Sand flies: very small disease vectors
Blood feeding insects that feed on multiple people can spread disease. Mosquitoes are one example where the female mosquito requires a...
Parwinder Kaur & Kevin C. Rowe
- Aug 31
- 3 min
The Smoky Mouse - Edging towards extinction
The native Australian rodent the smoky mouse Pseudomys fumeus, also known by the First People’s name ‘Konoom’ (the name is from the...
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Bonnie Kircher
- Aug 26
- 2 min
Reptile profile
The green anole, Anolis carolinensis, is one of over 400 species in the genus Anolis (anoles) and one of over 11,000 species in the group...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Space poddity
The short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, is one of the most wide spread and abundant dolphin species in the world. They're...
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Elizabeth Flesch
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Don't you phoget about me
The Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) is a true seal and one of the largest members of the Phocidae family, with adults measuring...
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Hojun Song
- Aug 1
- 5 min
Locusts: Jekyll & Hyde or the Incredible Hulk of the insect world
In Robert Louis Stevenson’s short novel, “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll transformed into the...
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Christopher Beatty
- Jul 27
- 2 min
The dragonfly effect
The Black Petaltail (Tanypteryx hageni) is one of eleven dragonfly species in the family Petaluridae. The family’s name recognizes the...
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Parwinder Kaur
- Jul 18
- 2 min
The lion king
The lion is a large cat native to Africa and India. Lions have captured our imagination for centuries, from the paleolithic cave art to...
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David Weisz
- Jul 18
- 1 min
SRA update for 300 genome assemblies
We are excited to report that with our last assembly release we've hit the 300 assemblies mark, which means it's time to do some raw...
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Parwinder Kaur & Lars Kamphuis
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Sustainability beleafs
Narrow-leafed lupin (NLL; Lupinus angustifolius) is a key rotational crop for sustainable farming systems, whose grain is high in protein...
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Frederic Delsuc
- Jul 1
- 2 min
The ant hunter
The southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) is one of the two living species of lesser anteaters. Sometimes also called collared or...
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Frédéric Delsuc
- Jun 24
- 2 min
On the shoulders of giants
With more than two meters from head to tail, the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is the largest anteater species. Anteaters are...
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Daniel Becker
- Jun 13
- 2 min
A rare carnivorous bat genome
Trachops cirrhosus, known as the fringe-lipped bat or the frog-eating bat, is a member of the New World leaf-nosed bats, Phyllostomidae....
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Parwinder Kaur & Paul Sunnucks
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Species and perches
The Eastern Yellow Robin (EYR) is a small insectivorous passerine bird native to eastern Australia, their distinctive piping call is one...
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Ehren Bentz
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Pouchies against ouchies
Southern giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei), referred to as “Pouchies” due to the fact that they are only distantly related to...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Warrior gerbil
The Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, originated from the harsh highland region of Mongolia. In their natural habitats, they have...
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DNA Zoo Team
- May 26
- 3 min
Primapalooza
To celebrate the DNA Zoo's 200th mammalian species release, we proudly present not one, but three de novo primate genome assemblies for...
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Ruqayya Khan
- May 9
- 1 min
Right off the bat
Affectionately called "sky-puppies" for their puppy-like faces, the Rodrigues flying fox is a member of the Old World mega-bats genus...
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Ruqayya Khan
- May 6
- 1 min
Thumbs up for this genome
The Angolan colobus, Colobus angolensis, is an Old World monkey species found in dense rain forests of the Congo region in Africa. One of...
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Parwinder Kaur
- May 3
- 2 min
The mysterious marsupial
The southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops), also known as the itjaritjari or itjari-itjari, is a mole-like marsupial found in the...
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Merav Ben-David
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Our two scents on skunk genomics
Spilogale interrupta is one of 4 newly-recognized species of spotted skunks in the United States. The taxonomy of spotted skunk is...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Ruff day
The black and white ruff lemur, Varecia variegata, are one of the largest pollinators in world [1]! Their diet consists mostly of fruit...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Unbe-leaf-able noses
The Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, is a member of the New World leaf-nosed bats, Phyllostomidae. The unique nose shape of the...
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Parwinder Kaur
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Wonderful wambenger
The wambenger brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa wambenger), also known by its Noongar name “wambenger”, is a rat-sized...
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Ruqayya Khan
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Aye-aye captain
Perhaps one of the most peculiar species of primates, the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a nocturnal, arboreal insectivore is...
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