Andrew J. Crawford
@crawfordaj.bsky.social
Crazy for biodiversity across America -- especially South America 🌎. I’m here for the amphibians, the jokes, and a dab of evolutionary biology ‘n’ genomics. 🐸🧬
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Rudolf Meier paraphrases a post from @rdmpage.bsky.social : as ~ 2/3 of the records in GBIF are birds, @gbif.org is primarily a Global Bird Information Facility. To correct this bias, we need to focus on the “ugly” biodiversity. 🪰 🪱 🪳 🦟 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #LivingData2025 x.com/rdmpage/stat...
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Rudolf Meier paraphrases a post from @rdmpage.bsky.social : as ~ 2/3 of the records in GBIF are birds, @gbif.org is primarily a Global Bird Information Facility. To correct this bias, we need to focus on the “ugly” biodiversity. 🪰 🪱 🪳 🦟 @mfnberlin.bsky.social #LivingData2025 x.com/rdmpage/stat...
A gran day out: The salt mines and natural history museum of Nemocón, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A gran day out: The salt mines and natural history museum of Nemocón, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
@harryshearer.bsky.social
Apple podcasts seems to think Le Show is every 2 weeks 🙃
Apple podcasts seems to think Le Show is every 2 weeks 🙃
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@harryshearer.bsky.social
Apple podcasts seems to think Le Show is every 2 weeks 🙃
Apple podcasts seems to think Le Show is every 2 weeks 🙃
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Pick an idiom: "more than meets the eye", "beauty more than skin [feather] deep" etc.
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
Songbirds play optical tricks to make their feather colors ‘pop’
Concealed black or white bands on feathers boost the vibrancy of bird plumage
www.science.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Pick an idiom: "more than meets the eye", "beauty more than skin [feather] deep" etc.
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
In work led by Rosalyn Price-Waldman, we describe a hidden (and ignored!) black or white layer found below the visible surface of bird feathers which helps make bird colours so striking!
🧪 🪶 #colsci
“Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
— Dante Alighieri (Longfellow translation)
704 years on, I suspect this opening connects with more people than ever.
I found myself within a forest dark
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
— Dante Alighieri (Longfellow translation)
704 years on, I suspect this opening connects with more people than ever.
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
— Dante Alighieri (Longfellow translation)
704 years on, I suspect this opening connects with more people than ever.
I found myself within a forest dark
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
— Dante Alighieri (Longfellow translation)
704 years on, I suspect this opening connects with more people than ever.
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford
(1/2) 🧬 The African BioGenome Project 🌍 is training the next generation of genomics experts through groundbreaking, hands-on workshops across 50 African countries—laying the foundation for innovation and discovery across the continent.
🚀📖 Read the 2025 publication: go.nature.com/40INiek
🚀📖 Read the 2025 publication: go.nature.com/40INiek
July 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
(1/2) 🧬 The African BioGenome Project 🌍 is training the next generation of genomics experts through groundbreaking, hands-on workshops across 50 African countries—laying the foundation for innovation and discovery across the continent.
🚀📖 Read the 2025 publication: go.nature.com/40INiek
🚀📖 Read the 2025 publication: go.nature.com/40INiek
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Damn the fascist and complicit GOP.
August 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Damn the fascist and complicit GOP.
“We've gained notoriety
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.”
Farewell to the master satirist and lyricist.
🕊️… ☠️
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.”
Farewell to the master satirist and lyricist.
🕊️… ☠️
July 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“We've gained notoriety
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.”
Farewell to the master satirist and lyricist.
🕊️… ☠️
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names
But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.”
Farewell to the master satirist and lyricist.
🕊️… ☠️
The call for sessions is open now!
September 2025: Call for abstracts
December 2025: Early bird registration opens.
September 2025: Call for abstracts
December 2025: Early bird registration opens.
🌎 🌿 We are open! Shape the next World Biodiversity Forum WBF2026 and submit a proposal for a session, a workshop or a cultural event now. Under the theme of Leading Transformation Together, WBF2026 will take place in ☀️Davos, Switzerland from 14-19 June 2026. tinyurl.com/ycxtzv7k
June 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The call for sessions is open now!
September 2025: Call for abstracts
December 2025: Early bird registration opens.
September 2025: Call for abstracts
December 2025: Early bird registration opens.
The legendary Janzen & Hallwachs on the collapse of insects. “It’s the same sheet, same lights same place, looking over the same vegetation. Same time of year, same time of the moon cycle, everything about it is identical... There’s just no moths on that sheet.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The legendary Janzen & Hallwachs on the collapse of insects. “It’s the same sheet, same lights same place, looking over the same vegetation. Same time of year, same time of the moon cycle, everything about it is identical... There’s just no moths on that sheet.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Registration, abstracts, and symposium proposals now open for:
XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología
23-27 Feb. 2026, in spectacular Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🐍🦎🐸🐢🐊
www.herpcr2026.com/inscription
¡Pura vida, Mae!
@sajherpetology.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
#Amphibians #Reptiles
XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología
23-27 Feb. 2026, in spectacular Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🐍🦎🐸🐢🐊
www.herpcr2026.com/inscription
¡Pura vida, Mae!
@sajherpetology.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
#Amphibians #Reptiles
Inscripción — XIII CLH
www.herpcr2026.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Registration, abstracts, and symposium proposals now open for:
XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología
23-27 Feb. 2026, in spectacular Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🐍🦎🐸🐢🐊
www.herpcr2026.com/inscription
¡Pura vida, Mae!
@sajherpetology.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
#Amphibians #Reptiles
XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología
23-27 Feb. 2026, in spectacular Costa Rica 🇨🇷
🐍🦎🐸🐢🐊
www.herpcr2026.com/inscription
¡Pura vida, Mae!
@sajherpetology.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
#Amphibians #Reptiles
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Check out this recent publication from EBP all stars @crawfordaj.bsky.social sky.social @solenne-correard.bsky.social sky.social and @cmazzoni.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Check out this recent publication from EBP all stars @crawfordaj.bsky.social sky.social @solenne-correard.bsky.social sky.social and @cmazzoni.bsky.social
Dig the latest episode of the podcast “Entrespecies” from Gabriela Supelan and El Espectador newspaper about Digital Sequence Information 💾🧬ℹ️, Benefit Sharing, #COP16 and the #CaliFund, featuring Yours Truly, but in Spanish. _Espero que lo disfruten_.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GgZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GgZ...
¿Quién se beneficia de la información genética de nuestra biodiversidad?
Entrespecies Pódcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Dig the latest episode of the podcast “Entrespecies” from Gabriela Supelan and El Espectador newspaper about Digital Sequence Information 💾🧬ℹ️, Benefit Sharing, #COP16 and the #CaliFund, featuring Yours Truly, but in Spanish. _Espero que lo disfruten_.
open.spotify.com/episode/5GgZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/5GgZ...
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No surprise: Musk takes the side of autocracy in Turkey.
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
No surprise: Musk takes the side of autocracy in Turkey.
Inter|National Under|Grad student travel awards to work in the collections at the Natural History Museums of LA Co. (NHMLAC):
nhm.org/student-coll...
Deadlines yearly, 1st of April & October.
Consult the collections:
nhm.org/research-col...
Give 'em a follow on IG: www.instagram.com/nhmla
nhm.org/student-coll...
Deadlines yearly, 1st of April & October.
Consult the collections:
nhm.org/research-col...
Give 'em a follow on IG: www.instagram.com/nhmla
Student Collections Study Award
The NHM Collections Study Awards provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to visit and study the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits & ...
nhm.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Inter|National Under|Grad student travel awards to work in the collections at the Natural History Museums of LA Co. (NHMLAC):
nhm.org/student-coll...
Deadlines yearly, 1st of April & October.
Consult the collections:
nhm.org/research-col...
Give 'em a follow on IG: www.instagram.com/nhmla
nhm.org/student-coll...
Deadlines yearly, 1st of April & October.
Consult the collections:
nhm.org/research-col...
Give 'em a follow on IG: www.instagram.com/nhmla
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Trump, a cult leader, is testing the loyalty of his followers right now. Will they drink the poison? Will they accept the idea that this is a temporary setback in service of greater glory to come? This is what we are dealing with, and it is pure evil, at global scale.
March 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Trump, a cult leader, is testing the loyalty of his followers right now. Will they drink the poison? Will they accept the idea that this is a temporary setback in service of greater glory to come? This is what we are dealing with, and it is pure evil, at global scale.
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Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Caecilians are legless amphibians that are reeeeaaally hard to find — thus my enthusiasm with this beauty from Río Claro, Antioquia, Colombia that MSc student Ronald Díaz found removing a wheelbarrow,
then plastic sheeting,
then removing leaflitter,
then lifting old corrugated zinc roofing…
then plastic sheeting,
then removing leaflitter,
then lifting old corrugated zinc roofing…
March 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Caecilians are legless amphibians that are reeeeaaally hard to find — thus my enthusiasm with this beauty from Río Claro, Antioquia, Colombia that MSc student Ronald Díaz found removing a wheelbarrow,
then plastic sheeting,
then removing leaflitter,
then lifting old corrugated zinc roofing…
then plastic sheeting,
then removing leaflitter,
then lifting old corrugated zinc roofing…
Reposted by Andrew J. Crawford
Researchers describe and illustrate Euonymus pushpagiriensis, a new species in the staff-vine family from the central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India.
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Researchers describe and illustrate Euonymus pushpagiriensis, a new species in the staff-vine family from the central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India.
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Am I the last person to find out Musk has 2 left feet?
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Am I the last person to find out Musk has 2 left feet?
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Don’t know what to make of this:
February 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Don’t know what to make of this:
If we care about human health and disease,
then we should care about keeping our frog populations healthy and happy 🐸
Increased Malaria cases correlated with declining amphibian populations Costa Rica & Panama.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Great job, Roberto, Karen, et al.
#OneHealth
then we should care about keeping our frog populations healthy and happy 🐸
Increased Malaria cases correlated with declining amphibian populations Costa Rica & Panama.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Great job, Roberto, Karen, et al.
#OneHealth
Amphibian Declines Increase Malaria In Costa Rica And Panama
New studies quantify how intact ecosystems improve human health
www.forbes.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If we care about human health and disease,
then we should care about keeping our frog populations healthy and happy 🐸
Increased Malaria cases correlated with declining amphibian populations Costa Rica & Panama.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Great job, Roberto, Karen, et al.
#OneHealth
then we should care about keeping our frog populations healthy and happy 🐸
Increased Malaria cases correlated with declining amphibian populations Costa Rica & Panama.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Great job, Roberto, Karen, et al.
#OneHealth
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🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍
🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪
Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
What if you carefully archived your data following FAIR and CARE principles, but some person/agency is actively trying to scrub it? 🧼
Some thoughts from Nost &l (2025, Jan. 10th) and the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, in Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Some thoughts from Nost &l (2025, Jan. 10th) and the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, in Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Why the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative is archiving public environmental data
Public data help researchers and civic organizations develop solutions and advance
accountability around environmental challenges but are vulnerable to political threats.
While the Environmental Data ...
www.cell.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What if you carefully archived your data following FAIR and CARE principles, but some person/agency is actively trying to scrub it? 🧼
Some thoughts from Nost &l (2025, Jan. 10th) and the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, in Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
Some thoughts from Nost &l (2025, Jan. 10th) and the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, in Patterns @cp-patterns.bsky.social 👇🏽
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...