#WomenInSTEM #evolution

Really enjoyed the current #Birds exhibition at London's Natural History Museum. For starters, there are some stunning specimens in there - like this #taxidermy bustard and Philippines eagle. Here's a little 🧵of a few of the standout things I appreciated... 1/8

Transcribed data on the Lebiinae ground beetles reveals the taxonomic gaps helping us to focus our collecting and acquisition efforts for the future. Are species rarely collected, not able to be found again in the wild, or generally ‘rare’? frontiersin.org/journals/ecolo…

#LiteratureNotice Anichtchenko & Valainis. To the knowledge of the subgenus Phrator Semenov, 1922 of the genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (#Coleoptera: #Carabidae) doi.org/10.11646/zoota… #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #Taxonomy

Beulah Garner (Beulah Garner) and colleagues showing the taxonomic composition of the Lebiinae subfamily of ground beetles🪲in the #Coleoptera #NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon collections A great example of how #Digitisation can help unlock collections 👇 doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2…

Great to see Natural History Museum Science new Pavement Plants guide published after all the work that went into it Sam Thomas Becky Clover Stephanie Holt (& Chris!). Looking forward to using it! 🌿

We’re so excited to announce the #InsectGarden at Stratford Cross is ready for visitors large & small. One of the first guests was new #RESAmbassador @lloyd_oftheflies. Can you help find his friends at the #RESGarden? Download Aardman's #BugHunt app 🪰 royensoc.co.uk/news/interacti…

On Weds 21st August Stephanie Holt from Natural History Museum Science delights us with Gilbert White, 'The Once and Future Ecologist'. Come and hear how White inspired Charles Darwin and why his book has been continuously in print over 200 years! Now booking on Eventbrite. eventbrite.com/e/976213670367

🚨Job Alert 🚨 We're recruiting an Entomology Curator Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales to develop the collection to ensure it continues to be a valuable biodiversity resource that can be used to monitor environmental changes 🐜🐝🦗🐞🐛🦋👩‍🔬🔬 📅21 August 2024 nmwtest.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vac…

Had so much fun working on this one, lots of phenomenal coauthors including BybeeLab Alexandra Duffy, PhD Nicole Gunter CameronGenomes Natalie Saxton, Repeated feeding guild evolution: the impact of competition on diversification academic.oup.com/evolinnean/art…

. Belen Arias using liquid nitrogen on this sea cucumber tissue sample when standard extraction methods weren't working. #DNA #MarineBiology #NaturalHistoryMuseum

every entomologist's worst nightmare ➿〰️

There's just 14 spaces left for my Science in the Pub (PubSci) talk tomorrow evening, grab your ticket and come along! #GilbertWhite #HistoryOfNaturalHistory @SHNH Science at the Natural History Museum British Society for the History of Science Kellogg College, University of Oxford Graduate Study at Oxford Gilbert White's House & Gardens eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-once-and…

Hairy templed thatcher (Demetrias attricapillus) and metallic pinpalps (Bembidion lampros) from arable reversion pig rootled grassland Dan Tuson Nonington Farms FWAG South East Rothamsted Research Alex Dye typical arable species but beautiful nonetheless 🥰 & good aphid eaters!

Why not contribute to the great work the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland are doing. justgiving.com/crowdfunding/b… Keep it up Beulah Garner et al.

If I was a beetle I’d like mouthparts like these, Cychrus caraboides, Nottinghamshire. ⁦Ground Beetle Recording Scheme⁩ ⁦Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland⁩

The Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture is awarded to Professor Hannah Fry for her prolific science communication activity as the foremost populariser of maths in the country who continues to inspire young people to pursue maths and physics in fun and exciting

Had a great time reliving our #beetle specimen preparation for #museumcollections A mini masterclass by me and the reigning specimen preparator Queen Ms Hillery Warner 🪲 👊🏻

#LiteratureNotice Magura et al. Gut Bacterial Communities in the #GroundBeetles Carabus convexus doi.org/10.3390/insect… #Beetle #Beetles #Mutualism

Pulling out the big guns this week, to capture the imagination and fascination of young minds for #entomology #insects #museumcollections