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The first article of my PhD project is finally out on Biogeography.News! We combined ENM, phylogenetic comparative methods and niche overlap tests to investigate the eco-evolutionary processes that drove diversification in 24 European viper lineages. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

ECR feature: Meet the evolutionary ecologist Nahla Lucchini Nahla Lucchini . Nahla shares her experience and exciting findings on climate adaptation and diversification in European vipers. 🐍🌍 Read more here: journalofbiogeographynews.org/2023/09/22/ecr…

Shark: *I'ma do swim or else I die*

If you like mythology, deities and arachnids, you have to check this out! 🦂🏔️ amnh.org/explore/news-b…

1/ The first chapter of my thesis is published and is fully available as open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el… In this study we explore how the Arabian babbler (Argya squamiceps) an obligate social species cope with habitat modification on a extremely arid ecosystem.

🚨Research alert! A study led by Javier Blasco (Javier Blasco-Aróstegui), a Ph.D. student from ULisboa, & Museum curator Lorenzo Prendini reveals new insights about the cave-dwelling scorpion Euscorpius studentium—previously known only from juvenile specimens.

The second article of my PhD is finally out! Go and check it kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

Hot off the press! My last chapter of PhD has been finally publsihed! Here we compare the internal anatomy of the chela closing muscles in two species of scorpione at the extremes of the chela morphological gradient. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jm…

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

With morphology, genetics & SDMs, we show that only 9 of the 20 described European Buthus species are valid! Descriptions based solely on morphology are prone to mistakes for these scorpions. Fantastic work led by Javier Blasco-Aróstegui. Honored to be part of it digitallibrary.amnh.org/items/c3e980be…

A systematic revision of the European Buthus species with 10 synonymizations: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-syst…

Fe Months ago, together with Javier Blasco-Aróstegui we published a monography about European Buthus and we reduced the number of existing soecies from 20 to 9. In this new paper, all reasons for this choice are explained. bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…