2025

-Benito, J.*, Kuo, P., Torres, C.R., Plateau, O., Navalón, G., Clark, A.D., Steell, E.M., Field, D.J. 2025. Shouldering the challenge of interpreting avian palate evolution. PNAS (IF 9.1). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2514111123

-Clark, A.D.*, Atterholt, J., Clark, S.J., Seward, N.W. 2025. Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage-grouse). Journal of Anatomy (IF 2.4). doi: 10.1111/joa.70089. *Received cover

-Clark, A.D.*, Lungstrom, L., Clark, S.J., Westneat, M.W. 2025. Biomechanics of raptorial dorsiflexion and tensile material properties of the m. tibialiscranialis tendon in hindlimbs of hawks and owls. Journal of Experimental Biology (IF 2.8). doi: 10.1242/jeb.251052. *Received cover

-O’Connor, J.*, Wang, X., Clark, A.D., Kuo, P., Davila R., Wang, Y., Zheng, X. 2025. A new small-bodied longipterygid (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Aptian Jiufotang Formation. PalaeontologiaElectronica (IF 1.4). doi: 10.26879/1589

-Ksepka, D.*, Mayr, G., Clark, A.D., Grande, L. 2025. A sharp-billed stem ibis from the Green River Formation. Journal of Paleontology (IF 1.3). doi: 10.1017/jpa.2025.10196

-O’Connor, J.K.*, Clark, A.D., Kuo, P., Wang, M., Shinya, A., Van Beek, C. 2025. Avian features of Archaeopteryx feeding apparatus reflect elevated demands of flight. The Innovation (IF 33.2). doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2025.101086. *Received cover

-Clark, A.D.*, Lituma, C.M., Park, Y., Wood, P. 2025. Landscape features affect occupancy probability of Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomusvociferus) in West Virginia managed forests. Ornithological Applications. (IF 2.7). doi: 10.1093/ornithapp/duaf037

-O’Connor, J.*, Clark, A., Kuo, P., Fabbri, M., Shinya, A., Van Beek, C., Wang, M., Kiat, Y., Hu, H. 2025. Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan. Nature (IF 64.8). doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08912-4. *Received cover

-O’Connor, J.K.*, Atterholt, J., Clark, A.D., Zhou, L., Peng, C., Zhang, X., You, H. 2025. Enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Lower Cretaceous Xiagou Formation with unusually short pubes. Geobios(IF 1.6). doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.11.003

-Clark, A.D.*, Banko, P.C., Clark, S.J., Jeffrey, J. (In review). Osteology and functional anatomy of Hemignathus wilsoni (‘Akiapōlā’au) reveals morphologies adapted to unique foraging. Ornithology (IF 1.9)

-Cruz-Vega, E.J.*, O’Connor, J.K., Clark, A.D., Sertich, J.J.(In review). First Neornithine Bird from the Latest Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (IF 2.5)

-O’Connor, J.*, DeMar Jr. D.G., Carroll, N.R., Wilson Mantilla, G.P., Chin, K., Clark, A.D., Cooper, C., Kuo, P., Myhrvold, N.P., Tobin, T.S., Celestian, A.J., Bottjer, D.J., Chiappe, L.M. 2026. Bird feathers from a Late Cretaceous coprolite. Current Biology (IF 8.1)

-Clark, A.D.*, Park, Y., Wood, P., Lituma, C.M. 2026. Factors affecting Lepidoptera and Coleoptera morphospecies metrics on West Virginia managed forests, and relationships to Eastern whip-poor-will occupancy. Avian Conservation and Ecology (IF 1.11)

-Clark, A.D.*, Wang, Y.*, Wang, X., O’Connor, J.K., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Zheng, Z., Zhou, Z. 2026. The plumage of Longipteryx (Aves: Enantiornithines). Journal of Paleontology (IF 1.3)

-Kuo, P.C.*, Clark, A.D., Wang, X., Wang, X., Zhang, X., O'Connor, J.K. 2026. The bizarre uncinate process found in an early enantiornithine showing the functional diverse of ventilation during the early Cretaceous. All Earth (IF 2.6). doi: 10.1080/27669645.2026.2711157

-Clark, A.D.*, O'Connor, J.K., Wang, X., Pruett-Jones, S., Zhang X., Wang X., Zheng X., and Zhou Z. 2026. Hyperelongate ornamental tail feathers in a new Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. PLOS One (IF 3.7). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347641

-Clark, S.J.*, Nicodemus, P., Clark, A.D. 2026. Semi-aquatic mammals in the face of urbanization in Illinois. Urban Ecosystems. (IF 2.4). doi: 10.1007/s11252-026-01954-0

-O’Connor, J.K.* and Clark, A.D. The ecology of Archaeopteryx. 2026. Discover Ecology. doi:10.1007/s44396-026-00026-z