🪸 According to the IPBES #GlobalAssessment , nearly a third of reef-forming corals, sharks, and their relatives are threatened. The whale shark is just one of many species at risk. The protection of biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems.

Wallis; in‘s Herz gemeisselt!!

This rare plant (Cardamine lojanensis) is only found in Ecuador, and you're potentially looking at the first living photos of the species! 📷 jovany69055 on iNaturalist 📍 Ecuador 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

A real treat to watch a male Lyrebird perform at the Healesville Sanctuary yesterday. Truly magnificent.

Great Spotted Woodpecker. Cracking photo taken by Steve Clifft in the UK. #GreatSpottedWoodpecker #birds #woodpecker #bird #wildlife #nature

Ein Bärtierchen macht kaka. 😁🥰

Scientists are supposed to be happy when their predictions are skillful, right? Why do I not feel happy?

This was a light-bulb moment for me! My new post @plos.org comes from learning about the concept of science populists: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/12/19/s... ....

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That’s very important information, especially when anti-vaccine campaigners once again claim that there aren’t enough randomised trials on vaccines.

🦠 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: “AI-powered rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with informative peaks of MALDI-TOF MS”  Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf303

New Research Efficacy of ProC6C-AlOH/Matrix-M against Plasmodium falciparum infection and mosquito transmission: a phase 2, randomised, controlled human malaria infection study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Eine Frau liess man nach einer Zwillingsgeburt verbluten um das 'Bonding' zu ermöglichen, obwohl sie schon lange im Schock war. Von der Wichtigkeit von diesem 'Bonding' zwischen Mutter und Kind gleich nach der Geburt hatte ich in meinem Schwangerschaftsbuch gelesen. Da ich mich gefragt hatte, (1/4)

📢 ECCB2026 - Call for proceedings now open ! The Scientific Committee welcomes full manuscripts presenting original and unpublished work in computational biology. 🗓 Deadline: 5 March 2026, 1 p.m. CET 🔗 eccb2026.org/call-proceedings #ECCB2026 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #CallForPapers

Bloody hell! It took until the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights in 1993, which was the "tipping point" in gaining international acceptance that "women’s rights are human rights", and the Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995, the largest UN world conference ever, ... (1/4)

Nice interdisciplinary #plantscience -related paper in Science handled by our neuroscience editor, @mattiamaroso.bsky.social Infrared heat from cycads as a pollination signal before flowers evolved. Paper here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Perspective here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This monkey slug caterpillar (Phobetron sp.) from Ecuador has evolved to look like a discarded tarantula molt. This one mimics the tarantula Avicularia juruensis (see my previous post) so accurately, down to the pink toes and yellow bands! The hairs cause skin irritation, just like Avicularia hairs.

In our new study we were the first to experimentally simulate the origin of sociality! By controlling how many wasp 🐝daughters could help their mom, we found that early helpers don't just add to colony success—they multiply it!

That’s a brilliant example. However, I would argue that the rumour would keep going forever even if we stopped doing more clinical trials; anyway, spending so much precious research funding on this is probably not well spent, and we should focus on trials addressing urgent medical needs instead.

(1) 🍄 A newly mobilized macrofungi dataset offers fresh insight into fungal diversity in Kenya! 🤩 Compiled by East African Wild Life Society and National Museums of Kenya the dataset documents macrofungi occurrences in the Lake Ol’Bolossat ecosystem.

The UN-ETH Forum held in Zurich at the end of October demonstrated how researchers can contribute their expertise and know-how to international political issues. Various ongoing projects already illustrate the effectiveness of this cooperation. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

'Zweckentfremdet' #FotoVorschlag

A long-nosed chameleon hid its true identity for 150 years https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/343690/ Madagascar is widely recognized for its extraordinary variety of chameleons. More than 40% of all species known worldwide…

Mixed-gender changing rooms 'magnet' for sexual predators, according to new report www.lbc.co.uk/article/mixe...

Child Bride Rana Faraj Oghli 42nd Woman Executed in 2025 www.iranhr.net/en/articles/...

Eine Schamanin aus der Mittelsteinzeit, der noch Jahrhunderte später Gaben dargebracht wurden, wie spannend ist das.

The African Union has called for stronger cooperation to safeguard Africa's biodiversity, as leaders, scientists and policymakers gathered in Botswana for the first Africa Biodiversity Summit aimed at aligning environmental conservation with economic transformation. 🔗 https://ow.ly/W3lr50XpcZS

Women were there, right at the beginning of the UN shaping of human rights. How many of their names do we remember now? www.un.org/sites/un2.un...

Glaciologist & climatologist Ellen Mosley-Thompson pioneered ice-core paleoclimatology, an area of #climate science focused on studying past climates by analyzing ice cores. #WomenInSTEM #science #glaciers It's International Mountain Day. 2025 Theme: #GlaciersMatter

#OTD in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a #Nobel Prize (#Physics). AND #OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity. They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM

The December issue of #ScienceImmunology is out! This month's cover highlights the juvenile axolotl's ability to regenerate its thymus after complete removal—possibly making it an exception among vertebrates. Learn about this research and more: https://scim.ag/4anWlqv

Look closely at this Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes), and you'll notice a small gathering of fly passengers. 🕷️🪰 📷 oscarencisoa on iNaturalist 📍 Colombia 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

A quiet moment with a pint-sized Northern Saw-whet Owl. Such a mesmerizing little gremlin! #birds #owl #nature #wildlife #photography

Alternate proteins from the same gene contribute differently to health and rare disease. #science #genetics #news www.lifescience.net/news/6768/al...

Was für ein wunderbares Bild! #birds

A new report suggests a possible new Mpox strain — we don’t yet have enough info to draw conclusions. This is why unchecked viral spread matters: viruses can evolve under the radar. We need stronger surveillance, data-sharing, testing — and more information. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Im Südsudan erreicht die Gewalt einen neuen Höchststand. Internationale Hilfen für die Bevölkerung bleiben zunehmend aus. Die verheerende Folge: Die humanitäre und medizinische Lage hat sich dieses Jahr im Südsudan deutlich verschlechtert. Das zeigt ein heute von uns veröffentlichter Bericht. [1/2]

ETH Zurich researchers excel in the latest #European #Funding round. Here are the projects set to receive several million euros.

📣 After years of development and earlier informal feedback rounds, the official @tdwg.org #DarwinCore public review is now live, your input is needed! This is your chance to have your say in the official review for ratification! 🚀 🔗www.tdwg.org/news/20...

#onthisday it is sad to realise that, due to myths spread by malevolent grifters and an increasingly medically illiterate society that prefers homeophathy, de-wormers or bleach over proven safe and effective vaccines, such an achievement will no longer be possible for polio, measles, HPV, etc.

#onthisday Dec 9, 1979 the WHO certified that smallpox had been eradicated—the first human disease eliminated by coordinated global vaccination and surveillance, a landmark that transformed public health strategy worldwide #ScienceHistory

The article @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eine Wipfel-Stachelwanze (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale), irgendeine knuffige Wanzennymphe, nochmal irgendeine super putze Wanzennymphe und eine Beerenwanze (Dolycoris baccarum)🤩 #HexapoDezember #HexapoDecember

🚨 Scientists detected a recombinant monkeypox virus combining Clade Ib & Clade IIb in a traveler from Asia to the UK. The virus continues to surprise us — this is what happens when transmission continues unchecked. Surveillance + data sharing matter more than ever. virological.org/t/inter-clad...

I maintain that this is an excellent benchmark for d-type effect sizes: Sleep satisfaction & duration declined with childbirth & reached a nadir during the first 3 months postpartum, with women more strongly affected (satisfaction d = -0.79, duration minus 62 min, d = -0.90)>

Schnell noch diese Marienkäfer-Sammlung für den #Hexapodezember

Lactate as a metabolic-epigenetic signal linking high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to miRNA-Centered remodeling of the skeletal muscle methylome and transcriptome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity