Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik This collection feels like a curated gift for Novik fans.

Buried Deep and other stories By @naominovik.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Some unsung Lepcha collectors Exploration of nature and natural history in India

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How citations ruined science The making and breaking of scientific life

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Dwarf mongoose group in South Africa

Zebra finches on wire in Australia

⏰Time running out - deadline 19th April - to apply for funded #PhD:

🪶Quantifying animal movement patterns & behavioural interactions in a changing world

👥Joint with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #SimonGriffith #MacquarieUniversity

#modelling #birds #mammals #Australia

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Sci-Fi Book Review: Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley In this sci fi book review, we take a look at Aliya Whiteley's new book, Skyward Inn. This sci fi horror story teaches us something about the nature of evolution and our own individuality.

Skyward Inn by Aliya Whitely signalsfromtheedge.org/sci-fi-book-...

GREAT PhD opportunity at La Trobe University in Melbourne: domestic Australian student only.

Deep-red vision and infrared sensing in jewel beetles. Field and lab studies, inc. electorphys, microscopy, behavioural assays. Team led by Dr Amanda Franklin.

PM me for more info!

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson Let’s start with what The Raven Scholar is not.

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

@arachnonaut.bsky.social, @snata-sociality.bsky.social

A spider reunion in Tapachula Note: This is a computational essay, with code in Wolfram Language. Cyrtophora Sitting in a hostel room in Pondicherry in 1997, I was wondering what pro...

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The Summer War by @naominovik.bsky.social www.wattpad.com/1612634968-b...

Write No Matter What by Joli Jensen (advice for academics) www.jolijensen.com/write-no-mat...

There is no antimemtics division by qntm macwright.com/2025/12/14/t...

Wow that gave me a flashback

Digital artwork of a dragon head caterpillar (Polyura schreiber) with the many dots on its horned head and chubby body rendered to resemble little stars, a few actually being tiny four-pointed stars. Above its head a partially eclipsed moon is framed between its inner horns, and large four-pointed stars rest on the center of its upper head and hang on either side of its head between its outer horns. More stylized rays and stars radiate out into the edges of the image, rich textured gold against a dark blue framing the green bug's body. The caterpillar is outlined in metallic gold and has fairly realistic face details and feet. Art by Moth Monarch.

🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.

Book Review: Red City by Marie Lu I received a review copy from the publisher. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. Red City by Marie Lu Mogsy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars Genre: Fantasy Series: Boo…

Red City by Marie Lu. reminded me a bit of the Jade City trilogy by Fonda Lee in different ways. bibliosanctum.com/2025/11/07/b...

We Choose Every Day: Review of Slow Gods by Claire North Hebe Stanton Under Review:Slow Gods. Claire North. Orbit, November 2025. What does it mean? This oldest of questions is the one Claire North sets out to answer in their newest novel Slow Gods. Our …

Slow Gods by Claire North! I've read several of her other books but this one was a surprise space opera. I have mixed feelings about this book, but was thoroughly engrossing ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/24/w...

The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks review – a wild journey A train journey takes an ever more phantasmagorical turn in this vivid eco-fable with a dash of romance

Total impulse purchase: Sarah Brooks' The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands www.theguardian.com/books/articl...

The effect of stress on pollinator behaviour at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The effect of stress on pollinator behaviour at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD alert! We'll be applying animal welfare ideas to look at how stress affects bees, looking at the effect on bee brains with @lenariab.bsky.social, and working with @sensibee.bsky.social developing new monitoring methods.

Please spread the word! #bees #PhD 🧪

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Job advertisement

I am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change @leibnizlib.bsky.social and the University of Hamburg.
Apply here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

This might be the most metal beetle I've ever seen.

THE CHANGELING SEA – Patricia A. McKillip (1988) A few days ago, I read that Patricia A. McKillip died on the 6th of May, at the age of 74. I basically dropped what I was reading, and decided to read The Changeling Sea, so I could quickly post a …

Patricia McKillip is my comfort read. The Changeling Sea has many of her usual themes, and the atmosphere here is wonderful schicksalgemeinschaft.wordpress.com/2022/05/18/t...

A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken review – here’s how to really write your novel The novelist and writing tutor delivers bracing advice that demolishes familiar ‘stick to what you know’ nostrums

The writing book that I didnt know I needed! A Long Game How to Write Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Playground by Richard Powers review – an electrifyingly beautiful tale of tech and the ocean The wonders of oceanic life shine through in a magical book that is at once Anthropocene novel, disquieting AI thriller, postcolonial allegory and a portrait of friendship

I'm going to keep a #booklog this year. First in 2026 was Richard Powers' Playground. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s.... This book had a few of my recent obsessons: the game Go, polynesia and of course AI.

Have you ever wondered what you would find if you could keep your eyes on a bee for more than a few meters? Us, too!

preprint (with videos!) + thread 🧵

Precise, individualized foraging flights in honey #bees 🐝 revealed by multicopter drone-based tracking

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like an opabinia, a leaf insect, close up of a starfish, and so on. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, pixel art, ceramic, fursuit, post it, and so on.

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.

Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!

Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...

#Art #SciArt

This is excellent: Tips and Tricks for Writing Constructive Peer Reviews

Perhaps the most excellent part is this subhead: "Remember that peer review is not meant to crush souls". Right? Peer review should improve papers (and OK, gatekeep a little) - not make an author regret their career choices!

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A new spider genus from Madagascar!
Researchers led by Matjaž Kuntner (National Institute of Biology, Slovenia) have described Osmooka aphana, discovered in the montane forests of Marojejy National Park.

How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists? Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin J. Ramirez, captures two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider, Asianopis subrufa.

We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).

Naming species is crucial to conserving them according to spider expert - ABC listen Living scientist Dr Mark Harvey reaches rare milestone of naming 1000 species of invertebrates.

Dr Mark “Spider Man” Harvey, Western Australian Museum Research Associate and Associate Editor of our journal Invertebrate Systematics, has reached an extraordinary milestone: he has described 1,000th species.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#InvertebrateSys