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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 17h

📢 Tens of thousands of wētā have now been bred at Butterfly Creek in Auckland and at Auckland Zoo.

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'Amazing conservation success': Zoologists celebrate wētā growth

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 17h

Last bottle of the night is a little jewel of a wine. #DrLoosen for the win!

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 18h

OMG. That moment when you pull the cork on a jewel you’ve literally been waiting decades to drink. The cork is fragile and breaks. Yet the wine … oh the wine … it’s f**king amazing!

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 19h

Happy belated 32nd anniversary for me and lovely hubby.

Logan Brown table with two glasses of Krug.

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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do you know a student in Ōtepoti Dunedin? Tell them about our photography competition for scarfie flats! Snap a photo of your flat from the street, upload to Wikimedia Commons, and you're in the draw to win a range of prizes. Competition runs 1-23 Oct. Visit w.wiki/UYBq for more info and to enter.

A graphic promoting the Wiki Loves Scarfie Flats photography competition, which reads: 'Want your flat to be immortalised? Get it onto Wikimedia Commons and be in to win. 1-23 October 2026.'

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🦄 Musée entomologique illustré t.1 Paris: Rothschild, 1876-1878. [Source]

Illustration from "Musée entomologique illustré t.1" (Paris, 1876-1878) depicting 16 detailed beetles, including a variety of scarabs and dung beetles. The central beetle is large with prominent, branching horns resembling a unicorn's horn, while others show diverse shapes, colors, and textures, such as striped, ridged, and smooth carapaces. Each beetle is numbered for identification. The pale yellow background contrasts with the muted tones of the beetles, emphasizing their anatomical features, legs, antennae, and distinctive horn-like protrusions, highlighting the historical scientific focus on entomology and beetle morphology linked to the "unicorn" keyword.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🐺 Amusement microscopique tant pour l'esprit, que pour les yeux A Nuremberg: Se grave et se vend chés Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt: 1764-1768. [Source]

Historical scientific illustration titled "Amusement microscopique" (1764-1768) showing detailed labeled microscopic views related to a wolf. The image features three main figures: Fig. D depicts a dome-shaped structure covered in fine hair with alphanumeric annotations; Fig. E shows a cross-section of a similar structure revealing hair follicles and smooth inner tissue; Fig. F presents a cross-sectional view with branching red veins or nerves surrounded by dense hair. Below are smaller inset illustrations showing circular and spherical anatomical details connected by slender stems. The illustration focuses on the wolf's hair and internal microscopic anatomy, emphasizing texture and internal complexity.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Having a lovely time in Oslo observing insects on our excursion day.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our #TDWG2026 Symposium continues at 4pm with "Transforming BHL: Data Extraction, Semantic Navigation & Future Interfaces". Join us as our next speakers take the stage: Christian Bölling @mfnberlin.bsky.social, Gerwin Kasperek @sgn.one, Jana Hoffman @sgn.one, and Rod Page. @rdmpage.bsky.social. 🧪 🌱

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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jobs galore at @nhm-london.bsky.social @dissco.bsky.social - jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... including Heads of Digitisation and Technical Innovation

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DiSSCo UK Digitiser:South Kensington

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Bionomia @bionomia.net · 22/09/2026

Johannes Musæus Norman bionomia.net/Q1786150 collected the holotype DIDYMELLACEAE: Merismatium coccisporum in Norway gbif.org/occurrence/2332502406 #TypeSpecimenToday

Image of the holotype DIDYMELLACEAE: Merismatium coccisporum. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Nicole Kearney @nicolekearney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is an honour to be delivering a mini-keynote at #TDWG2026 tomorrow (2pm CEST) in this incredibly significant year for @biodivlibrary.bsky.social. BHL is on an uncertain and precarious journey. Last year, we were thrown into the wilderness, and we have had to find our own path out... @tdwg.org

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Biodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 21/09/2026

Today at #TDWG2026, our BMD partner @cabbageleek.bsky.social from @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social presented the joint policy brief "The Lag from Observation to Information" we co-wrote with @b-cubed.eu, @onestop-project.eu, @mambo-project.eu, GUARDEN, and AURORA. 📝🤝 👉 zenodo.org/records/1993...

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Join our Communications Director at #TDWG2026 as she shares the story of BHL's transition to independence thus far, and what it might still take to get to the other side. 🧪 🌏 🌱

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GBIF @gbif.org · 21/09/2026

⭐ Kicking off the week at #TDWG2026 in Oslo! Today you can catch a presentation by members from the Secretariat's Engineering team on the progress toward integrating the new Darwin Core Data Package standard into GBIF infrastructure. 📍 14:45, Aula UiO @tdwg.org

Green and white calendar stating the time, place and talk being presented at TDWG on Monday 21 September

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dorothea Bate has been honoured with a Historic England blue plaque at the Natural History Museum in Tring! 🌟 Dorothea had no formal qualifications when she walked into the Museum in 1898 looking for a job. She went on to become a renowned palaeontologist, known for her fossil mammal discoveries.

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BISS (Biodiversity Information Science and Standards) journal @biss.pensoft.net · 16/09/2026

📜 Call for Extended Abstracts for #TDWG2026 is now open! Turn your accepted talk/poster into a free, open-access, DOI-citable paper in BISS. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. More details👉 biss.pensoft.net/news/1474 #TDWG2026 #OpenAccess @tdwg.org

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Call for Extended Abstracts Now Open for TDWG 2026 

TDWG is pleased to announce that the call for extended abstracts (mini-papers) for TDWG2026 is now open, with accepted submissions to be published in Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BI...

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thinking of my Dad today. I love that I can see and hear him via the video attached to this story. www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/...

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Antarctic medal honour

Esteemed ice pilot receives a posthumous plaudit for his Antarctic legacy.

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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🌏 Only 75 days until #GSB2026! From 27–30 November, help document the incredible biodiversity of the Southern Hemisphere using iNaturalist. 🌿🦋🐦🍄 Find your local project: buff.ly/7Y5pPUQ 📲 Upload and identify observations by 14 December 2026. Where will you explore during #GSB2026?

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This news story discussed the classic New Zealand technique for discovering new species … “Using a two-kilometre line and some Marmite, what is believed to be a new species of fish”.

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Dave Palfrey @01factory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A thought on databases vs narratives. Narratives are designed to be consumed in a particular sequence. This aligns circumstances of production & consumption: the writer is 'first reader' (Lyotard). Such alignment is an edge case for DBs, where write/read queries often group elements very differently

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Torsten Dikow @tdikow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

At annual SPNHC (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections) meeting at Iziko South African Museum - presenting on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor used at Smithsonian NMNH to digitize 360,000+ pinned pollinating insects - slides at @figshare.com doi.org/10.25573/dat...

slide of presentation on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor

side view of hover fly digitized on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor

side view of bee digitized on Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor

view of Iziko South African Museum with Table Mountain in the background

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tdwg.org @tdwg.org · 07/09/2026

#TDWG2026 is starting in just two weeks. Be ready! ⬆️ Upload your content by 15 September ⬇️ Download the Whova App and plan your week 📗 Check instructions in the website 🧳 Start packing 🛫 See you in #Oslo 🇳🇴 🔗 tdwg.link/2026 #research #robot #ready #biodiversity #data #standards

Description: Two weeks to go.
Welcome reception on 20 Sep at UiO Natural History Museum
Conference start on 21 Sep at UiO Aula

Picture: University’s aula by Andy Metchell. CC BY-SA 2.0

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tdwg.org @tdwg.org · 28/07/2026

🗓️ Save the date 📝! 🎉 Something great is happening in 2027: 5 Networks, more than 800 participants, 1 place over 1 week. Living Data 2027: From Living Data to Ecological Intelligence See you in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦 from 9 to 12 June 2027 #LivingData2027 by: #TDWG #GEO_BON #SPNHC #iBOL #QCBS

Save the date, Living Data 2027 from 9 to 12 June 2027. Montreal, Canada
Image © Eva Blue - Tourisme Montréal

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🐑 Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct, . London, R. Ward, 1898.. [Source]

Illustration of two West Caucasian tur sheep standing on rocky terrain with distant mountains. The sheep have brown fur, slender bodies, and black hooves. One sheep is standing alert, showing its long, curved dark horns and small beard, while the other is grazing, bent forward with similarly curved horns. The drawing highlights the distinct curly shape of the horns and the sheep’s muscular build and features a naturalistic, detailed style typical of 19th-century wildlife art. The background is minimal, focusing attention on the animals. The image is a historical zoological plate from 1898.

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Bionomia @bionomia.net · 09/09/2026

Hermann von Rosenberg bionomia.net/Q69238 collected the holotype LOCUSTELLIDAE: Bradypterus castaneus (Büttikofer, 1893) in Indonesia gbif.org/occurrence/2434194609 #TypeSpecimenToday

Image of the holotype LOCUSTELLIDAE: Bradypterus castaneus (Büttikofer, 1893). Naturalis Biodiversity Center http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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old wildlife illustrations @wildlife.nathan.fun · 09/09/2026

De visschen Amsterdam, G. L. Funke, 1870. (source: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/136569…) #nature #illustration #art

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Amsterdam, G. L. Funke, 1870.
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13656977�

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Sally Greaves @cardiokiwi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Meanwhile, in news from Aotearoa, it's “silly seal season" - when young New Zealand fur seals leave their mums & go on adventures. This little guy ended up at Rangitikei College, a long way from the sea! Had some TLC & a nice feed of fresh fish before release. ☺️ www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-ch...

A young fur seal looking bedraggled and a bit lost in the grounds of a school.

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A chonki kererū snarfing down some kōwhai flowers in our front garden today. #spring

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Simon Hoyle @simondhoyle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

17 years of volunteer bird counts at Brook Waimārama Sanctuary show what predator eradication delivers: robin numbers up 17×, tomtit up 18×, tūī 3×, bellbird 2.3× since 2017. New paper w/ K. Chamberlain, Notornis. doi.org/10.63172/244...

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Volunteer bird counts document changes in bird abundance following pest eradication in a fenced New Zealand beech forest sanctuary - Birds New Zealand

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Gorgeous beastie but keep your distance. They are apex predators and if they will it, they can, will and have killed folk.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That feeling when you are drinking d’Yquem 2002. Seriously, there is no feeling quite like the d’Yquem feeling.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Here’s the finished pear cake for dessert and the soda seed bread to the first course. We’re having a pear chutney and goats cheese starter and a pan fried grouper main.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cooking for a dinner party. Got the seedy Soda bread in the oven. The pear chutney cooking. The walnut and anchovy dressing prepared. The pear cake ready to go in once the bread is done. Progress is being made!

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Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Eeep that was a weird one 🤐 two distinct phases. Good morning Welly #eqnz

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

That was a bit of a shake rattle and roll. #eqnz

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

325 - that's the new population count of the critically endangered night parrot kākāpō after 90 chicks from the 2026 breeding season reached 150 days and could officially be added. The youngest chick is Awarua-A3, hatched on March 30. @digs.bsky.social et al 👏 📷 DOC/Mahina Walle

The youngest chick of the season, Awarua-A3, is 150 days old and was added to the official population.

Awarua as a younger chick earlier this season.

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old wildlife illustrations @wildlife.nathan.fun · 30/08/2026

Illustrations of Indian zoology London, Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, 1830-34 [i.e. 1835] (source: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/459598…) #nature #illustration #art

Illustrations of Indian zoology
London, Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, 1830-34 [i.e. 1835]
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old wildlife illustrations @wildlife.nathan.fun · 29/08/2026

Descriptiones et icones amphibiorum. Monachii, Stuttgartiae et Tubingae, Sumtibus J.G. Cottae, [1828-]1833. (source: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/435801…) #nature #illustration #art

Descriptiones et icones amphibiorum.
Monachii, Stuttgartiae et Tubingae, Sumtibus J.G. Cottae, [1828-]1833.
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43580141�

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just a reminder that the in person Wellington Wiki meetup is happening this coming weekend on Saturday the 29th of September at 10am at the Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui, Wellington Central Library in room Te Kuaka - Hui 4. See the meetup page on Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Meetup 29 August 2026 - Wikipedia

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old wildlife illustrations @wildlife.nathan.fun · 26/08/2026

Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda radiaria): Berlin: G. Reimer, 1862-1888. (source: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/106874…) #nature #illustration #art

Die Radiolarien (Rhizopoda radiaria):
Berlin: G. Reimer, 1862-1888.
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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I was today years old when I learned that Dolly Parton wrote "Love is like a butterfly". I associate that song with my childhood and watching the marvellous British comedy Butterflies during my childhood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterf...

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Butterflies (TV series) - Wikipedia

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🦇 Fauna japonica, sive, Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis, superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830 Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Auctorem, 1833-1850. [Source]

Illustration from "Fauna Japonica" (1833-1850) showing a detailed, elongated snake labeled "Hydrophis pelamidoides." The snake's body is covered with small hexagonal scales and slightly curved in an S-shape, featuring a rounded head with visible eyes and nostrils. Surrounding the snake are enlarged sections of its scale patterns and two simple leaf-shaped forms, likely representing scale details or anatomical parts. The monochrome, finely detailed engraving focuses on the snake’s texture and morphology, with no depiction of any bat despite the "bat" keyword. The image serves as a scientific reference for this Japanese sea snake species.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

🦋 Butterflies and moths London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894. [Source]

Historical illustration showing nine moths and butterflies arranged in three rows on a plain background. The insects exhibit a variety of orange, brown, and black patterns with detailed wing markings. Each specimen is numbered, highlighting differences in wing shape, spots, and coloration typical to moths and related species. The image balances symmetry and natural variation, emphasizing the diversity within moth species. The label "Plate III" appears at the top right, indicating its origin from an 1894 publication titled "Butterflies and moths."

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