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Menno Schilthuizen

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New book "The Urban Naturalist" (MIT Press, 1 Apr. 2025) Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions' Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker schilthuizen.com taxonexpeditions.com Leyden, Netherlands

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Police in Singapore have charged a man who is accused of posting an AI-generated image of a saltwater crocodile in a popular reservoir The fake image caused public concern, authorities allege, and the national water agency suspended its work for two days
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Singapore crocodile: Man charged over AI image
The defendant could face jail or a fine after the image sparked a search operation in the city’s largest reservoir.
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They said it couldn't be done... nhcm.pensoft.net/article/2006...
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Recovering mtDNA from long-term formalin-preserved museum arthropods: A pilot study
Background: Natural history collections can be a valuable source of genetic material for evolutionary research. However, numerous samples from zoological collections are fixed in formalin and may rema...
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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🐠 Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires, . A Amsterdam, Chez Reinier & Josué Ottens, 1754.. [Source]
Historical illustration showing five vibrantly colored fish with exaggerated features. The largest fish at top left has a bulky body with bold stripes in pink, yellow, and blue-green, sharp teeth, spiny dorsal fins, and rounded tail fins. Below it, a rounded angelfish with a prominent, bulbous head displays a pink body, green face, and yellow-striped fins with black dots on the chest fin. Other fish include a slender, striped fish with fin rays resembling spikes, a stout fish with vivid pink, green, and yellow markings, and the smallest, a yellow fish adorned with black diamond patterns and green fins. Each fish is labeled with number and French descriptions.
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Work! careers.amnh.org/postings/4920/
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Postdoctoral Fellow
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cul...
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David G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Stunned and delighted that The New York Times has given How Flowers Made our World a wonderfully enthusiastic and generous review, penned by Adam Nicolson. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...
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A Passionate Floral Manifesto
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
in 1950 a zoo in Wuppertal took an elephant named Tuffi on a monorail. Passengers screamed, and Tuffi smashed a window and fell out. She was unhurt and had “a wonderful time” playing in the river below. One passenger was seriously hurt; when she woke up in hospital her 1st words were: how is Tuffi?
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Glad to see that mathematicians are taking seriously the question of what graduate education should look like in the AI era. Neither giving in to doom nor pretending it’s no big deal.
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beetle 4/11 - Anthaxia #Art #SciArt
illustration of a dark green-turquoise iridescent beetle with two big streaks of vivid red and two dark blue on the wings. The entire animal's surface is visibly mottled with fine hair on the legs.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One really good day of advent calendar sales brought @skypeascientist.bsky.social's annual deficit from -33k to -22k! Now i just need to have 2.5 more incredible advent calendar days lol. Help me dig us out of the financial hole of 2026 SquidFacts.net Or donate here givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Insect eggs, probably Hemiptera, stacked like tiny barrels on the edge of a leaf. 🌱🌿
Pink insect eggs stacked in an alternating pattern like barrels. Each egg has a tiny white dot
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
pls note the bats have been carefully depicted HANGING FROM THEIR LITTLE BRANCHES on this radial phylogeny (bats drawn by Fiona Reid, whose portfolio is here --> fionareid.ca)
section of the central bat phylogeny figure from this new bat phylogeny paper; the representative bat from each family is hanging from the taxon label by its little toesies
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Roos Vonk @roosvonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😳Hoezo controversieel? A) NS was naar mijn indruk geen uiterst conservatieve of rechts-radicale organisatie, B) Heeft NS ooit campagnes geweigerd om wél vlees te eten? C) Het gaat godbetert over 1 dag! D) De poster bevat totaal geen schokkende inhoud. Het enige schokkende is de weigering van NS
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Plagued"? "Infested"? Seriously, New York Times? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/w...
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Once Home to Batman, This Faded Mansion Is Now Plagued by Real Bats
Officials in England are alarmed at the state of Mentmore Towers, the 19th century estate that served as Wayne Manor in the 2005 film “Batman Begins.”
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
De binnenstad van Leiden zit vol met vochtige middeleeuwse kelders. Daar leven nog kelderkevers (Blaps mucronata), een ondergronds levende soort die tegenwoordig niet meer zo algemeen is. Op de Breestraat vond ik vandaag deze, waarschijnlijk was een lid van het winkelende publiek er op gaan staan...
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come to @romtoronto.bsky.social and EEB in Toronto! ROM is seeking entomologist/arachnologist curator who would also be faculty in EEB at UofT royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/mdMTpA...
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Curator of Insects & Arachnids - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Insects & Arachnids at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let's make this the biggest news today!
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
work! naturkundemuseum-bw.helixjobs.com/_/jobad?prj=...
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Postdoc (m/w/d) in der Abteilung Entomologie – Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
oh no!
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Sander Turnhout🔻🍉🌳🌱🍄🦟🐈‍⬛🍓🔥 @sanderturnhout.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Eigenlijk zou reclame in de publieke ruimte gewoon verboden moeten worden.
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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You've heard the phrase "hat on a hat", but how bout eye on an eye Tiny mayfly guys peering at everything everywhere all at once
Face of a tiny mayfly, with normal bug eyes, but then on top of each eye is a drum-shaped brown compound eye Side view of another of the creature, with lovely clear wings held upright and together. His body is dark brown but abdomen is nearly as clear as his wings
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
De verborgen klimaatschade achter ‘duurzame’ biomassa. Politie doet onderzoek naar energiegigant RWE www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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De verborgen klimaatschade achter ‘duurzame’ biomassa. Politie doet onderzoek naar energiegigant RWE
Biomassa: Energieproducent RWE verbrandt in Nederlandse energiecentrales hout waarvan de kap Maleisische bossen aantast. De toezichthouder stelde dit zelf vast, maar gaf het hout toch het stempel ‘duu...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you haven't already, share this with every Philadelphian you know. I want to raise enough hell that Drexel will have no choice but to continue supporting the museum.
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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Up betimes, and for an hour at my viall before my people rise.
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Vincent Debat @vincentdebat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Amazing paper on the genetic control of asymmetry in flowers! | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Supergene control of chiral development in mirror-image flowers
How genes determine the development of chiral structures is a fascinating question. The reciprocal placement of female and male organs on opposite sides of mirror-image flowers promotes efficient cros...
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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This looks like a really cool project!
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#InverteFest begins at midnight your local time. Post your invertebrate art, join the community art book, go find critters in the wild, celebrate with us using the hashtag!
A poster showing 14 crabs of various shapes and colors. some are spiky, others have suspiciously long limbs, serrated claws, paddle legs, hairy shell, triangular body, and so on.
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Ophelia Fritsch @opheliasfritsch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our Quick Guide on Copulatory Courtship is out in Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu.... Find out more about the wonderful female and male interactions that occur during copulation and how these behaviours can be crucial for successful reproduction.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 19/08/2026
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab | New Scientist
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Exciting and intriguing new (Open Access!) book by Pim Edelaar @oxfordunipress.bsky.social ​https://academic.oup.com/book/63165?login=false
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Barr:s Eftr. @axelvoldbarr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Läser populärvetenskap just nu. Frogs, flies & dandelions av @schilthuizen.bsky.social Bra bok. Fjärde boken av honom som jag läser.
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
A murder on the Doelensteeg #Auplopuscarbonarius #urbanecology
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Paul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Scared to go in this shop
A shop called 5cm Women
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Extreme droogte? De boer kan zich al zestien jaar verzekeren tegen klimaatschade": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Extreme droogte? De boer kan zich al zestien jaar verzekeren tegen klimaatschade
Voedselproductie: Ondernemers dragen zelf het risico van extreem weer, maar land- en tuinbouwers vormen een uitzondering. Aan hun bredeweersverzekering draagt de overheid al sinds 2010 bij.
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Vincent Luyendijk @vincentluyendijk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Af en toe is het gewoon nog ouderwets leuk op Twitter.
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Lees dit artikel van @jellereumer.bsky.social www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
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Wie goed op de kleintjes let, ontdekt gemakkelijk een heel nieuw slakje
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Diptera is 2 wing unless they are 0 wing and also convergent evolution into mite size and hitchhike on bee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braula_...
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Braula coeca - Wikipedia
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This really surprised me: a major source of certain pesticides in rivers is hand-washing by pet 🦮🐈 owners 🧪 “We detected [pesticides] in the wash-off even before we asked people to stroke their pets, so they’re just constantly on the hands of pet owners” www.newscientist.com/article/2583...
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Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets? | New Scientist
It has been assumed for decades that tick and flea treatments for pets pose no threat to wildlife or people, but there’s growing evidence that we have got it wrong
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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1/ XR vs boeren bij snelwegen afsluiten, alle gevallen ooit Aantal aanhoudingen en/of boetes: XR: ~15.000 totaal (geen typefout. vijftienduizend keer) Boeren: ~200 totaal (Vrijwel alles van XR was aangekondigd, boeren vrijwel niets) ~75x vaker aanhoudingen dan per tractor .. Nog vragen?
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📖 Published📖 This study sheds light on the strengths and limitations of different classification algorithms across taxonomic groups and barcode characteristics🧬 🍄 🧪 buff.ly/5ZfeMC2
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Larrish 💙 @larrish.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This mural is titled "Thirst for Nature”. It was painted by artist Artez. It’s located in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo credit: @vatovec #streetart #art #mural #serbia #flowers
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sometimes mushrooms work hard to hide their key identification features from you. Sometimes, they say "Hello, I am an Amanita, for my stalk has burst through an egg-like sac which remains, torn, and in the keys you'll see it called the universal veil. You're welcome!"
A graceful light brown mushroom with its thin stalk rising from a forest floor of dead needles and leaves and green moss. The cap is flat, about 2" diameter, and near the edges mostly transparent so you can see the gills underneath like ribs. At the base, the stalk has clearly torn through a small capsule of fabric-like tissue which remains.
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The world owes the Mongols
Map showing the Mongol empire and spread of dumplings
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Dhr. R.H. @dhrrh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Er is gewoon nú al een boek van!
The Odyssey van Homer Simpson, met golfjes op de voorkant. Wel gek dat er niet een paar plaatjes uit de film in staan.
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Lees dit artikel op Het Parool www.parool.nl/ps/karen-54-...
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Karen (54) heeft de meest biodiverse geveltuin van Amsterdam: ‘Ik wilde een kraamkamer voor rupsen en vlinders’
In de Stierstraat in Noord bevindt zich de meest biodiverse geveltuin van Amsterdam. De prijs is een pluim voor geveltuinder Karen Herder (54), die alles doet om het rupsen en vlinders naar de zin te ...
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Discovery of new snail species bolster case for protecting Montenegro's biodiversity www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 27/07/2026
➡️Blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2026/07/27/n... Cc: @schilthuizen.bsky.social @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social
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New Snail Species Bolster Case For Protecting Montenegro’s Biodiversity | Blog
Scientists and citizen volunteers discovered two new snail species in northwestern Montenegro, highlighting the region's hidden biodiversity and bolstering calls to protect Komarnica Canyon within Dur...
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Mooi, @ellendebruin.bsky.social! www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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‘Volkomen gelukkig’ in haar korte leven: de vergeten tekenares die weer zichtbaar werd
Zus Gerdes Oosterbeek: Een Haagse tekenares overleed in 1935 op 27-jarige leeftijd in het kraambed. Haar man hertrouwde, over haar werd nog weinig gesproken. Tot een kunsthistorica haar werk én haarze...
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Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Reminder to the media reporting on European wildfires: please don't say that forest has been "destroyed" or "lost": As developers are waiting for a chance to use these areas for other purposes don't imply that they have become worthless. Say "affected" or some similar wording instead. f24.my/C3vq.BS
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France: 2,000 hectares lost in forest fires
France has been battling a series of devastating wildfires following record-breaking heatwaves, with the government saying the country has not experienced so many fire outbreaks since World War II. On...
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Nanjing Paleontological Museum has an in-house traditional Chinese artist, Li Chen, creating paintings of famous Chinese dinosaurs. These are from 2022 exhibition "From Dragon to Bird" and can be purchased in the museum as postcards or book《从龙到鸟系列 科学艺术化石复原图》
Anchiornis in traditional style Microraptor in traditional style
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