landed in Current Biology!
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September 18, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Landed in Current Biology!
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A decade ago, a “weird” kitten was found on a road near a Bolivian forest. Too small to be a housecat, he had a scrunched-up face, short round ears, long whiskers, & a coat of leopard-like spots. DNA analysis now reveals him as the very first of a newly discovered species & I think I'm in love. 😻🧬🧪👇
Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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September 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A decade ago, a “weird” kitten was found on a road near a Bolivian forest. Too small to be a housecat, he had a scrunched-up face, short round ears, long whiskers, & a coat of leopard-like spots. DNA analysis now reveals him as the very first of a newly discovered species & I think I'm in love. 😻🧬🧪👇
The new Current Biology Cat is #1 on @bsky.app. The wonders of the natural world still triumph over man-made madness!😻🙏
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September 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The new Current Biology Cat is #1 on @bsky.app. The wonders of the natural world still triumph over man-made madness!😻🙏
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September 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
New #cat just dropped! 😻
A first in over 100 years, a genomic study in CB by Eduardo Eizirik and team reveals a new species of 'tiger cat'.
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Meet the Tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo)!
(photo: Fernando Faciole/National Geographic)
#cats
A first in over 100 years, a genomic study in CB by Eduardo Eizirik and team reveals a new species of 'tiger cat'.
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Meet the Tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo)!
(photo: Fernando Faciole/National Geographic)
#cats
September 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
New #cat just dropped! 😻
A first in over 100 years, a genomic study in CB by Eduardo Eizirik and team reveals a new species of 'tiger cat'.
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Meet the Tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo)!
(photo: Fernando Faciole/National Geographic)
#cats
A first in over 100 years, a genomic study in CB by Eduardo Eizirik and team reveals a new species of 'tiger cat'.
👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
Meet the Tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo)!
(photo: Fernando Faciole/National Geographic)
#cats
but are they Current Biologists?
September 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
but are they Current Biologists?
Thankfully all of Sydney's pieces are still there (even though he sadly is not).
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September 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Thankfully all of Sydney's pieces are still there (even though he sadly is not).
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www.cell.com/action/doSea...
In particular, reading www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
In particular, reading www.cell.com/current-biol...
In our recent issue we interview Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development, and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology. Read the Q&A to find out more about Susana’s most important scientific influences: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Susana Coelho
Interview with Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development,
and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology.
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September 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
In our recent issue we interview Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development, and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology. Read the Q&A to find out more about Susana’s most important scientific influences: www.cell.com/current-biol...
So many things in America are not what they seem or purported to be..
The so-called American cheetah, for instance, is much more closely related to Pumas. And it ate fish!
Great new CB paper by Molly-Cassat Johnstone + amazing artwork by Julius Csotonyi 🐆🍣
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The so-called American cheetah, for instance, is much more closely related to Pumas. And it ate fish!
Great new CB paper by Molly-Cassat Johnstone + amazing artwork by Julius Csotonyi 🐆🍣
www.cell.com/current-biol...
September 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
So many things in America are not what they seem or purported to be..
The so-called American cheetah, for instance, is much more closely related to Pumas. And it ate fish!
Great new CB paper by Molly-Cassat Johnstone + amazing artwork by Julius Csotonyi 🐆🍣
www.cell.com/current-biol...
The so-called American cheetah, for instance, is much more closely related to Pumas. And it ate fish!
Great new CB paper by Molly-Cassat Johnstone + amazing artwork by Julius Csotonyi 🐆🍣
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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"...we thought we kind of figured out all the species that were living here in the past. But any little bone that we find can actually reveal a whole new story":
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"...we thought we kind of figured out all the species that were living here in the past. But any little bone that we find can actually reveal a whole new story":
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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Bones found in Yukon ID'd as ice-age cheetah | CBC News
Researchers used DNA and isotope analysis to figure out how the large cats survived in the far north.
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September 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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"...we thought we kind of figured out all the species that were living here in the past. But any little bone that we find can actually reveal a whole new story":
@currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"...we thought we kind of figured out all the species that were living here in the past. But any little bone that we find can actually reveal a whole new story":
@currentbiology.bsky.social
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Holidays? Editors??
It's been a while... Editors are back from holidays and it's #paperacceptedselfie time!
September 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Holidays? Editors??
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Scientists at UMass Chan and the Marine Biological Laboratory have found that the four core genes that control circadian rhythms in animals also help a tiny crustacean time tides: https://direc.to/pRm2
The research was published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
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The research was published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
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September 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Scientists at UMass Chan and the Marine Biological Laboratory have found that the four core genes that control circadian rhythms in animals also help a tiny crustacean time tides: https://direc.to/pRm2
The research was published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
@mblscience.bsky.social
The research was published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social.
@mblscience.bsky.social
In a rare turn of events, 41% of Americans are correct… (excluding sauropods ofc)
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September 2, 2026 at 11:20 PM
In a rare turn of events, 41% of Americans are correct… (excluding sauropods ofc)
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How do blue whales search for and locate feeding opportunities in their vast, fluid 3D foraging habitat? Check out our new paper, led by John Ryan, which provides a high-resolution answer to this question using a remarkable confluence of bio-logging and oceanographic data tinyurl.com/wa4usbpp
September 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Out in CB👉
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Unlike the embryos of other vertebrates, early snake embryos coil as they get longer, typically forming clockwise spirals.
A new study offers an explanation for why embryonic snakes go through these contortions—and why they tend to curve in one direction.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ygkAQk
A new study offers an explanation for why embryonic snakes go through these contortions—and why they tend to curve in one direction.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ygkAQk
September 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Out in CB👉
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RIP Wendell Berry, one of the most resonant voice of the environmental movement.
Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer. n.pr/4zJRiuN
Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92
Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
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September 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
RIP Wendell Berry, one of the most resonant voice of the environmental movement.
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The prettier the butterflies 🦋, the more we study & protect them!
With L. Dapporto & M. Portera, we found beauty bias drives public attention, research & conservation efforts; but not IUCN Red Lists, which flag real risk.
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With L. Dapporto & M. Portera, we found beauty bias drives public attention, research & conservation efforts; but not IUCN Red Lists, which flag real risk.
@currentbiology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.07.049
🌐🧪🌍🦤
September 1, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The prettier the butterflies 🦋, the more we study & protect them!
With L. Dapporto & M. Portera, we found beauty bias drives public attention, research & conservation efforts; but not IUCN Red Lists, which flag real risk.
@currentbiology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.07.049
🌐🧪🌍🦤
With L. Dapporto & M. Portera, we found beauty bias drives public attention, research & conservation efforts; but not IUCN Red Lists, which flag real risk.
@currentbiology.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.07.049
🌐🧪🌍🦤
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SO excited to have my first project from my PhD out in @currentbiology.bsky.social !
We show that VIP interneurons in the dorsal hippocampus selectivity control reward cells within the pyramidal cell population and gate learning ✨
We show that VIP interneurons in the dorsal hippocampus selectivity control reward cells within the pyramidal cell population and gate learning ✨
VIP+ interneuron control of the hippocampal cognitive map
Dhanerawala et al. show that hippocampal reward cells are functionally segregated
from the place cell spatial map. Temporally precise VIP+ interneuron activity bidirectionally
controls reward cell num...
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August 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
SO excited to have my first project from my PhD out in @currentbiology.bsky.social !
We show that VIP interneurons in the dorsal hippocampus selectivity control reward cells within the pyramidal cell population and gate learning ✨
We show that VIP interneurons in the dorsal hippocampus selectivity control reward cells within the pyramidal cell population and gate learning ✨
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Ever wondered why snake embryos coil?🐍
A beautifully simple question with a fascinating answer: a growth mismatch between body & gut shapes the coil
Our study from @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @helsinki.fi with T. Miyashita & R.E. Diaz in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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A beautifully simple question with a fascinating answer: a growth mismatch between body & gut shapes the coil
Our study from @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @helsinki.fi with T. Miyashita & R.E. Diaz in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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How snake embryos coil
Snake embryos coil, but how and why they corkscrew remains unexplored. Weber et al.
find that the embryos wind up clockwise via buckling of the rapidly elongating axial
body against the slow-growing, ...
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August 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Ever wondered why snake embryos coil?🐍
A beautifully simple question with a fascinating answer: a growth mismatch between body & gut shapes the coil
Our study from @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @helsinki.fi with T. Miyashita & R.E. Diaz in @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
A beautifully simple question with a fascinating answer: a growth mismatch between body & gut shapes the coil
Our study from @helsinki-biotech.bsky.social @helsinki.fi with T. Miyashita & R.E. Diaz in @currentbiology.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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My first paper is officially out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! We found that snake embryos coil due to a mismatch in growth rates between the gut and spine. This tight coil is one of the reasons why snakes are able to get so long. Read the paper here!
August 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
My first paper is officially out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! We found that snake embryos coil due to a mismatch in growth rates between the gut and spine. This tight coil is one of the reasons why snakes are able to get so long. Read the paper here!
New study out in CB!
Unanticipated wild behaviors surrounding a lake in Ontario.
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Unanticipated wild behaviors surrounding a lake in Ontario.
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Whole-lake exposure to a widespread estrogenic pollutant leads to unanticipated reproductive behaviors in wild fish
McCallum et al. uncover unexpected reproductive behaviors in wild male fish, including
heightened aggression and competition, and declines in egg numbers and secondary sexual
characteristics during wh...
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August 31, 2026 at 8:49 PM
New study out in CB!
Unanticipated wild behaviors surrounding a lake in Ontario.
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www.cell.com/current-biol...
Unanticipated wild behaviors surrounding a lake in Ontario.
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and those who can't lab edit...
The lab is a mysterious place--where some people have "magic hands," and some experiments just won't work. Here's my story about the unspoken knowledge of science, and the struggle to share it. Gift link: nyti.ms/3UccF7Z
August 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
and those who can't lab edit...
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Professor Bonnie Bassler is awarded the Copley Medal for her discovery of the universality of chemical communication in bacteria and for her idea that interfering with this communication could form the basis of novel anti-bacterials. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/copley-medal/
August 27, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Professor Bonnie Bassler is awarded the Copley Medal for her discovery of the universality of chemical communication in bacteria and for her idea that interfering with this communication could form the basis of novel anti-bacterials. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/copley-medal/