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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New Postdoc opportunity to join my lab @nhm.org working with Phylogenomics of Soft Spiders (Fam. Cybaeidae) in collaboration with @mhedin.bsky.social, help me spread the word! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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Recruitment

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

with my wonderful colleague @monroderik.bsky.social, just published "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: Miocene Salinian Block Migration and the Biogeography of Megahexura Spiders" in J BioG dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.... novel CA biogeographic story! not OA ... please contact me if you need a copy

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Kayce Bell @kaycebell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Funds to support student research! October 1 deadline for @nhm.org Student Collections Study Award. Get $$ for travel expenses to collect data in our collections. Open to: - current undergrad & grad students - *not* local to Los Angeles (international applicants welcome) nhm.org/student-coll...

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Student Collections Study Award

The NHM Collections Study Awards provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to visit and study the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits & ...

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 24/03/2026

🦋 Wonder has officially taken flight at #NHMLA! Have you saved your spot for this season’s #ButterflyPavilion? Don’t miss your chance to walk among hundreds of butterflies and colorful native plants, now on view through August 23: nhm.org/butterflies And as always, Members see it for free!

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Butterfly Pavilion

Watch butterflies take flight around you in this seasonal exhibition.

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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join me learn about UCEs and Phylogenomics in this workshop to be held at CIBNOR in the beautiful La Paz, Mexico, hybrid format and of course instructed En Español!!! Info: www.cibnor.gob.mx/posqrados/po...

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 30/04/2025

NEWLY PUBLISHED » Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe (Associate Curator, Marine Mammals) discovers that sebicids, ancient land-dwelling crocodile-like beasts, reigned over the West Indies as apex predators after vanishing from South America: bit.ly/AncientCrocs

A sebecid and its prey, a megalocnid ground sloth, overlook a coastal pond in the Dominican Republic around 5.8 million years ago. Artwork by Machuky Paleoart.

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Spider Biology Field Course!! from July 1 - 9, 2025 experience the outstanding biodiversity of spiders and non-spider arachnids found in montane southeastern AZ; taught by Greta Binford, Paula Cushing, & Marshal Hedin $946 for tuition, room & board. See www.amnh.org/research/sou... for details.

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Advanced Courses for Biologists, Researchers, Naturalists | AMNH

Further your knowledge and skills with advanced courses for biologists, researchers, professionals and experienced naturalists in a stunning biodiverse setting.

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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park. Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

SoCal folks! @mhedin.bsky.social and I are teaching another macrophotography workshop in Anza-Borrego. We had a great time in December, and this one on March 15th should be even better, because photo subjects will definitely be more plentiful than they were in December. Hope you can join us! 📷🐙🌿

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Macrophotography: Photographing Our Smallest Organisms

Do you have a passion for photography but have never tried it on a smaller scale? Are you curious about the Park’s tiny creatures but aren’t sure how to spot them? If so, this workshop is for you!

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 21/02/2025

A phylogenomic analysis in the spider family Cybaeidae found one new genus and two new species. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #endemicspecies #taxonomy #phylogenomics mhedin.bsky.social

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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

2 more open faculty positions (1 TT Asst., 1 TT Assoc./Full) - in Border Studies @sandiegostate.bsky.social, potentially in biology - e.g. cross-border land, resource management, binational biodiversity, transborder ecologies, built environments, sustainable ag, etc.! Links below. Please share!

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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I don't consider myself a fan of leps, but can't deny the beauty of these Birdwing! @nhmla.bsky.social

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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Going through some of the material in the collection I found this package of entomological pins from Western Germany! It's amazing the historic objects, aside from the specimens itself, that can be found in collections. I wonder about the actual year those pins were made...

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 31/01/2025

Dr. Allison Shultz, Associate Curator of NHMLA's bird collection, shares a glimpse into the museum's "type cabinet"—spotlighting the newest addition: the Andean storm-petrel, 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪. Learn more about this new species of bird and other specimens in the collection: nhm.org/stories

A specimen tagged which identifies the specimen as a holotype, including information about the publication describing the new species, its genus and species, and sex.

Dr. Allison Shultz in the Ornithology Collection. Behind her are rows and rows of compact shelving full of bird specimens. In front of her is the single tiny shelf with all of the Museum's bird type specimens.

The holotype for the newly described Andean storm-petrel.

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 22/01/2025

#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...

An UNLAB cohort is all smiles holding a wildlife find in the palm of two hands.

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Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas @monroderik.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Practicing some manual stacking at night with this Cophura Robber Fly from Kelso Dunes!

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