Finally published! "Thirty-three new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States and Canada, with new host and distribution records for 154 additional species." Now I've got some updating to do on BugGuide and iNaturalist...

fuck ICE, death to fascism

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Always a dream to spend time in Anza-Borrego

On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

A partial rainbow and a moonbow last night. And a few other peaks at the moon setting over San Ysidro Mountain/Culp Valley area over the last couple of days (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Moths are just incredible!

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 🌎 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Illustrated Catalogue and Phylogenetic Relationships of 330 Species of Arctiinae Moth Species from the Choco Rainforest in NW Ecuador: Most Species are Undescribed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41428017/

New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk

Day 20 of #InsectAdvent Nearly there, eyes on the prize of Christmas Day. Talking of eyes, some of the best eyed creatures are stalk-eyed flies including Plagoiocephalus latifrons (image @bertonemyia.bsky.social) we saw in Costa Rica @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

at the monarch butterfly fuck party in mexico and you’re not gonna believe this, guy next to me is wearing a wire

Rick Vandendolder, 73: "My dad was with the Dutch resistance, and he helped hide Jews and others who were fleeing Nazi persecution," he said. "I met some of the people that he saved, and I never dreamt that I'd be seeing the same thing going on in this country."

Lichen collage on lakeside rock. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

In the taxonomy world, it is looked down upon to name a species after yourself.

If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

Back in the lab grinding up moth legs for DNA. Lots of interesting moths in this batch, including maybe a new genus I got in Jalisco, Mexico this past October.

Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social

Fully entrenched in an MJ Lenderman phase and lovin' it

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

For those who like their beetles EXTRA strongly striate, Phelister condor, from the high Peruvian Andes.

Moths and beer! Moths and beer!

Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas. Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...

I wrote a new piece for @pghcitypaper.com about loving analog media in a digital world. If you’re someone who’s into vinyl, film photography, print media, and invaluable local businesses, you should check it out! I also coin the phrase “techno-bummerism” lol

The #BEASTLab won second place in the departmental holiday decoration contest!

i have entered a profoundly embarrassing period of my life (even for me) where my top two most listened artists are Goose and Geese

Field botanist job with Virginia Natural Heritage, based in Roanoke, VA. $55-65K pay range. Please share widely! www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/field-b...

105 days until Opening Day

#Evolution of #conifer seed cones 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TansleyReview by @kmatsunaga @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

Scientists must learn to join larger pro-democracy and people's movements, coalitions. Our science training may not have prepared us for such work, but we can no longer sit in the safety of our labs and expect the world to get better My book review @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

One of the most exciting projects I have ever been involved in: Project Psyche! Read all about our ambitions and aims. It's ground breaking stuff, just mind blowing and even surreal (27 years ago we did single genes for lep phylogenetics)! @projectpsyche.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

“Overall, these findings suggest that the value of natural history collections as global research infrastructure is eroding due to decreased collecting of specimen data across species, locations, and time.“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... Interesting analysis based on @gbif.org data.

In an era marked by rapid climate change and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we continue to invest in the unique value of natural history collections data "Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪

More of this kind of reporting. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alexander Williams, the person behind the first Black owned and operated ballpark, was in an unmarked grave for decades in Highwood Cemetery. No more. Thanks to the Josh Gibson Fndtn and donors, he now has a headstone.

beaut of a Dutchman on the return stop of a bellcast wash look at how well the tooling carries from the old piece to the new just fucking beautiful

Done for the day.

Spreading moths for the people✊ in the museum's Visible Lab in the new Bringing the World to Pittsburgh exhibit

Absolutely exquisite handwriting in this hundred year old letter in our Hugo Kahl archive. He worked at our museum roughly from 1920–1940. Always love to see his handwriting here and there around the collection.

The Acarology Summer Program (71 years strong!) returns to Univ of Arkansas summer 2026: Soil Acarology: May 25-June 12 Medical & Veterinary Acarology: June 15-20 Limited to ~15 students for personalized instruction. Registration: training.uark.edu/portal/train... #Entomology #bugsky #invert 🧪

Fish have committed credit card fraud

The Roberto Clemente Bridge: A great walk, or an essential drive? Architect Nathan St. Germain knows which side he's on. www.publicsource.org/roberto-clem...

I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees! yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/ Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches. Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.

🆕 Fresh off the Press: the 2nd fascicle treating New World apameine #fauna! 🔓 Published as an Advanced Book on our #openaccess platform: doi.org/10.3897/ab.e..., the monograph presents complete revisions of genera, 77 #species treatments, 11 #newspecies, numerous new life histories & more!

134 days until Opening Day

“You can sit in a basement with weird people and say weird things. It’s a free country.”