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Researchers have discovered three new orchid species - each utilising an unusual method of asexual reproduction known as prolification - from the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama. 🇵🇦🇨🇷
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#Orchidaceae
The newly established Invertebrate Division at the LOUNAZ Museum in southern Ecuador has rapidly become a regional hub for research, education, and conservation of invertebrate biodiversity in a historically under-studied area.
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Part of: Entomological Outreach Collections and Community Engagement
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Students in Georgia's Science Olympiad entomology exam engaged with real insect specimens rather than just images, enhancing hands-on learning and fostering STEM interest.
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Part of: Entomological Outreach Collections and Community Engagement
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The KwaZulu-Natal Museum's entomology outreach program uses curated insect drawers to engage and educate audiences. This paper explores benefits and challenges of using these for informal science communication in multilingual, resource-limited settings.
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Part of: Entomological Outreach Collections and Community Engagement
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Hades, god of the dead and king of the underworld, now has another title to add to his resume: deep-sea isopod.
Read about five new #isopod species named after Greek mythological figures on the @Pensoft blog!
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Two new pirate spider species have been discovered in China. 🏴☠️
🔗 Learn all about them on the @Pensoft blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/11/…
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"Imagine walking into a museum and realising that every specimen... is part of a vast, interconnected web of knowledge."
Julia Sigwart (@sigwartae) introduces the concept of 'collectomics' in this guest post on the @Pensoft blog.
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"Imagine walking into a museum and realising that every specimen... is part of a vast, interconnected web of knowledge."
Julia Sigwart (@sigwartae) introduces the concept of 'collectomics' in this guest post on the @Pensoft blog.
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Based on this research paper: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.2.14885…
Welcoming four new subject editors at Natural History Collections and Museomics.
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An incredible (but Critically Endangered) new Thismia species has been discovered in Peninsular Malaysia.
🔗 Learn about it on the @Pensoft blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/01/…
📢 Deadline extension!
⏳ 30 April 2025
📢Initiated at the last @EntCollNet annual meeting, this topical collection welcomes contributions about #specimens curated for public education & awareness.
⌛️31 March 2025
👌No #APCs
🤗Open to anyone, incl. non-members!
#entomology #scicomm #scholcomm
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A deep dive into historical specimens reveals the isopod genus Merulanella needs a taxonomic overhaul, with new genera proposed.
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This collection description of Mutilla europaea deposited in Sweden's major Natural History Museums reveals the geographical distribution and frequency of the species in southern Sweden.
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Antonio Carruccio built Italy’s first specimen-based ornithology program in Rome (1883–1914), blending science, citizen engagement, and early conservation efforts.
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🆕Latest addition to the @DiSSCoEU collection presents a full cost analysis of #DiSSCo: a distributed #research #infrastructure characterised by its decentralisation.
To do this, the team developed a cost calculation methodology.
🔓Project Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.11.e1473….
