Janus Hansen
@leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
Head of Terrestrial Zoology at Faroe Islands National Museum. Living with wife, kid and dog.
ONLY 13 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY... ... to enjoy this view while you drink your morning coffee before heading out for fieldwork. Koltur Research Station is part of the POLARIN Transnational Access call, which funds transport and accommodation for researchers: eu-polarin.eu/transnationa...
WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.
Ten out of our 20 monitoring plots are located in areas without sheep grazing. But sometimes a sheep manages to jump a fence. This one is hanging out right on the plot - after having headbutted the temperature logger for a while. #FaroeEcosystemMonitoring #FEM #Tjóðsavnið #sheep
Research at “the cutest Research Station in the world”? Koltur Research Station is part of POLARIN Transnational Access which funds transport and accommodation for researchers: eu-polarin.eu/transnationa... We are especially interested in projects measuring above-ground biomass on the island.
Empis lucidus (Empididae) is a northerly species associated with higher altitudes. Not a common sight in the Faroes, but yesterday I found plenty of them in the mountains on Kalsoy. #Tjóðsavnið #Diptera #FaroeEcosystemMonitoring @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social
I just love chironomid pupal exuviae! So much fun to find new species to add to the Faroese checklist. #Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring #Chironomidae
Freshwater monitoring reveals unknown midge diversity — Tjóðsavnið
Freshwater monitoring has added several new records of non-biting midges (Chironomidae) to the Faroese checklist. At least seven new species records have been made based on pupal exuviae collected fro...
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I've been playing around with old photos (not by me) and taking new ones from the same exact location. #landscapephotography #monochrome #history #faroes
I've been playing around with old photos (not by me) and taking new ones from the same exact location. #landscapephotography #monochrome #history #faroes
Today we submitted paleo paper with 6 UA co-authors. Its -10 to -30Cº in Kyiv in the last week. Most of my colleagues does not have heating or electricity due to russian attempts to freeze Ukraine into surrender. Most of the don't sleep that well due to air raids. Still... we finished the paper 🦖⚒️
#LiteratureNotice Hansen. On the Etymological Origin of “Rove Beetles” (Coleoptera: #Staphylinidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Etymological #rovebeetles
The shiny metallic blue beetle Necrobia rufipes was one of the many new insect records for the Faroes in 2025. #BlueBugs #Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera
Ash Whiffin@ashwhiffin.bsky.social · 9mo agoEvery year I try to repurpose #BlueMonday (which we all know is a load of 💩) and advocate for #insects by showcasing some beautiful BLUE BUGS! Please join me by sharing your photos or artwork with the hashtag #BlueBugs 🦋🩵 📷 Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Going through old photos. Here's the rainbow over Syðradalur on a dramatic winter day. 01.02.2011 Nikon D7000 1/200 s ISO 400 Nikkor 10-24mm @ 10mm f/8 #photography #colour #landscape #landscapephotography #faroes #winter
The christmas weather in Schwarzwald was beautiful. No snow but all the trees covered in hoarfrost. 26.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/2000 s ISO 200 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 100mm #photography #colour #birdphotography #bird #germany #winter
On our walk to see a beaver in Haslach (Falkau, Schwarzwald) two Goldcrests were flittering around us. We saw two beavers later in the day!! 25.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/200 s ISO 1250 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 100mm #photography #colour #birdphotography #bird #germany #winter
Frosty fog in Schwarzwald 25.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/800 s ISO 200 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 50mm #photography #colour #landscapephotography #fog #landscape #germany #winter
Feldberg, Schwarzwald 23.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/4000 s ISO 200 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 100mm #photography #colour #landscapephotography #fog #landscape #germany
Karlsruhe schlossgarten 20.12.2025 #photography #colour #landscapephotography #fog #landscape #germany
Today, at the Changing Currents conference organised by Granskingarráðið, @agneskreiling.bsky.social presented three projects which were centered around Koltur Research Station: the Baseline Project (www.tjodsavnid.fo/natturan-i-k...) the terrestrial ecosystem monitoring project and #LIFEPLAN).
Stalagmite in the cave of aven d'Orgnac. I'm not sure of the official name but it definitely should be: The Snail.
The nightlife here in France is quite something! #entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?) #trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar @agneskreiling.bsky.social
Bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa). So-called because they exude droplets of so-called nosebleed (but which is their bright red-orange hemolymph coming out of their mouth). #beetle #entomology #omsystem #chrysomelidae #coleoptera
Polyommatus bellargus (Adonis Blue) Southern France 02.09.2025 www.inaturalist.org/observations... #butterfly #lepidoptera #france #entomology #omsystem
Trøllkonufingur (The Witch's Finger) A 313 m. high seastack #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #island #landscape #snow #winter #hdr #faroe
(another) Koltur from Kellingardalur #photography #colour #landscapephotography #island #landscape #hdr #faroe
