Over 400,000 beetle species exist, but how are they related? π
Join Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social ( @nhm-london.bsky.social ) on 15 Feb 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring efforts to map the global Beetle Tree of Life & uncover biodiversity patterns.
π www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-th...
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Sky News tweet:
BREAKING: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza
Expel the Israeli ambassador.
Shut down the embassy.
Sever all diplomatic relations with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel.
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Emerging themes: Novel techniques in insect behaviour studies
We are excited to invite you to the next Behaviour SIG meeting at The Studio, Birmingham and online on 10 February 2026.
Share your research with us at the #BehaviourSIG conference this February πͺ²
#CallForAbstracts - Submit your abstract for your chance to present a 15 minute talk or poster and network with fellow insect scientists at the meeting.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 Dec 2025 π½
28.10.2025 15:03 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) 2025
Join us at The Natural History Museum, London for the Royal Entomological Societyβs annual Orthoptera meeting about grasshopper and cricket research, conservation, recording and more.
Our Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of research and outreach involving Orthoptera, including behaviour, physiology, acoustics, ecology and taxonomy. The programme includes around ten short talks, with posters and livestock presented during refreshment breaks. The meeting is followed by an optional supper and drinks in the NHM common room.
We welcome contributions from all enthusiasts, students, academics, and other professionals.
π¨ Deadline fast approaching! Register for #OrthopteraSIG 2025 by Monday ποΈ
Join us at @nhm-london.bsky.social 5 November for a full day of talks, posters & #InsectScience π¦
π Register today π½
23.10.2025 06:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
These illustrations are beautiful @mtcastagna.bsky.social !!!
23.10.2025 07:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
23.10.2025 05:34 β π 127 π 51 π¬ 4 π 3
Not only will you be getting first hand experience in how societies are run behind the scenes but all the connections and opportunities that come will the role are unmatched!
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! πͺ²ππ
02.10.2025 11:45 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Photo of me behind the table selling cakes at UKCEH Wallingford for Macmillan Coffee Morning
Big thanks to my colleagues at UKCEH for supporting yesterday's #MacmillanCoffeeMorning in memory of my Dad.
Together we raised over Β£650, edging me closer to my new target of Β£3000. Ready for Cardiff Half next weekend!
www.justgiving.com/page/mighty-... π
26.09.2025 16:15 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Project for Peace & Justice by Jeremy Corbyn
The Gaza Tribunal - Day One
Today, we are hosting the Gaza Tribunal.
We are going to uncover the full truth about this governmentβs complicity in genocide.
Follow it live NOW here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
04.09.2025 09:01 β π 445 π 184 π¬ 15 π 11
The Damning Records the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You to See
Fossil fuel companies foresaw the devastating impacts of climate change more than 60 years ago.
Our recent report, Decades of Deceit, comprehensively documents how major fossil fuel companies have misled the public and prevented climate action. We created a timeline that shows a small selection of their actions. Explore it here:
31.08.2025 16:46 β π 62 π 39 π¬ 1 π 3
Uppsala University donated yesterday to our Museum hundreds of zoology posters previously used for teaching, most of them dating back to 1840-1890s ! What a treasure! I can't wait to sort them π€©
05.04.2025 07:15 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
A large yellow chanterelle mushroom
A large yellow chanterelle mushroom
A large yellow chanterelle mushroom
A basket of mixed foraged mushrooms
It's that time of year again in Uppsala! ππ #forage #chanterelle
09.08.2025 18:34 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's #InsectWeek!
Why not celebrate by reading the latest #VirtualIssue on #InsectDecline and #Conservation?
It's full of new research collected from across our seven journals, by some of those who #StandTallForTheSmall.
buff.ly/FG0L9RE
Get involved! @royentsoc.bsky.social
@wiley.com
26.06.2025 10:00 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
A photo of six butterflies which depicts the many different colours and patterns of butterflies in the genus Morpho. The top left is Morpho menelaus, the top middle is Morpho helenor, the top right is Morpho cypris. On the bottom left is Morpho rhetenor, the bottom middle is Morpho sulkowskyi, and the bottom right is Morpho hecuba. Photo credit: Emilie Snell-Rood.
In her Perspective, Emilie Snell-Rood discusses the value of basic science, using the Morpho butterfly as an example of how this type of research has driven later innovation & highlights the value of government and institutional support for basic research
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
26.06.2025 07:30 β π 10 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with accessβ¦
Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? π¦
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals π½
24.06.2025 09:02 β π 130 π 105 π¬ 2 π 2
All prepared and ready to talk Brilliant Beetles at RHS Wisley Hilltop 11:00 am, celebrating #InsectWeek @royentsoc.bsky.social
24.06.2025 07:54 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
A deaf leaf mimic bush-cricket
It's #InsectWeek 2025! Don't forget to take a moment to celebrate the small things we all depend on, including those yet to be discovered!
24.06.2025 08:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome all to Day 1! π
To mark the start of #InsectWeek 2025, we're calling on the public to #StandTallForTheSmall & take the Insect Week pledge - a commitment to discover, observe & protect insects in all their fascinating variety π
Sign the pledge and get a free poster π½
@ukceh.bsky.socialβ¬
23.06.2025 13:06 β π 10 π 9 π¬ 1 π 2
MSc student studying bumble bees in the #RussellLab β’ Associate Wildlife Biologist β’ Passionate about entomology, herpetology, & ecology β’ 1st Gen β’ π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
Previously @Bombycoidea
PhD student in the Sumner Lab at UCL CBER, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
RES Student Representative
Lover of all things Hymenoptera!
Molecular entomology PhD student NCL @ForagingEcology π·οΈπ§¬ β’ RES Student rep πͺ² β’ First gen β’ She/They β’ #NeurodivergentinSTEM #PrideinEnto
PhD Student at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | Studying π #bumblebees of the #machair | Funded by @quadratdtp.bsky.social | CASE partner: @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
(she/her)
Conservationist π±πΎ | Entomologist ππ | "Bee physicist" PhD candidate researching solitary bee nesting behaviour πγ°οΈ
Autistic βΎοΈ | Bi π³οΈβπ | She/Her
Freelance entomologist with many proverbial hats - especially ento outreach, citizen science & urban ecology, and wildlife gardening in small spaces. (She/her)
Entomologist / community ecologist | Working on army ant ecology, among other things
Curator of zoology at Museum of Evolution (Uppsala University), in charge of the Linnaeus collection, marine biologist (sponges), naturalist and wannabe natural product researcher.
Associate prof in plant ecology at Uppsala University, Sweden. Tropical forest dynamics, trait-based ecology, natural and anthropogenic disturbance...
PhD student - Plant Evolution and Ecology at Uppsala University
"Former wannabe botanist, currently trying to be a plant evolutionary biologist"
Evo Genomics | PopGen+QuanGen | Tree breeding | Geopolitics | Decolonization
Interdisciplinary Ecologist at UKCEH π³
Citizen/Community Science π Pollinators π eDNA 𧬠Cymraes β₯οΈπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Views own.
Evolutionary ecologist interested in ecological interactions, pollination systems, and the evolution of floral traits.
Website: https://lilianmelo.github.io/Lilian-Melo
Sharing nature stuff, stories & news from The Wildlife Trusts - our goal is nature's recovery on land and at sea. Posts by The Wildlife Trusts comms team.
Birds, parasites, vectors. Researcher and lecturer. Thoughts often random, always mine. Owned by two loopy labradors π³οΈβπ #LincolnSwans
Squid biologist
Science communicator
Artist
Philadelphian
I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social
Creator of the SquidMobile
https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
Molecular ecological entomologist π§¬πΈοΈπͺ² @ForagingEcology.bsky.social PI πΎπ·οΈ Newcastle University Academic Track Fellow πΌπ Editor of Agricultural and Forest Entomology πΎπͺ²π²Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society ππ he/him