Amanda Callaghan
@acallazoo.bsky.social
Invertebrate zoology prof. Curator of Cole Museum of Zoology, Uni of Reading. Posts NH museums, Cole stuff, natural world, my garden and my research.
www.reading.ac.uk/ecology/staff/amanda-callaghan
https://collections.reading.ac.uk/cole-museum/
www.reading.ac.uk/ecology/staff/amanda-callaghan
https://collections.reading.ac.uk/cole-museum/
It’s that time of the year. First year zoology practical with some great specimens from @colezoology.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s that time of the year. First year zoology practical with some great specimens from @colezoology.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Species list from our Devon field course
August 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Species list from our Devon field course
Near the end of our undergraduate biodiversity fieldcourse in Devon. Lots of species and much fun had #universityofreading
August 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Near the end of our undergraduate biodiversity fieldcourse in Devon. Lots of species and much fun had #universityofreading
July 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s graduation day!!! Congratulations to all our students #graduation
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s graduation day!!! Congratulations to all our students #graduation
Charles Lyell was a famous geologist who had a strong influence on Darwin. He was interested in taphonomy and studied dried samples of mud with bird tracks and rain drops. We are lucky to have some of these featured (Figure 20) in his famous Principles of Geology! @colezoology.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Charles Lyell was a famous geologist who had a strong influence on Darwin. He was interested in taphonomy and studied dried samples of mud with bird tracks and rain drops. We are lucky to have some of these featured (Figure 20) in his famous Principles of Geology! @colezoology.bsky.social
Reposted by Amanda Callaghan
What if we measured progress not just by income or life expectancy - but by how well we live with the rest of nature?
A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.
Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.
Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
June 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What if we measured progress not just by income or life expectancy - but by how well we live with the rest of nature?
A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.
Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
A major new paper proposes the 'Nature Relationship Index (NRI)' - a bold rethink of development metrics.
Here’s why it matters.👇
#NatureRelationshipIndex #GlobalThreads
@colezoology.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!! Looking forward to seeing cool specimens. In the meantime here we are with Norman the elephant.
June 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@colezoology.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky!! Looking forward to seeing cool specimens. In the meantime here we are with Norman the elephant.
Happy Summer Solstice 2025 to all my pagan friends. Summer is officially here.
June 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy Summer Solstice 2025 to all my pagan friends. Summer is officially here.
Please may I have one?
Possibly the only Dartford Warbler musical box in the whole wide world and I wish you a very good day
June 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Please may I have one?
Fossicking along the Fleet always results in small treasures!! Move over Lyme Regis.
June 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Fossicking along the Fleet always results in small treasures!! Move over Lyme Regis.
Don’t just sit there, eat them!!!!!!
June 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Don’t just sit there, eat them!!!!!!
Found a stunning Harlequin ladybird larva on my garden but it wasn’t interested in eating my greenfly. @hatbirder.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Found a stunning Harlequin ladybird larva on my garden but it wasn’t interested in eating my greenfly. @hatbirder.bsky.social
We have been waiting for this to happen. Hopefully an isolated incident. West Nile virus killed many elderly people in the US.
#arboviruses
#mosquitoesinBritain
#arboviruses
#mosquitoesinBritain
West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
A UK Health Safety Agency spokesperson said the risk to the general public is "very low".
www.bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We have been waiting for this to happen. Hopefully an isolated incident. West Nile virus killed many elderly people in the US.
#arboviruses
#mosquitoesinBritain
#arboviruses
#mosquitoesinBritain
Our most common urban mosquito, Culex pipiens, is carrying Usutu virus in Southern England, killing blackbirds. These mosquitoes breed in standing water, so you could be growing them in your garden.
#climatechange
#mosquitobornevirus
#gardenbirds
#climatechange
#mosquitobornevirus
#gardenbirds
Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds
Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds
The disease has spread great distances, with scientists racing to understand the risks.
www.bbc.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our most common urban mosquito, Culex pipiens, is carrying Usutu virus in Southern England, killing blackbirds. These mosquitoes breed in standing water, so you could be growing them in your garden.
#climatechange
#mosquitobornevirus
#gardenbirds
#climatechange
#mosquitobornevirus
#gardenbirds
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ammonites, belemnites, beautiful crinoids and a tooth of some kind (?) from Oxford Clay
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
May 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ammonites, belemnites, beautiful crinoids and a tooth of some kind (?) from Oxford Clay
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
#JurassicCoast
#Tidmoorpoint
#fossilhunting
Why just draw a frog when you can build one?
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
April 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Why just draw a frog when you can build one?
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
#historyoflifeonearth
#practicalclass
#zoologyuniofreading
These large oil beetles from Andalusia, Spain, are beautiful! Cool enough that they are a bit dozy. #springtimeinSpain #beetles @hatbirder.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
These large oil beetles from Andalusia, Spain, are beautiful! Cool enough that they are a bit dozy. #springtimeinSpain #beetles @hatbirder.bsky.social
Interested in working with a zoology collection? Could you be our next lecturer in invertebrate zoology? www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP841/l...
#lectureshipzoology
#universityofreading
#lectureshipzoology
#universityofreading
Lecturer in Invertebrate Zoology at University of Reading
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April 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Interested in working with a zoology collection? Could you be our next lecturer in invertebrate zoology? www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP841/l...
#lectureshipzoology
#universityofreading
#lectureshipzoology
#universityofreading
40 million year old molluscs are easy pickings from the Barton clays at Barton on Sea, Hampshire.
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
April 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
40 million year old molluscs are easy pickings from the Barton clays at Barton on Sea, Hampshire.
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
#fossils #fossilmolluscs
More palaeo models have arrived for teaching and Cole Museum of Zoology display! Thanks to Bruce Currie. Eurypterid, Brachiopod, Rangeomorph
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
March 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
More palaeo models have arrived for teaching and Cole Museum of Zoology display! Thanks to Bruce Currie. Eurypterid, Brachiopod, Rangeomorph
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
paleozoo.com.au #palaeoteaching
#UniofReading
#Historyoflifeonearth
Reposted by Amanda Callaghan
Flappy flappy flappy
March 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Flappy flappy flappy
Finally got to visit the Great Bustards on Salisbury plains. Probably the heaviest flying birds on the planet. Saw a group of 12 males displaying. greatbustard.org
March 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Finally got to visit the Great Bustards on Salisbury plains. Probably the heaviest flying birds on the planet. Saw a group of 12 males displaying. greatbustard.org