🚨 New paper published! We introduce herbariodigital.cl, evaluate our specimen-based taxonomic index against global references, and outline a participatory framework to achieve Chile’s National Species Inventory. @iebchile.bsky.social

Nueva entrevista en MongaBay a propósito de nuestro nuevo paper sobre la boogeografía del género Weinmannia.

¡Recién publicado! 🌿 Descubrimos que Weinmannia, un género emblemático de los Andes, se originó fuera de los trópicos y migró hacia los Andes tropicales, donde se diversificó. A pesar de expandirse en altura y latitud, conserva su nicho ambiental. #Evolución #Andes #Biogeografía

🚨🐘🌴 Fossil evidence of proboscidean frugivory and its lasting impact on South American ecosystems 🌴🐘 🚨 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @iphes-cerca.bsky.social @biomarkerslab.bsky.social

I'm pleased to see my work cited in the synthesis marking ~20 years since the Tropical Niche Conservatism hypothesis was proposed. #Biogeography onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

You're all invited! Submit your abstract for the session "Unlocking the potential of biodiversity data in Latin America: tools and practices for data integration" at the Living Data 2025 conference in Bogotá, Oct 21–24. More info: www.livingdata2025.com #LivingData2025 #BiodiversityData

Interesante argumentación que también aplica para investigación y protección de la biodiversidad

Damos la bienvenida al Herbario EIF de la Universidad de Chile a herbariodigital.cl que inaugura su proceso de digitalización con una muestra de Schinus latifolia colectada por el profesor Rodolfo Gajardo en Cuesta La Dormida, Región Metropolitana. 📄🔗 #BiodiversityData

If you use the Biodivisity Heritage Library (I use it almost daily), you'll be saddened (and maybe angered😡) to learn that DOGE+Musk+Trump have eliminated its funding. BHL is looking for a new home. #ILoveBHL So much f***ing winning.🤬 blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...

🌱 We're pleased to announce that the @iebchile.bsky.social has signed a licensing agreement with the Faculty of Forestry Sciences at the University of Chile, granting usage rights for our I-BIODATA software. This step enables the integration of the EIF Herbarium into herbariodigital.cl!

Vamos avanzando!!

Our planet is full of natural jewels. Most Natural History Collections, archives of the planet's biological diversity, are under-resourced—some direly so. Support #NaturalHistoryCollections ! That is all. Another early #BlueMonday post #MacroPhotography #FocusStacking

Check out my latest article: The World Currently Lacks the Ability to Govern Deep-Sea Mining linkedin.com/pulse/world-...

🎉 Nuestro compañero Juan Manuel Sáez ha sido designado como el nuevo representante de Latinoamérica en TDWG. Nos ponemos a disposición de los institutos de investigació de la región para promover una mejor calidad y usabilidad de los datos de biodiversidad. #Biodiversidad #TDWG #CienciaAbierta

The BIODATA Symposium was a success! 🌿✨ Check out this note on how IEB is integrating data and connecting institutions to protect biodiversity. 📝💚 #Biodiversity #Conservation

An Italian smuggler has been convicted for illegally poaching Chilean endemic cacti. Let's protect biodiversity! 🌵🌍 #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies

For anyone who missed this prescient piece by Laurie Laybourn and James Dyke when it came out, it’s a MUST read for understanding the social instability that’s coming as our world warms and we weather the social consequences of it. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

"It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge and understanding of the Earth, as well as the animal—human connections within it" We'd add climate and social dynamics, too. 🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thanks for the invitation @biodata.bsky.social, I really enjoyed the opportunity to talk about gaps in biodiversity data

Interested in coming to Chile to work on biodiversity data? We have postdoctoral opportunities available! 🌱🌍 Contact us to apply: ieb-chile.cl/tipo-de-prog... #Biodiversity #Postdoc #Research

Mammoth on the menu www.reuters.com/science/mamm... 🦣 🥩 👣 #megafauna #hunting #clovis

Se viene la semana de los datos de biodiversidad en la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas de la UdeC. Si andan cerca, los esperamos en las charlas y conversatorios!!! @dylancraven.bsky.social

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Of course, limiting development in areas with high wildfire, flooding, or volcanic risk would help reduce catastrophes. That seems quite obvious, yet difficult to implement. bc.ctvnews.ca/study-of-202... 🔥

🚨Fully-Funded UK PhD Opportunity!🚨 I’m hiring a #PhD exploring the complexities of #biodiversity change across space and time 🌐. Join @cmbeale.bsky.social and me at #York and for this exciting opportunity! Please share and/or message me if interested. More info and how to apply: shorturl.at/Zu7ED

Ricardo Segovia, investigador del Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad: “Esperamos conformar una comunidad Latinoamericana en informática de la #biodiversidad”

My deep learning course at the University of Geneva is available on-line. 1000+ slides, ~20h of screen-casts. Full of examples in PyTorch. fleuret.org/dlc/ And my "Little Book of Deep Learning" is available as a phone-formatted pdf (nearing 700k downloads!) fleuret.org/lbdl/

"Even in the arena of biodiversity conservation, there is growing politicization of the data and political targeting of the scientists producing it"

scholarlypress.si.edu/store/all/th... This book looks very interesting!

Ricardo Segovia presented BIODATA's work on developing and integrating biodiversity databases at the VI Environmental Justice Forum of the Segundo Tribunal Ambiental de Chile. #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalJustice #DataIntegration #BIODATA @ricardosegovia.bsky.social

🌟 Estamos emocionados por nuestro próximo simposio: "Gestión de bases de datos de biodiversidad", dirigido a profesionales y estudiantes 📅 #Biodiversidad #BasesDeDatos #Conservación @dylancraven.bsky.social @ricardosegovia.bsky.social

In case you missed Dr. Amanda Bates' Funk Seminar last month, it’s now available on our YouTube page. Feel free to check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ers2...

Recent sculpture I made of an Emperor Newt on a diorama-style base 🐡

Paleopropithecus kelyus is a species of “sloth lemurs” that became extinct around 400 years ago. With long, curving finger and toe bones and extremely long arms, it was adapted to suspension below branches. Mounted skeleton at Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History.

Is #ThinSectionThursday a thing on here? Regardless, here is an olivine gabbro xenolith from Chile to brighten up the morning. #thinsection #geology #volcano #petrology

The condition of sites affected how severe impacts of the 2019-20 fires were. Most important was the number of preceding fires, with implications for prescribed burning🌏 The conversation theconversation.com/catastrophic... The paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... The video youtu.be/kCPjowmxH3Q

Gradually move away from social media that does more harm than good

Europe's ancient landscapes were open #woodlands w/ abundant #oak, #hazel & #yew phys.org/news/2024-11... - @aarhusuni.bsky.social comm on our new study on these #plants in the Last #Interglacial & the #Mesolithic🍃🌳🔆#palynology #forest #restoration #paleoecology #reforestation

Acabo de crear un starter-pack para ecologós en América Latina - !!! favor de sugerir más gente !!!! go.bsky.app/BdhnF3f