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Jim Martin @jimspim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social. Straight in with @juleshoward.bsky.social v @benhoare.bsky.social in the battle for Children's Non-Fiction supremacy. The Jim Martin Derby.

Authors on stage at the Wainwright prize.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

In the Non-Fiction Category our winner is: 'Choose Your Own Evolution' by @juleshoward.bsky.social & @gordywright.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hydra-spotting. See bottom right. One of the UK's most beautiful freshwater cnidarians (think: jellyfish and anenomes). I used to raise these in glass bottles kept on windowsills in order to try and get snaps...

tentacled animal hanging of underside of lily leaf

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Reminded by me 'ol pal @flygirlnhm.bsky.social last week that BLUEBOTTLES are out there doing a heck of a lot of pollinating, particularly on ivy, including on cooler days. The last image (too lewd?) shows the female's telescope-like ovipositor all neatly tucked away. Neat.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The BBC's current promo for TIGER ISLAND, featuring a TV naturalist stalking a tiger on foot, is giving me mild Huck Dangers vibes.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Feeling down? THEN LOOK DOWN. Literally, I mean turn your head downwards and have a look around. You might find something that lifts you right back up, like this gorgeous clear-wing moth, resting under leaves during a storm. #insects #wildlife #teammoth

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Good day to you. Do I know a good water beetle expert on here?

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Wow, TWO books on the The Week Junior Book Awards shortlist? Yes please. These are TOTAL and UTTER @nosycrow.bsky.social team books, so big cheers for Gavin Scott, Gordy Wright, Tina Garcia, Elizabeth Jenner, Tegen Evans and more. Can't wait for the ceremony! (to stalk my writing heroes).

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Tomorrow night - it’s @cheltenhamfestival.bsky.social time The scrumptious @juleshoward.bsky.social & I will be discussing insects - what they’re getting up to & should we pay attention? (Yes obviously) Come join us in what will be a lively discussion www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/can-i...

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audreym @audm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Now reading "Infinite Life" by @juleshoward.bsky.social trying to answer the best question a kid I teach has ever asked me (one I can't believe I never asked myself) "Why did mammals evolve to not lay eggs?" #BookSky 💙📚 #TeacherLife #Evolution

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

On the 4th of June - @juleshoward.bsky.social & I will be discussing insects & just how important they are 👊🪰 (and they are) at the #CheltSciFest (2 - 7 June 2026) @cheltfestivals The full line-up is out now & tickets go on sale 22 April, 10am www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/whats-on

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Hey! Cheltenham Science Festival is coming in June (2nd to the 7th). A few events from me. Especially excited to be talking insect conservation with the world's greatest @flygirlnhm.bsky.social and discussing animal politics (and probably genitals) with my fav comedy hero, @countbinface.bsky.social

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Happy #worldsalamanderday! Feeling a bit bleurg, so smooth newting today. These characters are unbelievably common and can occupy even small ponds in 10+ numbers. Last pic shows swollen cloaca of the (crested) male - another telltale sign of spring that no-one writes poems about. For shame.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is me nestling / snuggling into the Easter holidays after a long ol' term. Or is it a Ladybird? You decide.

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

just this week: -- OpenAI killed Sora -- Disney subsequently cancelled its investment in OpenAI -- Wikipedia is now banning LLM-generated content ...tell me again how this is all "inevitable" and you have to "get on board or get left behind"?

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thing I learned today: Seal Lice vector seal heart worms! I don't know of another louse species that vectors a nematode. Do any other entofriends? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A diagram of the life cycle of the seal heart worm. The first few stages of the worm develop in the louse, and then the nematodes move to seals and develop into larger adults. Seal lice are delightfully round, but less delightfully apparently transmit heart worms.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I feel like this is the larva of swan moth (Euproctis similis). Early instar, still wet behind the ears*. About the size of a staple. *the appropriate phrasing for yellow tail moth caterpillars should be "anal wool behind the ears" because the females anal spray the eggs but this is TMI, I guess.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Spring is a great time for finding fossils because the slightly slanted sunlight catches the metals in the mineralised rock, reflecting into thine eyes. Bit of rain helps too. Beautiful. (Jurassic ammonite. 1cm across. Peterborough. The moss is for scale, ok).

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We've got one last author visit lined up before the Easter holidays...don't miss Jules Howard talking about his brilliant book 'Choose You Own Evolution' at 11am on Friday. Sign up via the link on the Online Author Visit Schedule... @juleshoward.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Oh to be a bee-fly To be like bee but fly To be flying like a bee But be a fly A bee-fly Like i said. Be bee or bee-fly? To fly or be bee-fly? To be bee or not to be (A bee). To be beef or lamb Or just be Be a bee-fly. That's who i want to be, bee That's what I am saying Don't go *accepts award*

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Wrens blasting, bumblebees bumbling, newts dancing, red kites mewing. Nature's THEME PARK (the theme being sex) is open for business.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Japanese version of Infinite Life features the most gorgeous little embossed silvery eggs behind the dust jacket. (UK-edition still 99p on Kindle, folks). P.S. If you are (or know) a UK-based Japanese-speaker (/reader!) I would be happy to post a copy or two out for free. DM me.

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furiousoldtrout.bsky.social @furiousoldtrout.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Hurrah for Jules! Anyone with young folk who are inspired by nature & evolutionary stuff, please do check out @juleshoward.bsky.social's books. Inspirational.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In today's author spotlight, choose your own adventure with Jules Howard in his brilliant book 'Choose Your Own Evolution', shortlisted in our Non-Fiction category. Where will you evolution take you? @nosycrow.bsky.social @gordywright.bsky.social @juleshoward.bsky.social youtu.be/T06rDxFWNac?...

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Choose Your Own Evolution - Jules Howard - Shortlist Spotlight - Non-Fiction

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A victory for hope over hate. Excellent to see. More please.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A blackbird singing! A bumblebee buzzing! A random cat shuffling out of its house to crap on some gravel. HARK! SPRING COMETH!

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A species of barkfly, right? 2-3mm. It just feels a bit... wide ... and ... regal-looking.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

WOODPECKER TODAY MY FELLOW THRILLSEEKERS

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 27/01/2026

We're so excited about this year's #Bookspark books! Here's Emma from our Books team to tell us about Choose Your Own Evolution by @juleshoward.bsky.social and @gordywright.bsky.social - one of 15 brilliant books included in the 2026 pack. Find out more: bit.ly/4r4FfmI

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Hello school librarians! Got a few spare copies of THE MARTIAN MUSEUM OF EARTH ANIMALS I'm happy to post out to schools for free. DM me if interested.

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Day 1: Our first book in the Non-Fiction category is 'Choose Your Own Evolution' by @juleshoward.bsky.social & @gordywright.bsky.social - an innovative and highly engaging approach to the topic of evolution! @nosycrow.bsky.social 🎄🎁📚 #Spark12BooksofChristmas

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

British Audio Awards last night! So happy for the @nosycrow.bsky.social team who turned CHOOSE YOUR OWN EVOLUTION into a thing of audio beauty and were rewarded! CYOE was one of only two titles in the whole show to be given a 'HIGHLY COMMENDED' - ours was for the Best Children's Book category.

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 17/11/2025

Yay! We absolutely love this book and know that students will too!

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Really wonderful to hear that Choose Your Own Evolution is part of #Bookspark this year! The book was specially selected to be included in this really inspiring @booktrust.org.uk programme, which helps KS3 students share reading experiences. more info: 👉 booktrust.org.uk/bookspark-authors

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Dr. Alexandrina Guran @rinaguran.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A new post on my Substack - this time, a book recommendation from a dog researcher, but more importantly, a dog and science lover to all other dog or science lovers that may be on here. everythingisdata.substack.com/p/book-revie... Wonderdog, by @juleshoward.bsky.social

Background image of the book cover of "Wonderdog" by Jules Howard.
Overlaid text: Book Review - Wonderdog, by Jules Howard
A personal pick from my bookshelf, for anyone interested in dogs and/or science.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Have often written about my feeling that urban parts of London (and all cities) have the potential to become a lifeline for amphibians (just add a pond) so I was pleased that the universe manifested this frog at the top of Wembley Way. Happy, healthy and in good health. Put a skip (hop) in my step!

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

MONEY (SPIDERS) MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND. The dewdrops from this nice October mist we're having have brought out the little web-gardens of the money spider Lepthyphantes tenuis (mostly, l think). Thousands. Ridiculously abundant. You probably past about a million on your commute today. Say hi!

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teenyannb.bsky.social @teenyannb.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Instead of clubs paying gazillions of £££ for players they could buy some land & protect threatened species...

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The pitch: standard annual IUCN Red List announcement day, but we apply the same rabid intensity normally reserved for transfer deadline day.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.

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Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

What should I talk about at this, gang? Hullo birds, hullo sky? The history of eco-fascism? The joys of freelancing, har har har? The problems with nature writing (but bear in mind we've only got a couple of hours)? Coffee photography?

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Sudden urge to pitch an event called 'STOP BEING A FANNY ABOUT INSECTS' to a major festival. 'Jules Howard and special guest tell the audience to stop being fannies about wasps and flies and bloody well just replant their front driveway spaces to make a home for earwigs'. Too much? Yes. Yes it is.

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Good year for ladybirds. *pulls ladybirds out of hair, teeth, armpits, nails, between toes, earholes... etc.*

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British Arachnological Society @britishspiders.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Spot on, Jules. A nice adult male - they have very much an autumn breeding season. Please can you iRecord it via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-re... to help monitor its expanding range!

Adult phenology chart for Nigma walckenaeri

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Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

...oh, a first for me here in the East Midlands. Green meshweaver (Nigma walckenaeri) found on my bathroom floor...! Is this correct @britishspiders.bsky.social?

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