Caroline S. Chaboo
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entomologist, beetles, Chrysomelidae
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Palustris
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Congratulations to Dr Margaret Bradshaw, who has done more than anyone to promote understanding and conservation of Upper Teesdale's unique arctic-alpine flora.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Teesdale botanist and mountain rescue team founder turns 100
Dr Margaret Bradshaw receives a card from King Charles and Queen Camilla on her 100th birthday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c931qyey54eo
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Justin
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âUruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewablesâat half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhereâif governments have the courage to change the rules.â
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Uruguayâs Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewablesâat half the cost of fossil fuels. Hereâs how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/
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The Linnean Society of London
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Explorer & naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born
#OTD
in 1823. He independently conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection & was the father of biogeography. His portrait hangs at the Society alongside Charles Darwin, commemorating the 1858 reading of their joint paper on evolution.
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Jeff Youngblood
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A living fossil...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
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Meet The Animal That Hasnât Changed In 300 Million Years â A Biologist Explains
With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient biology still underpins human survival.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2026/01/07/meet-the-animal-that-hasnt-changed-in-300-million-years---a-biologist-explains/
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#OTD
in 1823, Alfred R Wallace was born. He independently co-discovered the "Darwin-Wallace" theory of evolution by natural selection, & much more! Suggested reading: Costa's book (2023
@princetonupress.bsky.social
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jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2024/01/06/h...
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#histsci
#ecoevo
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Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/tamu-plato-race-gender.html
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Ainsley S
3 days ago
if you need a moment's distraction from Events, pls consider
@monotomidae.bsky.social
's extremely good new paper on passandrid beetles stridulating with their armpits. THERE'S VIDEO, WITH SOUND
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Armpit squeaks: first recorded sounds, video, and images of the stridulatory apparatus in two parasitic flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Passandridae) - Zoomorphology
Zoomorphology - Stridulation is an important sound production mechanism in many groups of insects but is less well-known in beetles (Coleoptera). Recently a new sound production mechanism was...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00435-025-00764-w#Ack1
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Sick young ants send out a 'kill me' scent to prevent deadly epidemics
Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part of a strategy to keep deadly pathogens from spreading through the colony.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5667062/ants-altruism-social-insects-epidemics-pandemics
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Why scientists are planting tiny forests in big cities : Short Wave
Healthy forests help combat climate change, provide humans with drinking water and even improve mental and physical health. But itâs hard to imagine an entire forest in the middle of a big city. Thatâ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5625056/forest-nature-climate-change-los-angeles
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a giant has passed
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/what...
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Of Bats and Women.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
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The Bat Woman of North London: âItâs Like Tuning In to Another Worldâ
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/europe/london-bat-walk-threat-highgate.html
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Mongabay
4 days ago
Fieldwork carries real risk in rural Mexico. That context matters in the disappearance of biologist Miguel Ăngel de la Torre Loranca, kidnapped in Veracruz in Nov 2025 after a ârequest for dialogue.â His family says he was taken alive and is calling for visibility.
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Biologist kidnapped in Mexico
In the mountains of central Veracruz, scientific work is rarely abstract. It means walking narrow paths through cloud forest, speaking patiently with communities, and learning to read landscapes thatâŠ
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/biologist-kidnapped-in-mexico/
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Marie Enger
5 days ago
Creature Commish from way down deep.
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Frank Ashwood
about 2 months ago
The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT! This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! đ§ȘđȘ±
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#indigenous
#Peru
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Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What was behind this unexpected funeral ritual?
https://theconversation.com/oldest-known-cremation-in-africa-poses-9-500-year-old-mystery-about-stone-age-hunter-gatherers-268074
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Meet five new species discovered in 2025
A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662605/five-new-species-discovered-2025
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english.elpais.com/science-tech...
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There is as much life left to discover on planet Earth as that which is already known
Around 16,000 new species are described each year, but most animals and plants are listed as threatened as soon as they are brought to light
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-01-01/there-is-as-much-life-left-to-discover-on-planet-earth-as-that-already-known.html
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Why so many people find eating insects disgusting
Bugs are a nutritious and sustainable source of protein. Why are we so squeamish about eating them?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251230-why-so-many-people-find-eating-insects-disgusting
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#AnimalArchitecture
theconversation.com/i-study-rat-...
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I study rat nests â hereâs why rodents make great archivists
An archaeologist reveals what she learned from sifting through a 200-year-old rat nest recovered from a historic Philadelphia home.
https://theconversation.com/i-study-rat-nests-heres-why-rodents-make-great-archivists-270357?utm_content=buffer0064c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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#WomenInSTEM
read her memoir
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www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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UK moves to ban boiling lobsters, shrimp, crabs and langoustines alive, recognizing their capacity for pain
The measure, to be implemented by 2030, would also apply to crustaceans and cephalopod mollusks, including octopuses, all of which are recognized as sentient beings under British law.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/12/31/uk-moves-to-ban-boiling-lobsters-shrimp-crabs-and-langoustines-alive-recognizing-their-capacity-for-pain_6748952_114.html
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10 days ago
Food mimicry occurs in Aristolochia rotunda (đ·: wp-polzin CCBYNC4). The flower emits the same chemicals as those secreted by bugs (Miridae) when predators kill them. Chloropidae flies, which feed on dead bug fluids, are lured into flowers â pollination.
#Diptera
#Aristolochiaceae
#Botany
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KetrinaDrawsALot
17 days ago
#Crabmas
is nearly upon us! Reposting "The 12 Days of Crabmas" is my new holiday tradition đŠđ
#throwback
#12daysofchristmas
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Kieran
19 days ago
Plume moths are probably some of the coolest looking insects, so I had a blast stylizing them into an anthro form. I used barn owls as inspiration as well!
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Richard Fox
18 days ago
We know that the role of nocturnal moths as pollinators has been greatly underestimated in Europe, but this impressive new study shows that tiger moths (Arctiinae) are important generalist pollinators in a lowland rainforest in Ecuador
#teammoth
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Buckinghamshire Archives
22 days ago
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
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attack of the
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www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/c...
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Icelandâs big problem with Instagrammable flowers | CNN
The purple lupine flowers may look beautiful, but as they spread through Iceland, they pose a threat to native plant life. CNNâs Antoinette Radford explains.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/climate/video/iceland-lupine-flowers-instagram-creators-digvid
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#fossil
#insects
#bees
#AnimalArchitecture
www.sci.news/paleontology...
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Paleontologists Discover First-Known Instance of Ancient Bees Nesting inside Vertebrate Fossils | Sci.News
Bees are well known for their species and remarkable behavioral diversity, ranging from solitary species that nest in burrows to social species that construct highly compartmentalized nests.
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/osnidum-almontei-14431.html
24 days ago
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www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...
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Only two species can survive in Great Salt Lake? Scientist says â hold my Nalgene
Scientist Julie Jung set out on a hike along the Great Salt Lake to find nematodes. She ended up discovering a new species.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/16/nx-s1-5644144/only-two-species-can-survive-in-great-salt-lake-scientist-says-hold-my-nalgene
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Dutch Return âJava Manâ Bones, With 40,000 Fossils Set to Follow
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/arts/java-man-indonesia-netherlands.html
24 days ago
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Andrew Heiss
26 days ago
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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The Coleopterists Society
26 days ago
NYP
#LiteratureNotice
Ahn et al.Sex-specific microbiomes in the prothoracic depressions of oak ambrosia beetle (#Platypus koryoensis) adults
doi.org/10.1007/s131...
#Beetle
#Beetles
#Symbiosis
#ambrosiabeetle
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How many species are there on Earth:
www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...
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A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that's only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study shows we're finding new species like never before.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/13/nx-s1-5629237-e1/a-new-study-reveals-an-unprecedented-discovery-of-new-species
28 days ago
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Nicholas Bellono
30 days ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/s...
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A Hot Plantâs Mysterious Signal Makes Beetles Pollinate It
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/plants-heat-infrared-cycads-beetles.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.UGPu.LYtZ--OKPoZf&smid=url-share
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05697-z
30 days ago
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30 days ago
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#entomology
#insects
#malaria
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/s...
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She Studied Mosquitoes to Prevent Malaria
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/science/malaria-usaid-mosquitoes.html
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Iain Douglas-Hamilton, British zoologist and Save the Elephants founder, dies at 83
British-born zoologist and founder of the Save the Elephants group Iain Douglas-Hamilton has died at age 83.
https://apnews.com/article/kenya-iain-douglas-hamilton-obituary-elephants-conservation-d49b7cc19223d59573a69cdafca9cff9
about 1 month ago
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France returns stolen dinosaur skeleton to Mongolia
The fossils were looted in the Gobi Desert and were confiscated by French customs officials in 2015. They were returned at a ceremony in Paris on Monday will be displayed at a museum that Mongolia is ...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/science/article/2025/12/08/france-to-return-stolen-dinosaur-skeleton-to-mongolia_6748273_10.html
about 1 month ago
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YanâDa Li, ZhiâHao Qi, DiâYing Huang , ChenâYang Cai. 2025. Divergent defense strategies and
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partitioning in
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Liverwort or Moss? Horny Toad or Fence Lizard? Niche Field Guides Can Tell You.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/books/review/niche-field-guides-lizards.html
about 1 month ago
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Ainsley S
about 1 month ago
thanks to
@hellabarnes.bsky.social
for alerting me to the existence of Thismia, another entry for my growing database of Deeply Weird Plants Visited By Tiny Beetles
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