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ldurgavich.bsky.social
Both competitors are now GLIDING AWAY from the Eucalyptus tree, but who will LEAVE the field of battle?? #ConvergentEvolution #2025MMM
March 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of prehistoric plant and animals that lived during the Cretaceous period ✏️🦖

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #plant #dinosaures
January 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
flot.bsky.social
Sketch of a Tyrannosaurus rex 🦖

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #plant #plantart #fossil #dinosaure #trex #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
January 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
anurag-asclepias.bsky.social
Three #carnivores: pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea, Sarraceniaceae), bladderworts (Utricularia intermedia, Lentibulariaceae), and sundews (Drosera rotundifolia, Droseraceae) - #convergentevolution, assembled together in a nutrient-poor NY fen. #nativeplants
Pitcher plants Flower of a bladder worked, the carnivorous bladders are underwater Sticky sundews that trap insects
June 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
mehr.nz
out now in Science: @loganjames.bsky.social collected pairs of sounds in 16 species where we *know* which sound is more attractive (to that species)

he played them to ppl on themusiclab.org, asking, in each pair, which was nicer. humans agreed w other animals

doi.org/10.1126/science.aea1202
cOMPaRatiVe cOGNitiONHumans share acousticpreferences with other animalsLogan S. James1,2,3,4* Sarah C. Woolley 1,2, Jon T. Sakata1,2,Courtney B. Hilton5,6, Michael J. Ryan3,4, Samuel A. Mehr5,7,8Many animals produce courtship sounds, and receivers prefersome sounds over others. Shared ancestry and convergentevolution may generate similarities in preference across speciesand underlie Darwin’s conjecture that some animals “havenearly the same taste for the beautiful as we have.” In this study,we show that humans share acoustic preferences with a rangeof animals, that the strength of human preferences correlateswith that in other animals, and that humans respond fasterwhen in agreement with animals. Furthermore, we foundgreatest agreement in preference for adorned, ancestral, andlower-frequency sounds. humans’ music listening experiencewas associated with preferences. These results are consistentwith theories arguing that biases in processing sculpt acousticpreferences, and they confirm Darwin’s century-old hunchabout the conservation of aesthetics in nature
March 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
aidangull.bsky.social
Spotted in the wild, an example of a mixed-species herd. While sharing many features, it should be noted these two species are not closely related. Rather, this is clearly an example of convergent evolution, in the same way carcinization turns things into crabs.
#Dumpsterization
#ConvergentEvolution
July 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of an Ankylosaurus they lived during the Cretaceous era ✏️🦖🏝️

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #animal #dinosaure #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
December 9, 2024 at 4:30 PM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of an Henodus this extinct animal live in trias era.
#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #animalart #placodont #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
November 13, 2024 at 4:41 PM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of a Thecodontosaurus they lived during the trias era, It was a herbivorous dinosaur ✏️🦖🏝️

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #animal #dinosaure #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
December 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
mammalssuck.bsky.social
Why do so many branches of the tree of life becomes "crabs"? #Carcinization #ConvergentEvolution #InspirationalIntermission #2025MMM www.npr.org/2024/09/18/1...
Evolution keeps making crabs. We asked a scientist why : Short Wave
Evolution keeps making crabs. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a special scientific term for an organism turning crab-like: carcinization. But how many times has it happened, and why? When...
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
melat0nintab.bsky.social
Trubbrackish, the Contaminant Pokémon🚱

My second entry into @thesterninator.bsky.social's #sternmultidrift challenge!

#art #fanart #pokemon #fakemon #pokemonfanart #convergentevolution #drawing #drawingchallenge #groundtype #trubbish #monster #creaturedesign
February 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of an Sphenobaiera ugotheriensis, it’s extinct species of tree from the Triassic era 🌳✏️

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #plant #tree #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of a Cycadeoidea this plant lived during the Cretaceous era ✏️

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #plant #plantart #fossil #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
December 11, 2024 at 4:34 PM
diginverts.bsky.social
Did you know that Venus flytraps have a
marine counterpart? It's the Venus flytrap anemone!

These deep-sea anemones have large bilobed oral discs and tentacles arranged in two cycles forming a concave surface. #ConvergentEvolution

Photos: @natural-history.bsky.social's Estefania Rodriguez
December 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
melat0nintab.bsky.social
Garboclor, the Pollutant Pokémon🪫

My third entry into @thesterninator.bsky.social's #sternmultidrift challenge!

#art #fanart #pokemon #fakemon #pokemonfanart #convergentevolution #drawing #drawingchallenge #groundtype #garbodor #monster #creaturedesign
February 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
nicolekearney.bsky.social
I just stumbled across this hauntingly beautiful Aye Aye (1866) by Joseph Wolf, who is also responsible for my favourite Striped Possum illustration (1858). Yet another thing these two incredible species have in common. #ConvergentEvolution www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30838065 #ILoveBHL
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
jenniferyvette.bsky.social
A hummingbird moth visited today. #invertefest #convergentevolution #sciart
A large brown and orange moth with a long proboscis hovering over spiky purple wildflowers.
July 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
atal-pande.bsky.social
Pleased to present my research on the drivers of convergent evolution in spider visual systems at the DZG meeting. Great discussions and feedback!
#EvolutionaryBiology #ConvergentEvolution #DivergentEvolution #SpiderVision #Arachnology #DZG #dzg2025
September 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of an eomaia ancestor of the current mammals, they lived during the Cretaceous era ✏️🦖🏝️

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #animalart #animal #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
ergabiodiv.bsky.social
#ERGAReads | 🐦‍⬛ 🦜 🪶 Insights into Convergent Evolution From Studying Amino Acid Patterns in Independent Lineages of Birds academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#genomes #birds #convergentevolution #birdgenomics @genomebiolevol.bsky.social @erichjarvis.bsky.social
Insights into Convergent Evolution From Studying Amino Acid Patterns in Independent Lineages of Birds
Abstract. Vocal learning, the ability to imitate sounds, is a complex convergent trait crucial for spoken language and observed in a few independent lineag
academic.oup.com
July 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
flot.bsky.social
Drawing of a microgomphodon ancestor of the current mammals, they lived during the Triassic era ✏️🌴

#paleoart #paleontology #evolution #convergentevolution #animalart #animal #procreate #artchallenge #artwork #sketch #traditionalart
November 15, 2024 at 4:47 PM
plosbiology.org
#ConvergentEvolution is widespread, but what are the genetic mechanisms? This study of wing pattern #evolution across highly divergent #butterfly lineages reveals parallel genetic reuse, indicating strong constraints & high predictability in evolutionary outcomes @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4d1W7VW
A mosaic ivory CRISPR knockout in the neotropical butterfly Mechanitis messenoides. Phenotypic similarity among many distantly related lepidopteran species is caused by repeated mutations at the ivory and optix genes. Image credit: Alex P Arias-Cruz
May 4, 2026 at 7:55 AM
sparrowgg.bsky.social
If you process a lot of compost as our family does: a brown paper grocery bag perfectly lines a five gallon bucket!

#ConvergentEvolution
January 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
plosbiology.org
#ConvergentEvolution is widespread, but what are the genetic mechanisms? This study of wing pattern #evolution across highly divergent #butterfly lineages reveals parallel genetic reuse, indicating strong constraints & high predictability in evolutionary outcomes @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4d1W7VW
A mosaic ivory CRISPR knockout in the neotropical butterfly Mechanitis messenoides. Phenotypic similarity among many distantly related lepidopteran species is caused by repeated mutations at the ivory and optix genes. Image credit: Alex P Arias-Cruz
May 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM
the-art-of-hobbes.bsky.social
Just saw one of these little guys on an amble through the neighborhood! Hummingbird moth, photo yoinked from @gardeningknowhow.com

#moth #nature #convergentevolution #flowers #garden #hummingbirdmoth
August 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM