Mad about diapriid wasps/bees, taxonomy, nomenclature, museums, entomology curation & IPM! 🐝 #Edinburgh. Former @NHM_London 🏴 🇪🇺
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The Eastern Palaearctic species of the parasitoid wasp genus Tetramopria are reviewed, with new descriptions and records an an updated key: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.14811…
#parasitoids #wasps #Hymenoptera @KyushuUniv_EN
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A tracking study has found that dogs walked off-lead cause significantly more disturbance on lowland heaths than pets kept on the lead: bit.ly/4jgLEIx
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Gall of the week is caused by the agamic generation of the cynipid wasp Aphelonyx cerricola, found mainly on Turkey oak, Quercus cerris, but on other closely related species as well. Sexual generation unknown.
Photo by Steve McWilliam.
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After millennia as CO₂ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
This will turbo charge global warming and create a feedback loop of rapid warming and more melting
We are well on our way to torching the planet #climate
phys.org/news/2025-01-millen…
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Good to see a flock of maybe 100 curlew in the fields by the Almond at Lennie today. @EdinburghNats @birdinglothian @EdinBirdwatcher
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When I started filming in British rivers over a decade ago I looked for three things. Clear water, lots of plants and plenty of fish. It's all be impossible to find in today which sickens me given its happened in such a short period.
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Not just more trees, but different trees! 🌳
#Northwoods land partner, East Overscaig, is making way for more diverse native woodland amidst browsing pressure from deer. How are Andrew and Jessica making sure the new trees survive?
Discover the story of East Overscaig, a landholding in the far northwest of Scotland, whose future is set to be wilder both for nature and the generations to come: scotlandbigpicture.com/photo…
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High river levels currently, Dean Village path submerged – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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‘National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London’
There is no organisation doing more to restore nature in Britain than the @nationaltrust.
And they’re doing it hand
-in-hand with farmers.
Join up. Membership has perks too.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025…
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Global push to put natural history collections online gets major U.K. boost | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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Pilot trainers noticed that criticising after a poor flying performance resulted in a better performance next time, so recommended criticising rather than praising pilots. If the flaw in this thinking isn't obvious you might find this video helpful. (Example from Daniel Kahneman)
Many claims about the effectiveness of actions are exaggerated. I explain the key concept of regression to the mean, how we know speed cameras work but not as well as claimed and why this is relevant to conservation. For 4 minute video and 70 others see youtube.com/@bill_sutherland
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NatSCA Digital Digest - January 2025 out now! natsca.blog/2025/01/09/natsc…
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Botanists are disappearing – just when the world needs them most theconversation.com/botanist… via @ConversationUK
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As part of the Lynx to Scotland partnership working to restore #lynx to the Scottish Highlands, we welcome the humane capture of two lynx illegally released in the Cairngorms National Park.
Lynx are a native keystone species, vital for maintaining healthy ecosystems. Stakeholders are currently engaging in discussions about the possibility of a responsibly managed and fully resourced legal reintroduction of lynx. Read the full story 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/lynx-cou…
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Spain and France have now joined Britain and Germany in asking the European Commission to open an investigation into Elon Musk under EU's DSA, openly (and rightfully might I add) accusing him of spreading misinformation and interfering in European politics.
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"GBIF falls short of providing a representative picture of the global distribution of insects" - Garcia‐Rosello - 2023 - Systematic Entomology - Wiley Online Library
Looking forward to FAIR metadata standards for tech that will address this gap.
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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REVEALED: Scottish salmon infected with Furunculosis, Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Yersinia, Salmonid Alphavirus & Piscine Myocarditis Virus @ScotGovMarine
Sold as 'responsibly farmed' @coopuk & branded as 'welfare friendly' via @rspcaassured
No wonder @ChrisGPackham left the R$PCA!
ALT Read FHI report via https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/transparency-data/2024/03/fish-health-inspectorate-case-information-2024/documents/october-2024/cases-20240383-20240441/cases-20240383-20240441/govscot%3Adocument/Cases%2B20240383-20240441.pdf
ALT Via https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/transparency-data/2024/03/fish-health-inspectorate-case-information-2024/documents/october-2024/cases-20240383-20240441/cases-20240383-20240441/govscot%3Adocument/Cases%2B20240383-20240441.pdf
ALT Video via https://vimeo.com/988024815/258f2f1e16
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Do you work for or volunteer with a museum? Are you interested in supporting #biodiversity on the site? 🐞🌱
We'll be sharing our experience of doing just that!
Join us Thursday 23 January (2:30 - 3:30pm): eventbrite.co.uk/e/enhancing…
#NMCCbiodiversity
ALT A Plasterer bee (Colletes daviesanus) rests on an Oxeye daisey.
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Start the year with good resolutions!
Participate in the #CETAF E-SCoRe Award for collections-based research and take your career to the next level! 🚀
The 6th edition is dedicated to PhD students. Deadline 30/03/25
Check this page out ⤵️
cetaf.org/template-activitie…
