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And that’s my 97th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact @canadaslifeline.bsky.social at 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or your local blood donation institution to find out if you’re eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.

And that's my 95th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.

Happy #WorldSoilDay2025

Remember, soil is life!

Atlas Introduction — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

🪱🐜 Happy #WorldSoilDay!! 🕷️🪲

Although we celebrate soil everyday, today is a great reminder to appreciate the breadth of diversity beneath our feet.

Check out the GSBI atlas to explore the organisms that call soil home!

www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/atlas-introd...

They probably got their zoology lessons from the Halloween invertebrate skeletons…

anibalhcastillo's 2025 iNaturalist Year in Review Anibal H. Castillo, M.Sc.'s highlights and stats from 2025 on iNaturalist

Check my 2025 @inaturalist.bsky.social stats! www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/a...

Let's see yours!

#Biodiversity
#Biodiversidad

Or register now and join me at the event! lnkd.in/grbGwuxX

via hashtag#Whova event app

I'll be attending the amazing Soil Health Institute (SHI) 10th Anniversary Virtual Meeting: Soil Health, the Foundation for Regenerative Agriculture. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋

#Soil_Health
#Regenerative_Agriculture

This past Monday and Tuesday (Nov 3rd - 4th), I had the pleasure of participating in the 2025 Latornell Conservation Symposium. I presented a summary of my Ph.D. research and moderated two great sessions. #latornell #latornell2025 #ontario #conservation
@uofguelph.bsky.social

And that's my 95th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact
@canadaslifeline.bsky.social to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.

Come watch my talk at the Annual General Meeting of the Entomologial Society of Ontario this Saturday morning!

#Entomology
#Metabarcoding

www.entsocont.ca/eso_agm_2025...

The OPMC and ESO conference is LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY!!! 🤯🤩🐞🪲🕷️

Here is another one of our presenters for the conference, Anibal Castillo! 🤗

Anibal is a PhD candidate in the Integrative Biology Department at the University of Guelph! 🦟🌳
@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social

Our Annual Meeting is almost here!🐛 Over the next week we'll be sharing some of the presenters that will be showcasing their work- check out the meeting schedule so you don't miss their talks!!

If you would like to feature your work, send us a message📩

#entomologicalsocietyontario
#insectresearch

I am attending the “30th Annual Latornell Conservation Symposium”. Come watch my talk, “Terrestrial Invertebrate Biodiversity Across Ecological Gradients: A Metabarcoding Approach”, along with many other excellent conservation presentations.

#Latornell2025

www.latornell.ca

Orb weaver spider (_Araneus diadematus_).

Love those! (this one's from my house)

Screenshot of the article: A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement

📣A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies

Climate crises will require partnership with new technologies

We cannot use the tools that we used to create the crisis

Check out this team of #Transdisciplinary scholars
Join #ManufacturedEcosystems 🧪

www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...

This older female tri-colour hound mix dog was found near Luther Marsh Conservation Area in #GrandValley on Sept 26. If she's yours or you have any info about her contact #Guelph Humane Society at 519-824-3091 or lostandfound@guelphhumane.ca (ID 2000345284)

The caterpillars are just as amazing and beautiful as the moth.

Agreed! And on that note, this is how I made a lot of observations…

While at The Arboretum, @uofguelph.bsky.social, I came across this beautiful moth caterpillar of _Hyalophora cecropia_ (Saturniidae). Enjoy!

#Entomology
#Saturniidae

A poster that reads "Can Ecosystem Services be entirely replaced?" with a quote from a Biomimetics 2025 publication: "If we are to avoid a post-climate apocalyptic reality, researcher from various disciplines, artists, community knowledge holders, creative thinkers, and strategic problem solvers are called on for innovations and technologies to help the world prepare and mitigate risks"

A call for bio-inspired technologies!

🪱 A teaspoon of soil holds more life than there are humans on Earth—yet <1% of biomimetic studies focus on soil. Time to change that.

Check out our new article: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

🍀New article publication🍀

Kristina Wanieck et al. (including Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki). “A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.” Biomimetics 10.9 (2025): 1-7.
doi: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

Author list A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement by Kristina Wanieck 1,M. Alex Smith 2,Elizabeth Porter 2,Jindong Zhang 1,3,Dave Dowhaniuk 4,Andria Jones 5,Dan Gillis 6,Mark Lipton 4,Marsha Hinds Myrie 7,Dawn Bazely 8,Marjan Eggermont 9,Mindi Summers 10,Christina Smylitopoulos 11,Claudia I. Rivera Cárdenas 12,Emily Wolf 1,Peggy Karpouzou 13,Nikoleta Zampaki 13,Heather Clitheroe 14,Adam Davies 15,Anibal H. Castillo 2,Michael Helms 16,Karina Benessaiah 17 and Shoshanah Jacobs 2

So many and diverse collaborators in www.manufacturedecosystems.com #ManufacturedEcosystems - some on @bsky.app some not

@shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social
@dawnbazely.bsky.social
@danielgillis.ca
@nikzam.bsky.social
@marklipton.bsky.social
@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
@lectio.bsky.social