This supports all of my theories that dance isn't really about finding a mate or ritualize fights, but is really about insects
youtu.be/bGwbRnvXsTo?...
@henriquesbio.bsky.social
Dad๐ผ, husband๐ชข, Invertebrates Conservation Coordinator ๐ author of the first National Nature Assessment โ ๏ธ, professor of Ecology & Evolution ๐ & co-chair of the IUCN Spider and Scorpion SG ๐ท - Working towards protecting all wildlife
This supports all of my theories that dance isn't really about finding a mate or ritualize fights, but is really about insects
youtu.be/bGwbRnvXsTo?...
๐๏ธThe Land Hermit Crab Workshop has come to a meaningful close right where it all begins: the ocean ๐
๐โโ๏ธThank you for all that join us in #Okinawa & online - looking forward to continuing supporting the conservation of this amazing animal group ๐๐ฆ
#Conservation #HermitCrabs #MarineBiology #SciComm
โณ It's almost time for the Terrestrial Hermit Crab Conservation Workshop ๐ด
Joinus here at the University of the Ryukyu in #Okinawa or online
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thank you #Tambopata river, sad to leave the rain forests of #Peru, but I hope to see you soon ๐
#NYC here I go ๐ค
Insects inspire wonder and drive many to develop a sense of curiosity
"Liu grew up in Riverside, California, and traces his interest in science to playing with bugs in his back yard."
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My flight was cancelledโ๏ธ, no other options to return to Lima - except a flight from Chiclayo, which is 10 h night bus away. Which turned into a 23h mountain drive due to land slides. But I made new friends, hopefully made new conservationists - looking forward to explain all these tickets to finance
29.03.2025 23:13 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0From @nytimes.com, โHow Fungi Move Among Us.โ Follow @spun.earth to learn more! ๐๐งช๐
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/s...
From Indiana Native Plant Society, โHow Native Plants Stabilize Ecosystems.โ Prepare for spring with this helpful information about native gardening. ๐๐งช๐ท
indiananativeplants.org/the-science-...
It's 3:30 am as we prepare to enter the cloud forest at Yerba Buena Community Conservation to monitor one of the rarest mammals on earth with Yunkawasi ๐ก๐
I'm I know how lucky I am ๐
... all I am saying is that if we were looking for spiders we didn't need to be up this early โฐ
Fanny Cornejo is not easy to find:
- After flying to Lima ๐ #Peru
- I had to fly to Chachapoyas ๐ฆ
- long drive in the Andean mountains โฐ๏ธ
- along the Utcubamba River ๐๏ธ
- into the Amazonian forest in Corosha
Well worth it to discuss conservation science with a great group of people
Very grateful to @indianapolisprize.bsky.social for supporting conservation work in #Peru
Looking forward to collaborate with National Wildlife Services (SERFOR) to benefit the country's amazing biodiversity ๐ฆ including tackling the Illicit Wildlife Trade in invertebrates ๐ท๏ธ
How do you rediscover a lost species? Global Center Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator Dr. Sรฉrgio Henriques speaks with @iflscience.com "We Have Questions" podcast about how he rediscovered Fagilde's trapdoor spider in Portugal. ๐๐งช๐ท๏ธ
www.iflscience.com/iflscience-w...
Just landed in #Peru and found an old friend over lunch - #Paddington
I lived in London for over a decade so we go way back, I wonder if he will visit me in Indiana, when the @childrensmuseum.bsky.social Peru exhibit opens this summer
As I prepare to fly to #Peru, the @childrensmuseum.bsky.social celebrated its ๐ฏth anniversary with a #TRex skeleton at the Indianapolis Airport - well worth a visit (or a selfie) - Looking forward to seeing their Peru exhibit this year!!!
22.03.2025 19:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Moving completed
14.02.2025 14:38 โ ๐ 141 ๐ 28 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0If you haven't yet, here is chance to go... Into the Bush Episode 4.2: with the great Nikki Roach & Cat Kutz
substack.com/@intothebush...
๐ฌ thought experiment: Invertebrates are 97% of all animals and there's 6 fungi per plant sp.
How would this #WWF report look, if we cared about all biodiversity?
๐งฎ we would have found 1038 Fungi and 2069 Inverts - but none of those groups were even mentioned
asiapacific.panda.org/our_work/wil...
A wiser colleague once told me:
There are many ways to measure productivity...
all of which are wrong
Has a bee ever landed on you, and instead of getting scared, you appreciate the possibility that you got confused for a flower.
08.12.2024 22:32 โ ๐ 12135 ๐ 1516 ๐ฌ 356 ๐ 168Pholcids don't get the love they deserve, but I think they are awesome predators. The symmetry of the spines in their legs alone should make them prime nature photography models...
09.12.2024 02:00 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 05 authors I've read 5 + books by:
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Josรฉ Saramago
- Douglas Adams
and maybe not what you would expect but honestly:
- Georges Remi (Hergรฉ)
- Renรฉ Goscinny
Hey folks going to the #AGU24 meeting in December!
AGU used to organize a fun run for attendees in the before times, but in lieu, @dabail10.bsky.social and I thought weโd try to organize an informal one: Wednesday 11th Dec at 7am at the Lincoln Memorial.
Invertebrates, like insects or spiders, would be really cool too see on this chart. But I guess this particular data source would not include those, as they are not considered worth rescuing ...
09.12.2024 01:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0An infographic detailing facts about the impacts of invasive alien species from the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Report. The infographic also depicts images of various different invasive alien species such as the grey squirrel, alexandrine parakeet and red fox.
Invasive alien species are a threat to #nature, natureโs contributions to people, and good quality of life.
Read the @ipbes.bsky.social #InvasiveAlienSpecies Report at: www.ipbes.net/ias
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I don't know why this isn't bigger news, but this was a massive missed opportunity
www.the-star.co.ke/climate-chan...
โIt has now been more than 1,000 days and 5 negotiation meetings since governments agreed to establish a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution" and we still got nothing
Your photo of Aphantochilus eating a Cephalotes is one of my favourite nature photos of all times (and I have been working with spiders for more than 20 years).
This is such a meaningful photo for me that my wife once gifted me a small framed photo composition with a photo of us and your photo ...
There is no evidence given here that this manโs condition was actually a spider bite. Most likely an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection.
No spider was seen, no venom test, recluses are uncommon in his area, and bites cannot be diagnosed by vague โmarksโ.
Took them long enough... theconversation.com/climate-scie...
05.12.2024 19:00 โ ๐ 31 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1From @wfyi.bsky.social, "Endangered snake found in unlikely places near Bloomington, good sign for recovery." The Sycamore Land Trust is an Indianapolis Zoo grant recipient for their conservation work with Kirtland's snake. ๐๐งช๐
www.wfyi.org/news/article...