Arthropoda Foundation
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We support research that can inform decision-making on the most pressing problems facing arthropods. https://www.arthropodafoundation.org/
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Arthropoda Foundation - Call for Proposals
The Arthropoda Foundation is currently accepting expressions of interest for its current call for proposals. Please fill out this form to apply. Any questions may be directed to grants@arthropodafound...
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Calling all shrimp and aquaculture researchers! 🦐
We're funding research on Pacific white shrimp & giant tiger prawn welfare in commercial settings—work that could impact billions of animals.
Up to $10K ($50K for exceptional projects). EOIs due Jan 15, 2026.
Apply: bit.ly/3KVCwMR
We're funding research on Pacific white shrimp & giant tiger prawn welfare in commercial settings—work that could impact billions of animals.
Up to $10K ($50K for exceptional projects). EOIs due Jan 15, 2026.
Apply: bit.ly/3KVCwMR
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Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare: Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare
Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects
www.science.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare: Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Know an amateur entomologist or invertebrate recorder? 🦋 We're offering up to $2,000 to help test and refine biological recording methods using 3Rs approaches. Need 2+ years experience. Deadline: Dec 1.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Biological Recorder 3Rs Innovation Award — Insect Welfare Research Society
"Amateur" entomologists, arachnologists, and others contribute significant knowledge through their biological recording and collections work, recording species occurrences, range shifts, and…
www.insectwelfare.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Know an amateur entomologist or invertebrate recorder? 🦋 We're offering up to $2,000 to help test and refine biological recording methods using 3Rs approaches. Need 2+ years experience. Deadline: Dec 1.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Calling all shrimp and aquaculture researchers! 🦐
We're funding research on Pacific white shrimp & giant tiger prawn welfare in commercial settings—work that could impact billions of animals.
Up to $10K ($50K for exceptional projects). EOIs due Jan 15, 2026.
Apply: bit.ly/3KVCwMR
We're funding research on Pacific white shrimp & giant tiger prawn welfare in commercial settings—work that could impact billions of animals.
Up to $10K ($50K for exceptional projects). EOIs due Jan 15, 2026.
Apply: bit.ly/3KVCwMR
Arthropoda Foundation - Call for Proposals
The Arthropoda Foundation is currently accepting expressions of interest for its current call for proposals. Please fill out this form to apply. Any questions may be directed to grants@arthropodafound...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Calling all shrimp and aquaculture researchers! 🦐
We're funding research on Pacific white shrimp & giant tiger prawn welfare in commercial settings—work that could impact billions of animals.
Up to $10K ($50K for exceptional projects). EOIs due Jan 15, 2026.
Apply: bit.ly/3KVCwMR
We're funding research on Pacific white shrimp & giant tiger prawn welfare in commercial settings—work that could impact billions of animals.
Up to $10K ($50K for exceptional projects). EOIs due Jan 15, 2026.
Apply: bit.ly/3KVCwMR
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Join us Sept 24, 5 PM BST for our seminar with Prof. Kristoffer Whitney (Rochester Institute of Technology): "Blood Money: The history of horseshoe crabs in science and medicine"
He will explore historical, political, and ethical issues related to marine invertebrate welfare: bit.ly/3K2acYC
He will explore historical, political, and ethical issues related to marine invertebrate welfare: bit.ly/3K2acYC
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Join us Sept 24, 5 PM BST for our seminar with Prof. Kristoffer Whitney (Rochester Institute of Technology): "Blood Money: The history of horseshoe crabs in science and medicine"
He will explore historical, political, and ethical issues related to marine invertebrate welfare: bit.ly/3K2acYC
He will explore historical, political, and ethical issues related to marine invertebrate welfare: bit.ly/3K2acYC
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Fantastic talk by @birchlse.bsky.social on ethical review for insect research as part of @royentsoc.bsky.social #Ento25 insect ethics workshop
@insectwrs.bsky.social
@insectwrs.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Fantastic talk by @birchlse.bsky.social on ethical review for insect research as part of @royentsoc.bsky.social #Ento25 insect ethics workshop
@insectwrs.bsky.social
@insectwrs.bsky.social
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Thanks to those who joined our webinar featuring Dr. Matilda Gibbons (University of Pennsylvania): "How Can We Measure Sentience in an Insect?"
In case you missed it, the video is available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/HajWZuMto0A
In case you missed it, the video is available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/HajWZuMto0A
How Can We Measure Sentience in an Insect?
YouTube video by Insect Welfare Research Society
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September 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thanks to those who joined our webinar featuring Dr. Matilda Gibbons (University of Pennsylvania): "How Can We Measure Sentience in an Insect?"
In case you missed it, the video is available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/HajWZuMto0A
In case you missed it, the video is available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/HajWZuMto0A
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Check out @royentsoc.bsky.social's Welfare & Ethics forum, one of their 20+ Special Interest Groups! 🐛
The Royal Entomological Society has over 20 Special Interest Groups pulling together a community with a shared interest in advancing areas of knowledge within unique fields of #InsectScience.
Read more about our SIGs 🔽
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📸 (c) Pepe Badia Marrero, 2024 Photography Competition
Read more about our SIGs 🔽
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📸 (c) Pepe Badia Marrero, 2024 Photography Competition
Special interest groups - Royal Entomological Society
The Society convenes Special Interest Groups (SIGs) on a range of topics.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Check out @royentsoc.bsky.social's Welfare & Ethics forum, one of their 20+ Special Interest Groups! 🐛
Fascinating paper by @wolfhuette.bsky.social and colleagues from a few months back.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Play-like behavior exhibited by the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster
Triphan et al. show flies seeking the sensation of repeated, play-like carousel visits,
even if two carousels provide spatially and temporally dissociated spinning. They
propose how this voluntary pas...
www.cell.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Fascinating paper by @wolfhuette.bsky.social and colleagues from a few months back.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
only 7 days left to submit an EOI to our first call for proposals 😱
If you work on #arthropods 🪲🐜🪳🦐🦗🦂🐝 of any kind and want to study their welfare scientifically, we have 💰for you!
If you work on #arthropods 🪲🐜🪳🦐🦗🦂🐝 of any kind and want to study their welfare scientifically, we have 💰for you!
Our first RFP is open! www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Arthropoda Foundation - Call for Proposals
Application Timeline:
Expressions of Interest are due on June 15, 2025.
Invitations to submit full proposals will be sent by June 30, 2025.
Full proposals are due on July 31, 2025.
Notifications of a...
www.arthropodafoundation.org
June 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
only 7 days left to submit an EOI to our first call for proposals 😱
If you work on #arthropods 🪲🐜🪳🦐🦗🦂🐝 of any kind and want to study their welfare scientifically, we have 💰for you!
If you work on #arthropods 🪲🐜🪳🦐🦗🦂🐝 of any kind and want to study their welfare scientifically, we have 💰for you!
Only 20 days left until Expression of Interest submissions closes! We can't wait to see your proposals!
Our first RFP is open! www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Arthropoda Foundation - Call for Proposals
Application Timeline:
Expressions of Interest are due on June 15, 2025.
Invitations to submit full proposals will be sent by June 30, 2025.
Full proposals are due on July 31, 2025.
Notifications of a...
www.arthropodafoundation.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Only 20 days left until Expression of Interest submissions closes! We can't wait to see your proposals!
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New on Entomology Today: Many butterfly species often congregate in puddles, rotting organic matter, or other moist surfaces. A new review on "puddling" in butterflies details current knowledge on this nutrient-gathering behavior but also shows how much remains unknown about why they gather.
To Puddle or Not To Puddle: Review Highlights Unanswered Questions About Butterfly Behavior
A new review on "puddling" in butterflies details current knowledge on this nutrient-gathering behavior and how much remains unknown about why they gather.
entomologytoday.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New on Entomology Today: Many butterfly species often congregate in puddles, rotting organic matter, or other moist surfaces. A new review on "puddling" in butterflies details current knowledge on this nutrient-gathering behavior but also shows how much remains unknown about why they gather.
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Happening today!
The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an online talk with Meghan Barrett called "Wild Insect Welfare: Mitigating Harms to the Very, Very Many." The talk will be Wed April 30 at 12:30pm. RSVP below. Please share!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Wild Insect Welfare: Mitigating Harms to the Very, Very Many. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Terrestrial arthropods like insects are among the most abundant animals on our planet. New research suggests that some of these animals, especially at the adult life stage, may be sentient. If they ca...
nyu.zoom.us
April 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Happening today!
Wild bees* are great! If you're interested in studying their welfare scientifically, check out our CFP!
www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
*honeybee welfare projects would also be eligible for funding, although not a priority this funding round.
www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
*honeybee welfare projects would also be eligible for funding, although not a priority this funding round.
I'm painfully tired of honey bees still getting the most attention when they're not native to North America. They're basically livestock and outcompete our native bees. We do NOT need more urban hives.
So please, let's some some of our glorious wild bees for a change!
#Invertebrates
So please, let's some some of our glorious wild bees for a change!
#Invertebrates
April 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Wild bees* are great! If you're interested in studying their welfare scientifically, check out our CFP!
www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
*honeybee welfare projects would also be eligible for funding, although not a priority this funding round.
www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
*honeybee welfare projects would also be eligible for funding, although not a priority this funding round.
Here's another example of a topic that might be interesting to study from a welfare angle: how can we manage insect populations in a friendlier way?
April 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Here's another example of a topic that might be interesting to study from a welfare angle: how can we manage insect populations in a friendlier way?
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As funding and workforce disruption harms U.S. science, the ESA Member Support Fund will pay affected entomologists' membership dues, allowing beneficiaries to maintain access to ESA member benefits and stay connected to the insect science community. buff.ly/mSnq5tP
March 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As funding and workforce disruption harms U.S. science, the ESA Member Support Fund will pay affected entomologists' membership dues, allowing beneficiaries to maintain access to ESA member benefits and stay connected to the insect science community. buff.ly/mSnq5tP
I'll be posting a few examples of research questions it would be cool to see proposed for our current RFP (www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...) to help folks get a sense of our funding interests and priorities.
😱 Maggots in your blueberries? Theres a wasp for that! Meet Ganaspis kimorum, a tiny parasitoid wasp and fruit superhero!
G. kimorum is a bio control agent of the spotted wing Drosophila, a problematic fruit pest in the US.
For Rutgers entomologist Cesar Rodriguez-Saona.
Lindzeamays.com
🐡🕷️🎨🫐🧪
G. kimorum is a bio control agent of the spotted wing Drosophila, a problematic fruit pest in the US.
For Rutgers entomologist Cesar Rodriguez-Saona.
Lindzeamays.com
🐡🕷️🎨🫐🧪
April 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'll be posting a few examples of research questions it would be cool to see proposed for our current RFP (www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...) to help folks get a sense of our funding interests and priorities.
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Do you have a favorite #bug? 🪲 Let me know in the comments! In the meantime, enjoy four digital illustrations of insects I shared last month! ✨
#sciart #scientificillustration #wildlifeart #nature #invert #arthropods #bugsky #insects
#sciart #scientificillustration #wildlifeart #nature #invert #arthropods #bugsky #insects
April 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Do you know a scientist working with insects with an interest in welfare? Please send them our way!
We'd appreciate any effort to boost our reach so we can get lots of cool applications :)
We'd appreciate any effort to boost our reach so we can get lots of cool applications :)
Our first RFP is open! www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Arthropoda Foundation - Call for Proposals
Application Timeline:
Expressions of Interest are due on June 15, 2025.
Invitations to submit full proposals will be sent by June 30, 2025.
Full proposals are due on July 31, 2025.
Notifications of a...
www.arthropodafoundation.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Do you know a scientist working with insects with an interest in welfare? Please send them our way!
We'd appreciate any effort to boost our reach so we can get lots of cool applications :)
We'd appreciate any effort to boost our reach so we can get lots of cool applications :)
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A recent paper argued that bees trade off reward to avoid pain. Jenny Read and I re-analyzed their data and argue that the paper's analysis is flawed. We've written up a constructive critique of the work with some modelling and recommendations. 🧪
Read on:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read on:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Motivational trade-offs as evidence for sentience in bees: a critique
Establishing if insects feel pain can have far-reaching consequences for insect husbandry, commercial pollination and scientific research. Research in this field therefore requires careful experiments...
www.biorxiv.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A recent paper argued that bees trade off reward to avoid pain. Jenny Read and I re-analyzed their data and argue that the paper's analysis is flawed. We've written up a constructive critique of the work with some modelling and recommendations. 🧪
Read on:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read on:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an online talk with Meghan Barrett called "Wild Insect Welfare: Mitigating Harms to the Very, Very Many." The talk will be Wed April 30 at 12:30pm. RSVP below. Please share!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Wild Insect Welfare: Mitigating Harms to the Very, Very Many. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Terrestrial arthropods like insects are among the most abundant animals on our planet. New research suggests that some of these animals, especially at the adult life stage, may be sentient. If they ca...
nyu.zoom.us
April 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an online talk with Meghan Barrett called "Wild Insect Welfare: Mitigating Harms to the Very, Very Many." The talk will be Wed April 30 at 12:30pm. RSVP below. Please share!
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Join the entomological community at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social for #Ento25, with opportunities to present your research in #InsectScience 🦋
Huge discount for RES members so join today, save more when you register before the earlybird deadline: 4 July 🔽
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@uofglasgow.bsky.social
Huge discount for RES members so join today, save more when you register before the earlybird deadline: 4 July 🔽
buff.ly/gTnJkvN
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join the entomological community at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social for #Ento25, with opportunities to present your research in #InsectScience 🦋
Huge discount for RES members so join today, save more when you register before the earlybird deadline: 4 July 🔽
buff.ly/gTnJkvN
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
Huge discount for RES members so join today, save more when you register before the earlybird deadline: 4 July 🔽
buff.ly/gTnJkvN
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
Our first RFP is open! www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Arthropoda Foundation - Call for Proposals
Application Timeline:
Expressions of Interest are due on June 15, 2025.
Invitations to submit full proposals will be sent by June 30, 2025.
Full proposals are due on July 31, 2025.
Notifications of a...
www.arthropodafoundation.org
April 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our first RFP is open! www.arthropodafoundation.org/call-for-pro...
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
Expressions of interest are due by June 15th. Applications in any area of insect welfare are welcome, but see our website for more information on our priorities. Questions welcome -- feel free to email or comment here.
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An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.
www.lse.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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The interview follows a recent perspective in @science.org by @kristinandrews.bsky.social @birchlse.bsky.social & @jeffsebo.bsky.social who discuss what behaviors can be used as evidence of consciousness & what it means if an animal shows only some indicators.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evaluating animal consciousness
An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically
www.science.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The interview follows a recent perspective in @science.org by @kristinandrews.bsky.social @birchlse.bsky.social & @jeffsebo.bsky.social who discuss what behaviors can be used as evidence of consciousness & what it means if an animal shows only some indicators.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...