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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚨 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Please share! We're looking for an entomologist to join our dept.! I'm excited as it's broadly advertised to find someone who can build a stellar teaching program w/research on insect ecology. Deadline is tight (end of Oct.). Read more & apply at jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235...

Flyer that says:

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

We're hiring!

The Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology is seeking applications for a nine-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Insect Ecology (60% teaching/40% research). The position will play a central role in the department’s undergraduate curriculum, including ENT 201: Insects and People, as well as additional undergraduate and graduate courses. The position also provides an opportunity to build a nationally recognized research program in insect ecology, secure external funding, and mentor undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead instruction for ENT 201: Insects and People and teach additional courses using effective, technology-enhanced approaches. Mentor undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs.

Establish a nationally recognized, externally funded research program in insect ecology (e.g., behavior, plant–insect interactions, community ecology, conservation, or global change biology). Publish in peer-reviewed journals and engage students in research.

Contribute to departmental, college, and university service, engage with scientific societies, review manuscripts and grant proposals, and participate in outreach.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Demonstrated teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Expertise in one or more areas of insect ecology (e.g., IPM, invasive species, pollination biology, vector ecology, trophic interactions, global change, or molecular/community ecology).

Ph.D. in Entomology or a related field, with a proven publication and funding track record (as PI/Co-PI or lead author).

JOIN OUR TEAM!

For more information and to submit your application, please visit:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/234875

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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 17/09/2026

Across the world, women are bringing their knowledge, skills, leadership and experience to the conservation and wise use of wetlands. Do you know a woman whose work deserves to be recognized? Nominate her and help us celebrate the women leading change for wetlands. www.ramsar.org/news/call-no...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 16/09/2026

Over 500 invaders have entered Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land, setting deliberate fires and clearing roads. The invasion directly threatens the isolated Igarapé Ipiaçava people as security forces delay deployment despite court orders. @aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

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Ituna/Itatá invasion escalates as Indigenous Land faces fires and illegal clearing

More than 500 people have invaded Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land in recent weeks, opening illegal roads, setting deliberate fires and threatening federal agents. The area is home to the Igarapé…

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴

Flyer for the BIODIFUL Soundscapes survey. Text reads: 'Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica? Please answer our online questionnaire: Voices of the Tropical Forest.' Photo of a lush tropical forest interior, overlaid with a translucent ear icon surrounded by sound waves. Text continues: 'This anonymous survey will take only 10 min. https://www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en.' Logos at the bottom: BIODIFUL, ETH Zürich, CNRS, and Station d'Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We need your contribution to help us support mitigation projects, to combat of climate change.

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We calculated the effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population every year since its founding from the entire pedigree. Why? Because we could. But also because this population is vulnerable, and policy keeps pushing for lower and lower conservation targets 1/ #consgen

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The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation - Heredity

Heredity - The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

These wonderfully impressive Tauros cattle are an attempt to recreate the extinct auroch. Really interesting to consider their potential role in conservation. youtu.be/OMVw3TLUJQo?...

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Can Tauros Recreate the Ecological Role of the Aurochs?

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Impressive #rewilding results, built on the ideas of Frans Vera in the UK. Built by nature. youtu.be/VP5Oy7hSlfU?...

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Jan Leune @janleune.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Zojuist was er weer een boer op tv (EenVandaag op NPO1) die onweersproken mocht zeggen dat "stikstof geen probleem is". Daarom hieronder elf glasheldere argumenten waarom het wel een probleem is, voor flora en fauna en daardoor voor alle mensen. 1/12

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Karen R. Lips @karenrlips.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

🧪🌎. Our short film "The Waiting" 🐸🎥🐸🎬 is been awarded as a Vimeo Staff Pick, so since yesterday it's publicly accessable on Vimeo! vimeo.com/1036802517?s...

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The Waiting

Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and…

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

bsky.app/profile/land... Laat het boerenland weer klinken: word ook 'Groengrondbezitter' bij Land van Ons! Meer dan de helft van ons land bestaat uit boerenland. Dat betekent dat hier de grootste kans ligt om onze natuur weer te laten bloeien. 1/x

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 25/08/2026

Here's the 30-day running mean for the global temperature anomaly from Jan. 1, 1941 to Aug. 23, 2026, along with a quadratic trendline. The Climate Casino is taking the Over on breaking 2.0°C at some point in the next 6 months.

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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Check out this timelapse of 24 years (2001-2024) of decling water levels in the #Caspian Sea built from #NASA WorldView imagery. Recession in the northeast is >56km against the datum coastline! This article explains the consequences for people and #biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s43... 🧪🌏

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We also love the smallest of flies! Check out this new paper by Martin J. Ebejer, about the silver flies of #Mongolia ( #Chamaemyiidae), presenting 20 species: 1 new to science, and 7 new to Mongolia! Collected on 2 expeditions from BioMongol Foundation. www.biomongol.org/download/ebe...

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Ebejer 2026 – Recent records of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) from Mongolia, with description of a new species of Parochthiphila Becker – BioMongol Foundation

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mysteries on earth, so much to learn. Take fungal networks, simply amazing! www.tobykiers.com

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Toby Kiers

Professor of Evolutionary Biology & Co-founder of SPUN

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hide and seek, ground squirrel in Mongolia (2026 expedition).

ground squirrel in Mongolia (2026 expedition), peeking out of its burrow.

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This picture just shows exactly how our adventure was like

Photo of a double complete rainbow, in the Mongolian Hangai mountains.

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Only one more week and... off we go, for #BioMongol 's 6th #entomological #expedition. And believe it or not, only 6 days ago it was snowing in Ulanbaatar!

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series. The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future. Please read and share: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚

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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 27/05/2026

The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF

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New Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Onontbeerlijk hulpmiddel bij het managen van mijn stichting! #geheugensteuntje waar ik graag #reclame voor maak :-) www.elefanto.nl

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Elefanto

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/05/2026

David Attenborough is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday. Here's a look at his extraordinary life and career.

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David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100

Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.

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ARK Rewilding Nederland @ark-rewildingnl.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Dit geldt ook na #WoldRewildingDay! (➡️ gebruik geen gif en ook geen azijn)

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join the Zoom meeting on working with kids as a volunteer in nature restoration in Mongolia. 21 March 2026, Saturday, 11:00 CET (18:00 in UB) abc-sdg.net/grigory-bube...

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Youth Volunteer Camp 2025 Stories: Working with Children on Serious Issues – ABC SDG

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

So much interesting research to do on Mongolian arthropod fauna, but only *sweet pressure* from BioMongol Foundation. 🦋 www.slow-science.com

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Slow Science Movement - Rethinking Scientific Production

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Nature @nature.com · 26/02/2026

Scientists say the findings are a warning about the kinds of chemical that people are exposed to in the environment go.nature.com/4b8gUXY

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Health effects linger 20 generations after rats are exposed to fungicide

Scientists say the findings are a warning about the kinds of chemical that people are exposed to in the environment.

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Report on the 2023 #entomology expedition to #Mongolia , organised by BioMongol Foundation is now ready for download. Check it out! www.biomongol.org/download/rep...

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Report Mongolia insect collecting expedition 2023 – BioMongol Foundation

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

A new species of the Diptera family Sciomyzidae (marsh flies, or snail-killing flies) is described from Mongolia. A male specimen of Pherbellia debreei Mortelmans, 2025 was collected during an expedition in 2019. www.biomongol.org/download/mor...

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Mortelmans 2025 – A new species of Pherbellia from Mongolia (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) – BioMongol Foundation

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

BioMongol is partner in peat restoration projects in #Mongolia, assessing insect communities. Important #wetlands, with high #biodiversity. Important also for storing carbon, fighting desertification, protecting livelyhood. Movie: #malaisetrap in action.

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

New #craneflies are recorded from #Mongolia, as a result of our entomological expeditions. Five (5) of those are first records from Mongolia. Combining adventure and science leads to valuable additions to the known entomofauna of Mongolia. www.biomongol.org/download/oli...

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d’Oliveira & van Eck 2025 New records of Limoniidae and Pediciidae (Diptera: Tipuloidea) from Mongolia – BioMongol Foundation

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

FIVE (5!) #Tachinidae species NEW TO SCIENCE, described from #Mongolia. On top of it, 67 species are recorded for the first time from Mongolia. Not only are our expeditions fun, they deliver important additions to the knowledge of Mongolian #entomofauna. www.biomongol.org/download/zee...

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Zeegers et al 2025 The Tachinidae (Diptera) of Mongolia, with the description of seven new species – BioMongol Foundation

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

One great start of the new year 2026, is friends supporting our projects in #Mongolia by means of a donation. Large or small, so much appreciated! Check our website or donate directly: www.biomongol.org/contact

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

UK National Parks Rivers at risk, report on the water quality. Spoiler: not good! www.cnp.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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BioMongol Foundation @biomongol.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Alex Cobb is recruiting for fully funded PhD students with interests in all aspects of natural and human-influenced, short- and long-term processes in wetlands, especially peatlands, and I am excited to develop specific projects collaboratively with the student dynamicpeatlands.org/joining-the-...

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Opportunities to join Alex Cobb's group

PhD, postdoc, Masters and undergraduate opportunities with Alex Cobb's group at the Asian School of the Environment.

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