Introducing the campest katydid of all time. 🦄💅🏽👸💞 Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n

New in #TheScientificNaturalist from our journal "Ecology"⤵️

Benito Wainwright@benitoexplains.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Introducing the campest katydid of all time. 🦄💅🏽👸💞 Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n

New paper out in Ecology focusing on one of the most striking insects I've ever had the privilege to see! This was a fun collaboration led by @benitoexplains.bsky.social with captivating images by @zekerowe.bsky.social

Benito Wainwright@benitoexplains.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Introducing the campest katydid of all time. 🦄💅🏽👸💞 Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n

Funded PhD opportunity!!🧪🌎 Wanna improve how biodiversity is monitored & protected? Keen to work with large datasets & quantitative methods? This PhD could be for you! Fully-funded PhD at University of Reading with IoZ & UKCEH (UK or settled status applicants) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - CR2026_23: Monitoring and protecting biodiversity across all its dimensions – taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Excited to have a ground beetle project @carabidaeuk.bsky.social open for applications in @crocus-dla.bsky.social. Nice mix of analysing long-term data, fieldwork and time at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, assessing trends in woodland carabids. Please share! blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Insect biodiversity monitoring must be expanded: A good start would be to extend funding for the amazing STRI Arthropod Inititiative striresearch.si.edu/yves-basset-... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New video for #RESEcolEnt This one was a lot of fun to make and a really interesting paper to read!

RES Publications@respublications.bsky.social · last yr.

Our recent #RESEcolEnt article explores #entomologists' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, #InsectWelfare in research & education 👀 buff.ly/nYrvmbp #OpenAccess @beebytes.bsky.social @mattgreenwell.bsky.social @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com

El oro de Panama es Verde - The gold of Panama is green 🌳🌴🌱 My favourite bit of graffiti welcoming me back to Panama for another three months in the forest

I'm giving a talk on my work and what I get up to in the rainforest this evening at @ri-science.bsky.social Really excited to be back at the Ri - six years 😲 after my time there as an intern! www.rigb.org/whats-on/sci...

Science and snacks: Escaping the enemy

We'll bring the science, you bring the snacks.

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Happy to see one of my Panama Ph.D. chapters finally out today in Ecology (doi.org/10.1002/ecy....) and Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (doi.org/10.1002/bes2...). This work explores how insect and fungi respond to a widespread disturbance in lowland tropical forest—lightning 🌩! (1/8)

Teaching Lepidoptera ID with @unirdgento.bsky.social today. A chance for me to brush up on my moth skills but mostly a good opportunity to have a look through the amazing pinned collection we have here 🦋

Here's a little video I made for the current issue of Ecological Entomology 🪲 #ResEcolEnt

RES Publications@respublications.bsky.social · last yr.

See what else is in the new #RESEcolEnt Vol. 50 Issue 1 👀resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652311/2025/50/1 @mattgreenwell.bsky.social

Nature is not a blocker to growth. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍

Our lab group meeting with collaborators at Oxford this week ended up with a quick trip to @morethanadodo.bsky.social Their display on insect colour was truly beautiful 🦋🪲

RES has joined Bluesky! We are excited to share fascinating science, news, events & more. To start, we’re featuring the #LargeBlueButterfly 🦋 Our #Conservation Science team recently published ground-breaking findings on the dispersal rates of this #EndangeredSpecies 🔽 https://buff.ly/3Wz5QLU

A few favourites from home and away for this year's #BlueMonday #BlueBugs campaign 1 Azure Damselfly, UK 2 Wasp (ID tbc) - part of our current insect rearing project in Panama. 📷 credit Marleny Rivera 3 Common Blue, UK 4 Jewel beetle, Panama

At the Doñana field station near Seville Spain, speed limit signs include information about the stakes involved.

Ending 2024 with a NYE trip to RSPB Ham Wall and thousands of starlings coming in to roost #UKWildlife

23 species in flower on a slightly damp #NewYearPlantHunt including herb-robert, my favourite little wildflower 🌸 @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Excited by the idea of using #AI for #biodiversity #conservation? Interested in developing practical tools to mitigate human-wildlife conflict? Check out this #funded #PhD with me and @roboyd91. Deadline 27th Jan, get in touch with any Qs! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Early-Warnings of Human-Wildlife Conflict at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Real-Time Early-Warnings of Human-Wildlife Conflict at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Another opportunity for a PhD. with me & @drunkennorris.bsky.social at Reading University & @nhm-london.bsky.social on combining AI & museum specimens to contribute to biodiversity conservation. Check link below & apply if interested www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #AI #Biodiversity

Quantifying Species Distributions and Changes in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot using Museum Specimens and AI at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Quantifying Species Distributions and Changes in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot using Museum Specimens and AI at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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My BSc student is doing a final year project on Psoriasis: The Silent Impact on Health and Society, if you have experience of this condition or are interested to learn more, please follow the link or QR code to the short survey, thank you! bit.ly/4iVd3j9

Accomodation booked ✅ Preparations for next year's fieldwork in Panama are underway. Time for another three months of trees, boats and bugs 😁

Eco-anxiety is a chronic fear of environmental disaster, and entomologists often find themselves face to face with the effects of climate change, as changing distributions of insects create increased risks of food insecurity, disease outbreaks, and threats to biodiversity.

What is Eco-Anxiety and How Does it Affect the Future of Entomology?

Eco-anxiety is a chronic fear of environmental disaster, and entomologists often find themselves face to face with the effects of climate change.

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Congratulations to our Insect Conservation and Diversity Early Career Entomologist Award winners: Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar and Lindsey Kemmerling! Great to see the outstanding research being done by early career insect ecologists around the world! 🌏🧪 www.royensoc.co.uk/res-journal-...

RES Journal Early Career Entomologist Awards 2021-2023 - ICAD - Royal Entomological Society

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021-2023 Royal Entomological Society Journal Awards. Insect Conservation and Diversity is a Royal Entomological Society journal that uniquely combines insect div...

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I have some PhD projects now available for application if you are interested in insect biodiversity change. Please check out the links below and shout if you have questions!

Have a browse of our #PhD projects advertised for an Autumn 2025 start date: www.findaphd.com/phds/crocus-... Including opportunities to be hosted at our partner organisations @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social, @ukceh.bsky.social, @britgeosurvey.bsky.social, and @nocnews.bsky.social (continued)

I'm over two years behind, but I've finally got round to writing up my fieldwork diary from my first trip to Panama back in 2022 🌴 mattgreenwell.wixsite.com/ecology/post...

Panama 2022 - Week 1

Day 0 - 21st September 2022 The journey began the night before with the 11:00 pm coach to Heathrow. My flight wasn’t until 6:00 am the following morning, but the early coaches only started running at ...

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I'm a little late to the migration so as an introduction I'm an insect ecologist at the Uni of Reading 🪲 I've been lucky enough work in some amazing places which I write about here: mattgreenwell.wixsite.com/ecology/fiel... And share photos of here: www.instagram.com/matts_field_...