Does Worldclim get any money out of those annoying ads on their website?

The antithesis of field-based research, or why biology with boots is not sexy anymore.

Servicios ecosistémicos de los bosques urbanos a escala de árbol, calle y ciudad. Fuente: Livesley (2016).

What is this disclaimer? Who wrote it? Not sure what it is addressing really.

¿Alguien aquí ha condonado la beca Fulbright bajo el nuevo formulario único? ¿Cómo le fue?

Ten lessons for rare wildlife species conservation when coming from a common species background. Source: Golding et al. (2024)

We cannot solve the biodiversity crisis with crappy global indicators: 1. The WWF Living Planet Index has statistical and mathematical flaws that bias abundance estimates. 2. The IUCN Red List is unreliable for assessing species extinction risk. This is a crisis in itself...!

The six longest-lived bird species recorded in Soberanía National Park, Panama. The longevity record belongs to an 18-year-old Rufous Motmot (upper left corner). Source: Pollock et al. (2024)

¿Alguien sabe cómo renovar la visa M de cónyuge en Colombia? A mi esposa se la dieron por 6 meses, tampoco entendemos porqué, cuando en la página de la cancillería dice 3 años.

This is a key point to have in mind regarding politics and environmental issues: "The environment and ecology are, inherently, politically undetermined and can be seamlessly woven into the political ideologies of both the right and the left."

If I were looking for a PhD advisor or post-doc opportunity, I would make sure they follow these ten simple rules for a healthy working environment.

Epic Paper Title Alert: The evolutionary dynamics of cultural change (as told through the birth and brutal, blackened death of metal music). SocArXiv. doi: 10.31235/osf.io/659bt.

"Olive oil is now the 'most stolen product in supermarkets across Spain' due to the price tag, the Guardian reported in March." Taken from Carbon Brief - Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world

The future is now: How to conserve fungi Source: Liu et al. (2024).

En Colombia, la cordillera Occidental es el área donde más se concentran los imperativos de conservación: sitios sin protección que albergan especies raras y amenazadas. Fuente: Dinerstein et al. (2024),

I'm missing a horse, I have a machete instead of a keris, and birds are plentiful in my life.