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Monni Böhm

@monnikaboom.bsky.social
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Freshwater Conservation Coordinator at Indianapolis Zoo Pacers & Fever 🏀 fan. Dog mum. Rugby obsessed. she/her | Views are my own

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📣📣📣 PUBLICATION ALERT📣📣📣 A wonderful collaboration by the IUCN Species Survival Commission Freshwater Conservation Committee: "Evidence charts the future of freshwater biodiversity conservation" Link to paper here: connectsci.au/mf/article/7...
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Evidence charts the future of freshwater biodiversity conservation
This article examines the importance of evidence for freshwater conservation, available sources, how evidence is used, geographical coverage and the challe
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
LIGHTS OUT! DRUMROLL!!! SPOTLIGHT ON!!!!! There were times when I didn't think we would ever get there, so let's shout this from the rooftops!!!! European Red List of Moths ✅ op.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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European red list of moths - Publications Office of the EU
This European Red List of Moths provides a comprehensive assessment of the extinction risk of moth species across Europe and the EU27, contributing to the wider effort to measure the state of European...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Finally back in Indy after 4 weeks of (mainly work) travel! Time to reminisce about all that's happened in the past 6 weeks, starting with #freshwater #molluscs! Blog post on the IUCN Red List North American FW Mollusc workshop held at Indy Zoo back in May! www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/iu...
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Indianapolis Zoo Hosts Global Freshwater Mollusc Workshop
While often overlooked in conservation efforts, particular crayfish species are on the edge of extinction.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Yesterday was a big day for #aquaticfungi at the #WorldBiodiversityForum in Davos. We had a great session on "Closing knowledge gaps in fungal biodiversity and its conservation", with several talks from Biodiversa+ funded consortia FUNACTION & MoSTFun! @funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The first two weeks of June were all about freshwater fish! 1st stop: Albuquerque - Ex situ conservation planning for highly threatened species of fw fish! Working hard & playing hard, Team Palearctic managed their way through around 60 spp!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
2 weeks ago, we hosted an IUCN Red List Assessment workshop for North American freshwater molluscs, with 20 experts from the IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, the IUCN SSC Center for Species Survival network, & AZA SAFE North American Freshwater Mussel & @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social & many others! 🐌
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Here's a new blog post on the Indianapolis Zoo website to re-live our #WorldWaterRun adventures! Ft. Indiana waterways, hiking, running, birdwatching, conferences, dogs, sunshine & lots of fun! @minaguli.bsky.social @runblueofficial.bsky.social www.indianapoliszoo.com/.../world-wa...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It's the FINAL ROUND of the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge! Four species - who will win? Two of my favorites are still in the competition: the Bolivian Ornate Tiger Beetle & the Kyrgyzstan Wild Tulip!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The @IndianapolisZoo Uproar Conservation Challenge is in Round 3 & the battles are (mainly) tight! Voting for this round closes 26 March @ 23:59 Eastern Time. uproar.indianapoliszoo.com #UproarChallenge Let me introduce some of our competitors!
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Uproar Conservation Challenge, presented by T-Fiber – A New Initiative of the Indianapolis Zoo
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IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group @iucnseahorse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ROUND 2 of the #UproarChallenge is here! Thorny Seahorse is still in the running thanks to you, but we need your votes to keep the momentum going. Vote at uproarchallenge.com & help us advance to Round 3, earning us conservation funding!
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IUCN SSC Butterfly & Moth Specialist Group @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨🚨🚨Publication alert! 🚨🚨🚨 Taking a breather from #uproarchallenge, there's a new paper online today that was several years in the making (all the best papers are!): conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Addressing Gaps in Butterfly Population Monitoring to Catalyze Global Insect Conservation
The conservation community sorely lacks a global indicator of change in insect populations. Given widespread insect declines, addressing this gap is key for conservation and policy targets. We sugges...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It's Day 2 of #WorldWaterRun & some members of Team Indianapolis Zoo were attending the Indiana Academy of Science Annual Meeting. I tried to make the most of a day spent mostly indoors - starting with an early morning walk to the meeting venue!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
And we're off! #WorldWaterRun is underway so we enjoyed the sunshine along the White River right here in the heart of Indianapolis. Team Indianapolis Zoo is off to a good start with the first 4.1 km (x4) in the bag!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
ROUND 2 is open in the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge. Our Hoosier Cavefish sailed through Round 1 but is facing a very tough battle in Round 2! Please share & vote! Voting ends March 23! uproar.indianapoliszoo.com
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’m joining the #WorldWaterRun from 20-22 March with Team Indianapolis Zoo!🌍💧 Water shapes all of our lives - in my case also my work life in #freshwater conservation, but many of the water systems that we & other species rely on are in crisis! @runblueofficial.bsky.social @minaguli.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚨FINAL FEW HOURS OF VOTING IN ROUND 1🚨 Scores are tight in these 3 matchups! Queen Alexandra's Birdwing v Green Pitcher Plant Horseshoe Crab v Bozibe African Manatee v Nubian Flapshell Turtle Vote: uproar.indianapoliszoo.com #uproarchallenge @iucnbutterflysg.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#DYK: the Indiana Sooty-Spored Freshwater Fungus was only discovered & described LAST YEAR! Now it's competing in the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge! Find out more about this amazing species below - then cast your vote for this underdog! uproar.indianapoliszoo.com #UproarChallenge
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Isabel Fernandes (she/her) @isabelrfernandes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 Voting is open now Help the only aquatic fungi species move on in this competition! We need to reach 51% 🪜🥇 Each vote counts! 💪🏻 #aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG #fungi #funga
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I once wrote a haiku about birdwings - may this inspire you to vote for this amazing species in the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge: uproar.indianapoliszoo.com Birdwing high above, Burst of color among green Flutters, disappears. You're welcome! #UproarChallenge
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Uproar Conservation Challenge, presented by T-Fiber – A New Initiative of the Indianapolis Zoo
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Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) @igb-berlin.de · 16/03/2026
43% of all large freshwater animal #species, such as carp, catfish, crocodiles and turtles, have been introduced to areas outside of their natural habitats. While this may offer economic benefits for certain groups, it often has adverse effects on nature and people: www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/40-f...
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Over 40 % of freshwater megafauna species introduced outside their native range
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IUCN SSC Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrate RLA @iucnssctirla.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🚨The Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge is here!🚨 Help two of our threatened beetles (Giant Fijian Longhorn Beetle & American Burying Beetle) advance through Round 1! Round 1 voting: March 16-19 @ uproarchallenge.com #UproarChallenge
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
What do the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge and @zslofficial.bsky.social EDGE of Existence have in common? The Sweet Home Alabama Crayfish: an EDGE Priority species which will compete in the Uproar Conservation Challenge this month! www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conse...
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Uproar Conservation Challenge
Help vote to save endangered species with the Uproar Conservation Challenge. Each round a species moves on to compete for the big prize!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
One of my favorite conservation projects co-led by @zslofficial.bsky.social - bringing back 3 species of Extinct in the Wild pupfish! Glad that @protectspecies.bsky.social at Indianapolis Zoo is involved in this, if only in a small way!!! Love all the pupfish drawings! www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...
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Working in Mexico to Recover Extinct in the Wild Fish | The Zoological Society of London
Bringing pupfish back home
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The latest @protectspecies.bsky.social blog post out today - talking about the importance of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) for migratory freshwater fish! www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/mi...
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Migratory Freshwater Fish
Conservation experts urge better representation for migratory freshwater fish species on the world’s stage.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🚨🚨🚨If you would like to stay connected with what's happening in conservation at the Indianapolis Zoo & around the world, there's now a quarterly newsletter you can sign up for. See post below 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/indian...
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Now you can stay connected to the conservation work happening at the Indianapolis Zoo and around the world. 🌍 Subscribe to our new conservation newsletter for quarterly updates on the species… | Indi...
Now you can stay connected to the conservation work happening at the Indianapolis Zoo and around the world. 🌍 Subscribe to our new conservation newsletter for quarterly updates on the species saving ...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
More about our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com on migratory freshwater fishes, from @worldwildlife.org. Find out why we are calling on CMS Parties to add more threatened transboundary migratory freshwater fishes to the CMS Appendices! www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustain...
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Reconnecting rivers to protect migratory fish
Restoring river connectivity and strengthening global cooperation can help reverse steep declines in migratory freshwater fish populations
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨🚨🚨Published: our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, an output from last year's workshop on Migratory Fishes at Lake Tahoe, hosted by Zeb Hogan & the University of Nevada Reno.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🚨🚨🚨Call for submissions!!!🚨🚨🚨 We're excited to announce our upcoming special issue in the journal Diversity: "Innovating & Integrating Conservation Tools to Address the Global Extinction Crisis & Prevent Ecosystem Collapse". More info: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive... @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Shell yeah!!! Excited to announce that our first 3-year plan for our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels... HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!! 🙌
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
1/ IUCN World Conservation Congress - in a few pictures! It was a whirlwind of activities & I am still trying to digest everything, plus recharge my social batteries 😆 #IUCNcongress #wearessc
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Great to see this important assessment update published! Congrats to @europebutterfly.bsky.social!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
If - unlike me - you are free at this time, go to this session at #IUCNCongress2025! And then please tell me all about it! Should be a great one!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
At the IUCN #WorldConservationCongress in Abu Dhabi (or online) & not sure which session to attend? Let us help! Join us to hear about dams, freshwater conservation & IUCN SSC-WCPA Inter-Commission Dams Task Force! 📆 October 11 2025 ⏲️ 10:00-11:30 Gulf Standard Time 🗺️ Session Room 6 & online!
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Huzefa Raja @huzefaraj.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thank you Indianapolis Zoo for the funding! Fungal Taxonomy needs friends like you!!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚨🚨🚨 We found a new genus of aquatic fungi right here in Indiana! 🚨🚨🚨 Learn more in this blog post! 👇
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Indianapolis Zoo Grant Fungi Discovery
Two Indianapolis Zoo grant recipients and a team of Conservation Coordinators with the Global Center for Species Survival have discovered an entirely new kind of freshwater fungus in Indiana.
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Luring you in with a sunny photo of Tampa! We had a fun few days already @ AZA Annual Meeting. We're flexing our muscles for North American FW mussels: great attendance @ SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) session & roundtable, our poster is up & ready to go for tonight's session. Shell yeah!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We're at the Association of Zoos & Aquariums Annual Conference in Tampa, FL! Spent some time with awesome musselheads to spread the word on our AZA SAFE plan for North American FW Mussels! Great attendance for 8am session! Thanks all for coming & watch this space for more to come! 💪💪💪
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
📣 📣 📣 Are you going to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Annual Conference in Tampa FL? Are you a musselhead or interested in becoming one? Then join us for one/several/all of the MANY sessions featuring AZA SAFE North American Freshwater Mussel!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Just when you thought I had talked about it enough already, another post appears about our Migratory Freshwater Fish workshop at Lake Tahoe! This time via IUCN Species Survival Commission! Several IUCN SSC members were involved in the workshop! iucn.org/story/202509...
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Global Workshop at Lake Tahoe Advances Protection of Migratory Freshwater Fish and Launches Key Conservation Initiatives
Leading scientists, conservationists, and policy experts from five continents, including members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, SSC Freshwater Conserva...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Happy inaugural World Lake Day! Lakes are amazing! From habitat to water source, and climate regulation and recreational fun, lakes do it all and then some! Three cheers for lakes!!!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Remember the workshop I posted about in July, on Migratory Fishes, hosted by @unevadareno.bsky.social? We're still beating the drum about this, because migratory species deserve (and need!!! 🚨) more spotlight so we can help them survive and thrive in our world. indianapoliszoo.com/wp-content/u...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Blog about our recent migratory fish workshop hosted by University of Nevada Reno! Inspiring to meet with this dedicated group to discuss outputs that are usable & impactful for conservation policy & benefit these amazing species! freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/05/m...
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Migratory freshwater fish working group launches key conservation initiatives
Migratory fish populations have declined sharply in the last fifty years. Image: Petteri Hautamaa – WWF Finland | World Fish Migration Day /// A guest blog by Zeb Hogan and Monni Böhm What do Lake …
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Migratory fish is where it's at! Check out the news from our #migratoryfish workshop at Lake Tahoe, featuring several members of the @IUCNssc Freshwater Conservation Committee & Freshwater Fish Specialist Group: www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
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Global experts gather at Lake Tahoe to protect migratory fish and freshwater corridors | University of Nevada, Reno
Workshops hosted at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe will help inform discussions and actions for future international conferences
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We had a wonderful time at the migratory fish workshop hosted by our colleagues from University of Nevada Reno, right on the shores of Lake Tahoe. We discussed migratory fish, databases, CMS context and Swimways. Watch this space for some cool outputs!
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The scope of #fungi #biodiversity is only beginning to be fathomed. Every day almost ten new species are described. 🍄🤯 David Hibbett László Nagy and Henrik Nilsson introduce the fungal tree of life. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Our work is not done / never done! With around 300 species assessments still to publish on the IUCN Red List, there is still a lot to learn about the conservation status of these amazing species!
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Love plants, conservation and the SSC? Come work with us! 🌺🌴🌵🌽🌲🌻 @protectspecies.bsky.social is looking for a passionate Plant Conservation Coordinator to support the IUCN Species Survival Commission's plant Specialist Groups. indianapoliszoo.applicantpro.com/jobs/3774489
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Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator - Full Time - Indianapolis, IN
Do you have a passion for species conservation and the determination to work within a global network to promote invertebrate species conservation around the world? The Indianapolis Zoo Global Center f...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
With June nearly over - it's time to reflect on our Swallowtail of the Month, the common birdwing (Troides helena). (I clearly posted this in a rush originally and just got used to typing 'swallowtail'. Such is life when multitasking. 😂)
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Love inverts, conservation and the SSC? Come work with us! @protectspecies.bsky.social is looking for a passionate Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator to support the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Invertebrate Specialist Groups. indianapoliszoo.applicantpro.com/jobs/3773405
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Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator - Full Time - Indianapolis, IN
Do you have a passion for species conservation and the determination to work within a global network to promote invertebrate species conservation around the world? The Indianapolis Zoo Global Center f...
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Swallowtails are pretty epic, and on #WorldSwallowtailDay a few years back, I penned a birdwing inspired haiku. Might as well share it again... Birdwing high above, Bursts of colour among green Flutters, disappears. #yourewelcome #WorldSwallowtailDay
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