Art of the deal.

Definitely our dorkiest episode yet, but insect sex is sooo fun to talk about. youtu.be/uQTjM6omLJg?...

If I believed in such things, I'd be pretty sure that he is the Antichrist.

The onslaught continues. Of course, we are well past the point of irreparable damage to science, nature, people's lives, ethics, and anything else that made the US great. But it still feels like another shot to the stomach. Keep fighting back in whatever way you can. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...

The sequel, something to listen to on the long drive back from spring break or a no-kings event.... Why do beetle-hosting pine trees die (is it Joe Biden's fault)? And... are bark beetles cute?? With the great Amy Trowbridge! youtu.be/rpH9ZYlWxH0?...

Hexapodcast - Dr. Amy Trowbridge is our guest on the first of a 2-part series, discussing bark beetle ecology, pine volatiles, and how pines die. youtu.be/Wz0ZyGjBLkM

“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” — Tupac said it years ago… and here we are. The Pentagon is now asking for an additional $200 BILLION for this war. We always find the money for war. But when it comes to housing, healthcare, or feeding people? Suddenly it’s crickets.

Paul Ehrlich finding Heliconius butterflies; from our book Lives of Lepidopterists, 2015. You can read his chapter, which is a nice account of his life as a lepidopterist, here: drive.google.com/file/d/1vC9F...

Tell Your Senators: Require a Hearing for Jim O’Neill's Nomination at National Science Foundation secure.ucs.org/a/2026-jim-o...

TALES from the ... TRACHEAE! Hexapodcast episode 5: youtu.be/mNGDvhpu3p8?...

The daily news continues on its exponentially bad trajectory. So here is another 24 minute listening diversion for walking, driving, cycling, crawling to work... or to a protest.... Some thoughts about insect midguts with the awesome Lora Richards. Definitely not polished. youtu.be/lAAn6d6x55k?...

If you need a break from bad news, our little unpolished hexapodcast about insects is an ok 25 minute listen. youtu.be/0KKGcgw75gQ?...

On this day in 1809, Charles Darwin, author of 'On the Origin of Species', was born The humble Peppered Moth is one of the best-known examples of evolution by natural selection, Darwin's great discovery, and is often referred to as 'Darwin's moth'. 💡 #DarwinDay #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

One of the mostly hidden and insidious goals of project 2025: speed up climate change to make more money for the oligarchs. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

Males of Neotropical "daddy-longlegs" (Opiliones) have these elongated legs that they use to threaten territorial enemies, and these evolve faster than other body parts. Cool. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...

Great job Gunnar and colleagues. This is the frustration and beauty of working with tropical diversity, and it is also the tragedy that we are losing so much diversity before observing and describing it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

In the Irish language, the goldfinch is known as 'lasair choille' (pronounced 'lasser-quilla'), which means... The Flame of the Forest! 🔥

A great way to remember a super colleague. www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

It is impossible to focus on anything else right now while we plummet through new levels of hate, ignorance, lies, and violence. Dante's inferno had an exit...

We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes

This is a nice (but grim) summary of the Chambers et al. paper that I was fortunate to work on.... Predicting the fate of tropical forests under intensifying heat www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Frey: "You know what I don't want [ICE] focusing on? Hunting down a dad that just dropped his kids off at daycare, is about to go work a 12 hour shift who happens to be from Ecuador. That guy makes our city a better place."

I love this juniper. I can find some peace (and cool caterpillars) here.

"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country. 'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you... This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

California Poppy June 11th 2024

BBC news: Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had just moved to the city... was a prize-winning poet and a hobby guitarist, who city leaders have said was there as a legal observer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities. 😥😡

“God damn them all.”

Adult Collared Aracaris show striking contrast in shades of black, yellow, and maroon and develop deep serrations to the tomium—the cutting edge of the bill. We’ve expanded the species account with more details on appearance, complete with new multimedia! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

Fresh hell every day.

Cool.

I recommend this!

@robcrank68.bsky.social 's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite. - black capped chickadees are cuter in Alaska than our california chestnut back chickadees - maybe its being poofed up to stay warm? #birds #Photography #EastCoastKin - this one is lighted like a runway model...

Well, this is something.

kinda true... but the plans for exploiting oil are pretty well developed

If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.

I'm not surprised that 2026 is going to be even worse than 2025. Stating the obvious here, Maduro is a terrible person, but a foreign head of state cannot be forcibly removed like this; it's just more illegal international aggression. + I agree with Pete, our failing regime can't "run" Venezuela.

If you buy this now, it is good for all of 2026 and you won't need to buy the disgusting version they are issuing starting in January.

It was an honor to work with this group... and the paper is excellent, but the implications for tropical ecosystems make me really sad. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Although I've had an amazing year mothing, there have been a few #moths that I wish I could have seen again. This Black Arches, for example. I took this shot in 2024. It will probably feel like a brand-new moth if I ever see one again. #teammoth

Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species… Puss Moth 😻 (May, Essex UK) 🖤 🤍 💛 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

I found this amazing Trosia semirufa moth on my window last night at @casabentbill.bsky.social #moths #lepidoptera #nature #costarica

Moths are great.

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Butt breathing!! . www.cell.com/med/abstract...

In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.

Heterogeneity-diversity relationships really are positive if you have a good measure of dispersion? Nice paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41...