New on the 'Value in nature' blog - considering alternatives to traditional (and often endangered) woods for musical instrument-making: mscaterino.pika.page/posts/music-to…

Rambutanura sp. is a genus of springtails named after the tropical fruit "Rambutan" due to its numerous soft spines on its body.

🪲#NuevasEspecies | 22 nuevas especies de escarabajos vaganundos del género Panabachia fueron descritas en los bosques montanos y páramos de las provincias de Pichincha, Imbabura, Chimborazo, Carchi y Pastaza. Conócelos aquí: inabio.biodiversidad.gob.ec/2025/10/20/se-…

🌿 #WordOfTheDay: Ecosystem Services Join in the conversation as the Panama UN Biodiversity Meetings continue! #SBSTTA27

Beetle pollinators anyone? Learn more about some unsung symbioses in 'Beetles and the plants that love them', just posted to the 'Value in nature' blog! mscaterino.pika.page/posts/beetles-…

[NUESTRA FAUNA] INTERESANTE: investigadores del Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO) y la Universidad de Clemson describieron 22 nuevas especies de escarabajos vagabundos del género Panabachia en bosques montanos y páramos de #Ecuador 🪲 El estudio fue realizado en las

🪲#NuevaEspecie | Manuel D. Barria y Josué Franco-Salgado, investigadores de la Universidad dePanamá e #INABIO, describen una nueva especie de escarabajo del género Phyllophaga, que habita en las laderas del volcán Sumaco, en la provincia de Napo. Conócelo 👉 inabio.biodiversidad.gob.ec/2025/10/22/se-…

The Democrats just posted this.

🌿💚 Big win for the Rights of Nature at World Future Council' World Policy Awards during the IUCN Congress! 5 of 7 winning policies are Rights of Nature policies 🌎✨ 🏆 Congratulations to Panama, Spain, NZ, Uganda & the BBNJ Agreement 🌱

Clemson peeps - next Thursday night (October 30 @ 6:30) I'll be leading an 'Explain it like I'm drinking' session at Kite Hill Brewing Co. on our leaf litter research in the southern Appalachians. Quench your thirst for knowledge of microarthropods!

Just up on the 'Value in nature' blog, a look at how wild genetic resources can sustain and enrich the world of spices: #biodiversity #nature mscaterino.pika.page/posts/variety-…

Will talk bugs for beer, tomorrow night (and, really, pretty much any time!)

How protecting wild diversity will safeguard the future of flavor, this week on the 'Value in nature' blog: mscaterino.pika.page/posts/variety-…

Today's 'Value in nature' post is a bit of a sidebar. For readers not deeply versed in taxonomy, how do well-resolved classifications allow us to make informed predictions about important properties of species? #biodiversity #nature mscaterino.pika.page/posts/evolutio…

💬 “La Naturaleza no puede tener derechos.” ¿Seguro? 🌿  Mientras en Ecuador se debaten reformas constitucionales que podrían debilitar las protecciones ambientales, recordamos una verdad esencial: la Naturaleza está viva. Tiene pulso, tiene voz, y tiene derechos.

That is an incredible photo, the triungulin larvae of a strepsipteran exiting mommy's head!

In my off-hours from the annual Entomological Society of America meeting ( #EntSoc2025 ), I've been putting the finishing touches on a longer 'Value in nature' post on one of my favorite subjects, beer. Enjoy! #biodiversity #nature #beer mscaterino.pika.page/posts/biodiver…

When a paper on surgical instruments inspired by sawfly ovipositors came out a few weeks ago, I knew I had to write about it. mscaterino.pika.page/posts/the-tale… #biodiversity #nature #biomimicry

🔸[BOLETÍN DE PRENSA] 👉Cuatro nuevos estudios científicos, uno en orquídeas y el resto en escarabajos, revelan descubrimientos clave sobre la biodiversidad del Ecuador, país reconocido como uno de los más diversos del planeta. 🔹Más▶️ acortar.link/hUTuap #ElNuevoEcuador

New on the 'Value in nature' blog: "Increasing lifespan - It ain't necessarily so easy" (a nod to the Gershwin tune questioning Methuselah's claimed age). How can other species contribute to understanding & perhaps slowing aging? mscaterino.pika.page/posts/increasi…