Proud to be a coauthor on this new study in Science Magazine tracing the history of agriculture by ants to 66 million years ago -- precisely the time when an asteroid struck the Earth triggering a mass extinction event. Bad for dinos, good for ants? cnn.com/2024/10/04/sci…

🐸La #biofluorescencia es importante en la comunicación de ranas. 🤗Les compartimos un trabajo recién salidito del horno liderado por Courtney Whitcher de Florida State University. Y que tuvimos la oportunidad de colaborar como #QCAZ. 🎉Felicidades Courtney y coautores!

Sneak peak for our upcoming eBird/Clements Taxonomy update... 😉 The Herring Gull is going to split into four species, leading to the BIGGEST taxonomic revision in eBird history!! Learn more what to expect on 22 October by visiting our blog! buff.ly/3Y5ncA0

Our 2024 eBird/Clements Taxonomy update is dropping TOMORROW! It is set to include: - 3 newly-described species - 141 species gained because of splits - 16 species lost through lumps Read more and let us know what you're most excited for below! buff.ly/3NztKBW

Nos alegra anunciar la descripción de dos nuevas especies de cigarritas del genero Enchenopa en el noroeste de Ecuador. Hilo 1/4

Drum roll please!! 🥁 🥁 The 2024 eBird/Clements Taxonomy update is HERE!! Please give a warm welcome to our 128 NEW SPECIES! As updates continue to roll out these next few weeks, enjoy FULL OPEN-ACCESS to BOW from 23 October through 28 October! buff.ly/4dZaxof

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New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30

ChatGPT generates fake references to papers that don't exist. So, researchers at Stanford built Storm. It's an AI-powered app that generates well-researched articles with references to published sources. Here's how to use it:

“Tree planting campaigns are important, but it’s more important that we do it right, planting the right trees in the right places," says ecologist Jake M. Robinson. In a new interview, Robinson explains what it really takes to grow a forest. e360.yale.edu/features/jake-…

Proper citation of research by journalists is necessary for more trustworthy news #SciComm wp.me/p4m9em-cM1

📢 Te invitamos al simposio "Etología Herpetológica: Entendiendo el comportamiento de anfibios y reptiles", que se llevará a cabo en el marco del I Congreso Ecuatoriano de Herpetología 🐸 en Loja, marzo 2025.

El Hotel Belvedere, en Suiza, es uno de los edificios más fotogénicos del mundo. En medio de una carretera alpina, parece de una peli de Wes Anderson y, sin embargo, está cerrado y abandonado por culpa del coche y del cambio climático. Esta es la historia: en 1882, el empresario

Estamos emocionados de compartir con ustedes un artículo que describe un nuevo género y especie de tarántula para Ecuador y rinde tributo a dos personas que han brindado un invaluable aporte a la investigación en el país. 🧵1/5

Una mañana, el anciano señor Maas se despertó en su casa notando algo raro. Como si las cosas no encajasen totalmente. No sabía que TODO LO QUE LE RODEABA ERA FALSO: su casa, su calle, el supermercado Y LA MAYORÍA DE SUS VECINOS. En #LaBrasaTorrijos, Villa Demencia. 🧵👇

Clutch attendance and call parameters are linked to mating success in a glassfrog with paternal care #Amphibian #Bioacoustics #MateChoice doi.org/10.1093/beheco…

Two decades ago, researchers started an experiment that would challenge the prevailing scientific understanding of plant communities. While modern agriculture treats diversity as inefficient, the Jena Experiment proved the opposite: complexity is the key to resilience.

Almost there… it's number 2️⃣! Check in on us on Monday to see who's number 1! #Pensoft10for24 🧵(1/3) Jorge Montalvo Salazar Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia Universidad San Francisco de Quito INABIO.EC @mfnberlin

One year since our study was published showing the rate of deforestation far surpasses natural processes in the Amazon. Policies to Avert the worst outcomes are known. All we lack is political will. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

From our archives: Ethicist Peter Singer says that science has eroded the boundaries between humans and other creatures, showing that animals can experience joy and also suffer. Knowing this, he says, we are ethically bound to avoid causing them pain. e360.yale.edu/features/peter…