Melanie and the Pot of Jam, page 16 illustration

Page 16 illustration from my latest story that I worked on with illustrator Nicola B @NicolaButterfli, https://twitter.com/NicolaButterfli called Melanie and the Pot of Jam.

Nicola has worked on a number of books with her two daughters. This is an example of one of them, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosie-Red-Admiral-Beccas-Butterflies/dp/B08WZCV8PR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=red+admiral+butterfly+rebecca&qid=1624740974&sr=8-1.

I have published eight other books on Amazon for children of different ages so why not take a look at my author page and look them up.

There’s also a range of blank cards of some of the illustrations and also organic cotton T-shirts for children.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Our Etsy shop https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

Melanie and the Pot of Jam, page 14 illustration

Page 14 illustration from my latest published story that I worked on with illustrator Nicola B @NicolaButterfli, https://twitter.com/NicolaButterfli called Melanie and the Pot of Jam. Melanie finds herself stuck in the pot of strawberry jam in a cold and dark fridge so she eats to keep herself warm.

Nicola has worked on a number of books with her two daughters. This is an example of one of them, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosie-Red-Admiral-Beccas-Butterflies/dp/B08WZCV8PR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=red+admiral+butterfly+rebecca&qid=1624740974&sr=8-1.

I have published eight other books on Amazon for children of different ages so why not take a look at my author page and look them up.

There’s also a range of blank cards of some of the illustrations and also organic cotton T-shirts for children.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton T-shirts and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Our Etsy shop https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

Melanie and the Pot of Jam, page 13 illustration

Page 13 illustration from the latest story that I worked on with illustrator Nicola B @NicolaButterfli, https://twitter.com/NicolaButterfli, called Melanie and the Pot of Jam. Melanie finds herself stuck in the pot of strawberry jam in a cold and dark fridge so she eats to keep herself warm.

Nicola has worked on a number of books with her two daughters. This is an example of one of them, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosie-Red-Admiral-Beccas-Butterflies/dp/B08WZCV8PR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=red+admiral+butterfly+rebecca&qid=1624740974&sr=8-1.

I have published 8 other books on Amazon for children of different ages so why not take a look at my author page and look them up.

There’s also a range of blank cards of some of the illustrations and also organic cotton T-shirts for children.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/collection/kids/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Our Etsy shop https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

Melanie and the Pot of Jam, page 9 illustration

Page 9 illustration from my latest story that I worked on with the illustrator Nicola B @NicolaButterfli, https://twitter.com/NicolaButterfli called Melanie and the Pot of Jam.

Nicola has worked on a number of books with her two daughters. This is an example of one of them, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosie-Red-Admiral-Beccas-Butterflies/dp/B08WZCV8PR/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=red+admiral+butterfly+rebecca&qid=1624740974&sr=8-1.

Meanwhile I have 8 published books on Amazon for children of different ages so why not take a look at my author page and look them up.

Our links

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

Our Etsy shop https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

#NewSpecies!
New fruit fly from #india just landed:

Rhabdochaeta octomaculata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA1987FE-FFD7-C049-28AA-035CC7F8FF6E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.4
#Zootaxa #RhabdochaetaOctomaculata

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #diptera #fly #fruitflies

RE: https://fediscience.org/@eLife/116235479359504132

About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.

© this text #StefanFWirth

JGU researchers uncover novel connections during fruit fly aging: Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/jgu-researchers-uncover-novel-connections-during-fruit-fly-aging/

#biology #neurobiology #drosophila #FruitFlies

Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.

Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737937

#Evolution #FruitFlies #EEB