Back at Panama for some good fieldwork! Greeted by a cute silkworm moth! (Colla rhodope)
Eduardo Navarro Valencia
@enavarro.bsky.social
Entomology, Ecology, Conservation, and anything in between. Doing a Msc By Research @ Oxford. Visiting student fellow at Yves Basset Lab (https://striresearch.si.edu/yves-basset-lab/)
🪲The latest and first fully #OpenAccess issue of #TheColeopteristsBulletin is out! Link: bioone.org/journals/the...
🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there? A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years. Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social
Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000
When science draws on a wider range of perspectives, it produces better questions, more creative thinking, and outcomes that matter to more people. This is often when breakthroughs occur. #PrideMonth
Ever wonder why bogs and fens are simultaneously magical, mysterious, and spooky? Bogland is my ode to these paradoxical ecosystems, and a call to action. Barnes & Noble members will receive 25% off pre-orders made by TOMORROW Jun 26 (code PREORDER25. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bogland-me...
Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life
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Community Ecology Research Oxford Lab annual walk! Plenty of insects (as expected) and seeing some sites for the future Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme!
#Entomology Bluesky, I have put my old #PhD #RStats #ShinyApp back up. My supervisors @jmbecologist.bsky.social & Bill Kunin led me to develop this approach challenging an initial over simple approach. #Carabid #Beetles #habitat association in the Great Britain. zabados.shinyapps.io/carabiddata/
We have to end his power in November. It is life or death.
Both climate change and biodiversity loss are intertwined crises with severe consequences for people and nature. seedling On this #EnvironmentDay and every day, we remember the essential role of biodiversity in effective climate action.
Hey IQTree3 paper is out. Bread and butter for tree building anything in my workflow. They have a pretty standout documentation too. 🖥️🧬 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models
Abstract. IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelih
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Arthropod Photo of the Week: June 3, 2026 Bee Tetragonisca angustula Hymenoptera: Apidae Observed in Minas Gerais, Brazil By Carlos Augusto Asanuma, Sao Paulo, Brazil #arthropodPOTW
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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A few pictures of me last week helping @naturerecovery.bsky.social with the deployment of their Lepisense of @ukceh.bsky.social units at Wytham Forest in Oxford! This system allows for the passive automated monitoring of moths!
Happy World Bee Day!🐝🥳 Here’s a collage of some of the bee species I have photographed in the garden so far this year: My garden bee list is at over 20 species now!
New paper from Sruthi Krishna Moorthy and @ymalhi.bsky.social examines 60 years of tropical ecology research 🌍 The study highlights the growing dominance of tropical forest research and persistent global inequities in tropical ecology authorship. doi.org/10.1111/btp....
Shifting Trends in Tropical Ecology Research Over Six Decades
We analyzed over 170,000 tropical ecology publications (1960–2023) using a large language model to extract study location and biome information at scale. We show that research has grown across all bi....
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🚨FUNDED PHD🚨'Economic carrying capacity & the future of rhinos in privately governed OECMs' @dice-kent.bsky.social, UK & International applications welcome - closing date 14th May🦏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I have invented a diffuser made of taped-together weigh boats that lets you actually see the horrible pronotal indentation characters of Cryobius and other carabids
After 100 years of copper mining, parts of Tasmania’s King River are "biologically dead." As the demand for minerals for EVs and AI surges, these rivers serve as a stark warning: the cost of mining lasts centuries. @slovgren.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
In Tasmania, the mines have closed but the rivers remember
The King River snakes through some of Tasmania’s most dramatic and diverse landscape, flowing past rainforest, button grass plains and the rugged peaks of the West Coast Range before emptying into a…
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the length of the table of contents in "united states involvement in regime change"
I invite applications for a PhD position. Join our team exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity! Application deadline is 7th May 2026. See lab.hrcek.net
Driven by the U.S.-China tariff war, soy production is hitting records in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Logistics projects like the Ferrogrão railroad now threaten to scale up deforestation and encroach on Tirecatinga Indigenous Land. Learn more in this report by @kevindamasio.com for #Mongabay.
Railroad & tariff war boost soy in Brazil’s Cerrado, endangering Indigenous lands
MATO GROSSO, Brazil — In 2025, soy farmers in Brazil saw a new boost caused by the tariff war between the United States and China. Brazilian soy exports to the Chinese market reached a record high:…
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April has us all aflutter with more beautiful butterflies and moths to look for in our gardens and green spaces 🌷🦋 What have you seen recently?
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama! Three positions, each including salary & a research budget. Applications due April, 15th. DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us! stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Animal Behavior
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