Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 13hDalcera abrasa moth attacked by ants. Or is it…? 020
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenAinsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 15htiny brown creatures who all kind of look the same and you can only tell them apart by dissecting the genitalia? CHIPMUNKS ARE NOW BEETLES 212626
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenDerek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It's hard not to fall in love with microsnails. 1716
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenMolluscan Horizons @molluscanhorizons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🐌 A decade of Brazilian land and freshwater gastropods, but still a lot to do! Learn more: molluscanhorizons.org/mh/article/v... 062
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenJerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In a dumb video, Colossal Biosciences again claims it's "de-extincted" the dire wolf. What it's really done is tweak 15 bits of DNA in a gray wolf, making 20 changes or about 0.002% of the differences between dire dire and gray wolves. It's not de-exinction. whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/10/05/c...whyevolutionistrue.comColossal Biosciences continues to tout its faux “dire wolves”Remember the “Dire Wolves” that Colossal Biosciences pretended to have brought back from extinction? (See all my posts on this ruse here.) Although Colossal said it had “de-extinc… 073
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenKNNV 2ehands natuurboeken @knnv2ehandsboek.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Aanstaande donderdag vindt het jaarlijkse symposium van Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein plaats. De studenten van Studievereniging LaarX verkopen daar geheel belangeloos onze #KNNV natuurboeken! Lotte van der Logt en Tobias Coenen hebben net een bus vol leesvoer bij ons opgehaald! Succes toppers! 0123
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenMartjan Kuit @martjankuit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ik hoor jullie te weinig over eendenkooien. Zijn er nog 248 van in Nederland. 98 intacte kooien en 150 vervallen exemplaren. In 57 wordt nog gevangen: www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/actueel/nieu... 3388
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenJan Wieringa @janwieringa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Kijk, je kunt paniek zaaien, of bedenken dat het eigenlijk allemaal wel meevalt met de gevaren van de #geelpoothoornaar. Gelukkig heeft d66 in Alblasserdam zich wel ingelezen. www.hetkontakt.nl/klaroen/nieu...hetkontakt.nlD66 relativeert waarschuwingen ChristenUnie voor gevaren geelpoothoornaar in Alblasserdam: ‘Kijk naar de wetenschap’Alblasserdam - Waar de ChristenUnie grote risico’s ziet met de komst van de veelbesproken geelpoothoornaar (eerder bekend als Aziatische hoornaar) in Alblasserdam, vindt D66 juist dat dit niet.. 1152
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Police 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 daysbbc.comSingapore crocodile: Man charged over AI imageThe defendant could face jail or a fine after the image sparked a search operation in the city’s largest reservoir. 1033278
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They said it couldn't be done... nhcm.pensoft.net/article/2006...nhcm.pensoft.netRecovering mtDNA from long-term formalin-preserved museum arthropods: A pilot studyBackground: 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... 031
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenBiodiversity 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] 08329
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Work! careers.amnh.org/postings/4920/careers.amnh.orgPostdoctoral FellowThe 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... 000
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenDavid G Haskell @dghaskell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Stunned 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...nytimes.comA Passionate Floral Manifesto 1326
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenBen Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026in 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? 3295
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Glad 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. 39215
Reposted by Menno Schilthuizenfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Beetle 4/11 - Anthaxia #Art #SciArt 319652
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One 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 35734
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106198086632
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenBea Leiderman @bealeiderman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Insect eggs, probably Hemiptera, stacked like tiny barrels on the edge of a leaf. 🌱🌿 317325
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenAinsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026pls 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) 2297108
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenRoos 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 50610158
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Plagued"? "Infested"? Seriously, New York Times? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/w...nytimes.comOnce Home to Batman, This Faded Mansion Is Now Plagued by Real BatsOfficials 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.” 010
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026De 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... 1110
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenAsher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Come 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...royalontariomuseum.applytojob.comCurator of Insects & Arachnids - Royal Ontario Museum - Career PageApply to Curator of Insects & Arachnids at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada. 02431
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Let's make this the biggest news today! 0123
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026work! naturkundemuseum-bw.helixjobs.com/_/jobad?prj=...naturkundemuseum-bw.helixjobs.comPostdoc (m/w/d) in der Abteilung Entomologie – Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart 022
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenSander Turnhout🔻🍉🌳🌱🍄🦟🐈⬛🍓🔥 @sanderturnhout.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Eigenlijk zou reclame in de publieke ruimte gewoon verboden moeten worden. 75912
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenEvelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You'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 610823
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Je zou toch verwachten dat zo'n stuk eerst wel even aan de wetenschapsredactie zou zijn voorgelegd. 110
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026De verborgen klimaatschade achter ‘duurzame’ biomassa. Politie doet onderzoek naar energiegigant RWE www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...nrc.nlDe verborgen klimaatschade achter ‘duurzame’ biomassa. Politie doet onderzoek naar energiegigant RWEBiomassa: 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... 042
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If 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. 4444292
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenSamuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Up betimes, and for an hour at my viall before my people rise. 1292
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenVincent Debat @vincentdebat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Amazing paper on the genetic control of asymmetry in flowers! | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgSupergene control of chiral development in mirror-image flowersHow 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... 052
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenJake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This looks like a really cool project! 042
Reposted by Menno Schilthuizenfranz @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! 5349135
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenOphelia Fritsch @opheliasfritsch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Our 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. 0199
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 19/08/2026Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoonnewscientist.comTom Gauld on popularity in the lab | New ScientistTom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon 0133
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Exciting and intriguing new (Open Access!) book by Pim Edelaar @oxfordunipress.bsky.social https://academic.oup.com/book/63165?login=false 082
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenBarr:s Eftr. @axelvoldbarr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Läser populärvetenskap just nu. Frogs, flies & dandelions av @schilthuizen.bsky.social Bra bok. Fjärde boken av honom som jag läser. 021
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A murder on the Doelensteeg #Auplopuscarbonarius #urbanecology 1221
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenPaul C. Dobbs @steadytiger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Scared to go in this shop 88032
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/...nrc.nlExtreme droogte? De boer kan zich al zestien jaar verzekeren tegen klimaatschadeVoedselproductie: 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. 162
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenVincent Luyendijk @vincentluyendijk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Af en toe is het gewoon nog ouderwets leuk op Twitter. 0193
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Lees dit artikel van @jellereumer.bsky.social www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...trouw.nlWie goed op de kleintjes let, ontdekt gemakkelijk een heel nieuw slakje 1112
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenPetra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Diptera is 2 wing unless they are 0 wing and also convergent evolution into mite size and hitchhike on bee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braula_...en.wikipedia.orgBraula coeca - Wikipedia 14910
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenMichael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This 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...newscientist.comShould you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets? | New ScientistIt 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 12015
Reposted by Menno SchilthuizenTon Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 06/08/20261/ 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? 614165