I found a Testacella gestroi semislug, a Sardinian endemic. See the rudimentary shell?

So cool to see our work highlighted here! Thanks @botany.one ! And, re: the question “were you one of the observers in our dataset,” besides in the paper supplement, there’s a full list of them here: github.com/pmckenz1/mon...

Rijdend door de ‘microbiële dierentuin’ van Europa gaat ook de academische hiërarchie overhoop Microbiologie: Het EMBL in Heidelberg is een bastion van biologisch onderzoek, maar buiten de academische wereld niet zo bekend. Om daar wat aan toe doen rijden de wetenschappers nu met peperdure expe...

Ik schreef een reportage over de TREC-expedities van EMBL; met transformer-achtige laboratoriumvoertuigen trekt een microbiologisch A-Team door heel Europa: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

It’s Cyclamen season in Sardinia!

In the footsteps of Linnaeus: scientists share their passion for species from tiny wasps to hairy plants – in pictures For his project ‘De Oförtrutna’ (The Relentless), photographer Christer Björkman pictured Swedish scientists working in the spirit of Carl Linneaus, the botanist who created the modern taxonomic syste...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Determineersleutels e.d. van de Jeugdbondsuitgeverij die niet meer verkrijgbaar zijn, zijn als pdf te downloaden: jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/digitaal-arc...

A photo of 4 crane flies (flies which resemble large mosquitos but do not bite) resting on a white sheet. The larger Crane Fly is a female, with which 2 males are coupled in mating. A third male is trying to get in on the action

A photo of the mating throuple now that the 4th crane fly has wandered off in search of another mate. The 2 males hang from the rear of the female.

A word combination I never foresaw myself using, 'Tipulid orgy' but HERE WE ARE 😂 This began as 3 male Crane Flies of genus #Toxorhina (family #Limoniidae) attempting to mate with one female, but finally settled down to a #MenageEtTrois...

#Macrophotograpy
#WTFNature
#Diptera
#Tipulid
#CraneFly

dang, the Minerals curator had a baby and they didn't name him Mica, Gabbro, Tufa, Morganite, or Li'l Schist? Just leaving solid gold on the table IMO

Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart Open positions

🐟 Are you an ichthyologist driven by collection-based research? 🧑‍🔬
Apply by May 17 ⏰

At SMNS, we extend our collections integrating genomes 🧬, distributions 🗺️, and species interactions 🕸️ to understand and conserve biodiversity 🌱🐞🦎🦅

Join us! Please share 🔁

www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/en/jobs/deta...

AAAHHHHHHHHHH

Nature conservation e.g. by NGO Fundacion Jocotoco, can help to bend the curve of biodiversity decline. The graph shows how large parts of the diversity comes back due to natural regeneraion of a rainforest. It illustrates the main finding of our study published in Nature: Protection restores 90% of species diversity in 30 years.

Good news! #Biodiversity🦜🐜🐒🐸 in a tropical #rainforest 🌴🇪🇨can naturally recover quickly 📈 (if the conditions are suitable = enough surrounding forest). Our new study in #Nature
#forestecol #restoration @jocotoco.bsky.social
www.reassembly.de/posts/recove...
www.reassembly.de/news/rainfor...

Volg @earthdaily.bsky.social voor dagelijkse beelden en metingen van #Copernicus, het wereldwijde aardmonitoringssysteem van EU.

Om bijvoorbeeld te zien dat de luchtkwaliteit in Nederland nu relatief laag is. 👇

Did u know? Flies are essential in healthy ecosystems: they're pollinators; they're organic matter recyclers; their huge numbers feed other bigger animals & their diverse numbers mean that they add to the varied biodiversity on earth. So don't swat, celebrate 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🪰

Zijn we bezig een groot community-science project op te zetten in #Rotterdam? Ja. Willen we ook in de plaatselijke politiek? Nee, deze oproep betreft Taxon Verheij van de Revolutionair Socialistische Partij.
(met dank aan Frank van Rooij voor de waarneming.)

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

Let's share something positive!

Last week, I was a judge in a seagull-imitation competition (dream job!!), and this was the juvenile winner. Isn't she amazing?! 🤩

"Three, two, one ... 🐦"

De werkzame stoffen in vlooienbanden? Die zijn in de landbouw vaak hartstikke verboden omdat ze zo giftig zijn Antivlooienmiddelen voor huisdieren zitten vaak vol schadelijke gifstoffen. Zonder dat baasjes het weten verspreiden hun viervoeters stoffen die in de landbouw al jaren verboden zijn.

‘In één vlooienband voor een middelgrote hond zit in theorie genoeg gif om 100 miljoen bijen te doden’ . Stop #vlooienbanden, kies alternatief! @caringvets.bsky.social, tips? www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...

Vincent Bevins · Diary: Serbia’s Student Movement On​ 1 November 2024, the canopy of a recently renovated train station in Novi Sad collapsed, killing sixteen people....

‘In parts of​ Belgrade, daily life is still routinely brought to a halt by protests. There have been major protests since the start of the year: thousands marched in Novi Sad on 17 January.’

@vincentbevins.bsky.social on Serbia’s Novi Sad protests.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Me too 😬

This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.

That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.

How nice! Nadina Galle included my books in a recommended-book table in Kansas City: www.givinggrove.org/planting-pro...

Natura urbana
#Sardinia

In de Bijenvallei van Diergaarde Blijdorp staat deze weken alles in het teken van de Insect van het Jaar verkiezing!

📅 Kom langs op 4, 5 of 6 april om de vrijwilligers en de 3D-modellen in actie te zien.

Tot in de Bijenvallei! 👋

#InsectvanhetJaar #DiergaardeBlijdorp #Bijenvallei #KleineHelden

Schilthuizen’s Darwin Comes to Town, and You Too Should Join Him worldsensorium.com/schilthuizen...

A beautifully drawn scarab beetle holds a tiny trumpet with its front legs, with the word toot written at the end to show it is in fact playing the instrument, we just can't hear it. Drawn by Scarlet Forrester.

Written by guest blogger Scarlet Forrester, it was inspired by a paper in our Biological Journal which not only expands our understanding of beetle communication, but also the many uses of bioacoustics in research. 2/2

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The Selfish Gene: Still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever Fifty years ago, Richard Dawkins shared an irresistible scientific metaphor with the world that modernised and democratised evolutionary biology. Half a century on, The Selfish Gene remains powerfully insightful, finds Rowan Hooper

Fifty years ago, Richard Dawkins shared an irresistible scientific metaphor with the world that modernised and democratised evolutionary biology. Half a century on, The Selfish Gene remains powerfully insightful, finds Rowan Hooper

Centinelan extinctions reconsidered

Wist je dat oude uitgaves van Entomologische Berichten openbaar zijn via Natuurtijdschriften?

Dat kan door te bladeren, of via deze link: https://f.mtr.cool/zowrwpbfmw

Zo ook 80(1), waar een van de kanshebbers voor @insectvanhetjaar.bsky.social op prijkt (foto: Theodoor Heijerman)