Dr Kym Abrams
@drkmabrams.bsky.social
💜 invertebrates, subterranean fauna and dogs. Biodiversity, phylogenetics, taxonomy, biogeography, conservation of invertebrates (esp Aus Schizomida & Parabathynellidae). RA WA museum. 🦐🕷🇿🇦🇦🇺 Respectfully from Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She/her. Skeets my own
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Vampire and ghost bats, dementor wasps, goblin sharks, assassin bugs, blood-firing horned lizards...and much more! Read about nature's spookiest and how to celebrate Halloween more sustainably! theconversation.com/lets-celebra...
Let’s celebrate nature’s spookiest and freakiest animals this Halloween
From blood-squirting lizard eyes to zombie cockroaches, the natural world is ready for a truly terrifying Halloween.
theconversation.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Vampire and ghost bats, dementor wasps, goblin sharks, assassin bugs, blood-firing horned lizards...and much more! Read about nature's spookiest and how to celebrate Halloween more sustainably! theconversation.com/lets-celebra...
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Cute, right? But slow lorises can also cause their victim's flesh to rot away. Find out about more cool wildlife 👇
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Cute, right? But slow lorises can also cause their victim's flesh to rot away. Find out about more cool wildlife 👇
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Arachnid eating another arachnid - this tiny (3 mm.) jumping spider, a female Anasaitis canalis in Costa Rica, is munching on a pseudoscorpion (if you zoom in, you can see one of its claws hanging down). Pseudoscorpions look like super-tiny regular scorpions, but have no tail. 🐙🌿 #Arachtober
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Arachnid eating another arachnid - this tiny (3 mm.) jumping spider, a female Anasaitis canalis in Costa Rica, is munching on a pseudoscorpion (if you zoom in, you can see one of its claws hanging down). Pseudoscorpions look like super-tiny regular scorpions, but have no tail. 🐙🌿 #Arachtober
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October 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Reminder that you can submit early to the December art book so we all won't scramble when the holiday season comes!
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Reminder that you can submit early to the December art book so we all won't scramble when the holiday season comes!
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oh wow! A stunning Porpita shot from @natalipaqpa on the other site
October 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
oh wow! A stunning Porpita shot from @natalipaqpa on the other site
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Whoa!
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Whoa!
September 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🚨 Call to scientists, research groups, and universities across Europe!
The EC is considering “simplifying” core EU environmental laws — incl. Nature Restoration Regulation, Water Framework Directive, Birds & Habitats Directives etc.
Submit your input & share:
🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
The EC is considering “simplifying” core EU environmental laws — incl. Nature Restoration Regulation, Water Framework Directive, Birds & Habitats Directives etc.
Submit your input & share:
🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
September 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚨 Call to scientists, research groups, and universities across Europe!
The EC is considering “simplifying” core EU environmental laws — incl. Nature Restoration Regulation, Water Framework Directive, Birds & Habitats Directives etc.
Submit your input & share:
🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
The EC is considering “simplifying” core EU environmental laws — incl. Nature Restoration Regulation, Water Framework Directive, Birds & Habitats Directives etc.
Submit your input & share:
🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
Curatorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
careers.amnh.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
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Eminent entomologist Dr Chris Reid is awarded the 2025 Australian Museum Research Institute Medal for his outstanding career which has transformed our understanding of beetle taxonomy.
#EurekaPrizes
#EurekaPrizes
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Eminent entomologist Dr Chris Reid is awarded the 2025 Australian Museum Research Institute Medal for his outstanding career which has transformed our understanding of beetle taxonomy.
#EurekaPrizes
#EurekaPrizes
It's wildflower season!
September 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's wildflower season!
I hope Aus won't be blocked!
"...smaller providers may choose to opt out of Australia entirely. Bluesky blocked Mississippi users after a similar age assurance law passed in the state, citing costs in developing age verification systems and lack of resources."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"...smaller providers may choose to opt out of Australia entirely. Bluesky blocked Mississippi users after a similar age assurance law passed in the state, citing costs in developing age verification systems and lack of resources."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Not just under-16s: all Australian social media users will need to prove their age – and it could be complicated
The age assurance technology trial found errors are inevitable – meaning users might have to provide other ID, and appeal against wrongful bans
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I hope Aus won't be blocked!
"...smaller providers may choose to opt out of Australia entirely. Bluesky blocked Mississippi users after a similar age assurance law passed in the state, citing costs in developing age verification systems and lack of resources."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"...smaller providers may choose to opt out of Australia entirely. Bluesky blocked Mississippi users after a similar age assurance law passed in the state, citing costs in developing age verification systems and lack of resources."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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since people keep asking what our current activities are, I've compiled the links and made this my pinned post. you can now easily send this to your friends. #InverteFest
Activities for this season of #InverteFest:
Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Writer/artist collab anthology
bsky.app/profile/saim...
Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...
Writer/artist collab anthology
bsky.app/profile/saim...
August 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
since people keep asking what our current activities are, I've compiled the links and made this my pinned post. you can now easily send this to your friends. #InverteFest
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A beautiful example of Inostemma, the tiny unicorn of the garden! The long horn on the female metasoma houses its unique ovipositor system. Males don't have horns.
Het is de moeite waard je camera te richten op een 1,5 mm bewegend vlekje op boerenwormkruid. Na vergroting blijkt dat een prachtig wespje (Platygastridae) met een structuur over het borststuk waarin ze de legboor bewaart. #ElkeDagEenInsect (Sorry @parasitoidrex.bsky.social failed to collect it!)
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A beautiful example of Inostemma, the tiny unicorn of the garden! The long horn on the female metasoma houses its unique ovipositor system. Males don't have horns.
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Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design! 🧪🐡
These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongated, 🧵
These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongated, 🧵
August 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design! 🧪🐡
These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongated, 🧵
These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongated, 🧵
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August 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The second volume of 'Dhoombak Goobgoowana', the Indigenous history of the University of Melbourne, subtitled 'Voice', now available entirely open access @mupublishing.bsky.social
At: www.mup.com.au/books/dhoomb...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social
At: www.mup.com.au/books/dhoomb...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The second volume of 'Dhoombak Goobgoowana', the Indigenous history of the University of Melbourne, subtitled 'Voice', now available entirely open access @mupublishing.bsky.social
At: www.mup.com.au/books/dhoomb...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social
At: www.mup.com.au/books/dhoomb...
@austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social
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Opportunity: Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) at the University of Guelph 🪰🐝🪲🕷️🦂
Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca
August 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Opportunity: Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) at the University of Guelph 🪰🐝🪲🕷️🦂
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A comprehensive checklist of bat species recorded from selected caves in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #ecology #bats
#biodiversity #ecology #bats
August 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A comprehensive checklist of bat species recorded from selected caves in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#biodiversity #ecology #bats
#biodiversity #ecology #bats
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Lovely naturalistic scene of birds and a butterfly in a papyrus thicket, carved by an ancient Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago!
Faint traces of paint survive on this limestone wall relief from the funerary temple of king Userkaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
Faint traces of paint survive on this limestone wall relief from the funerary temple of king Userkaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
August 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Lovely naturalistic scene of birds and a butterfly in a papyrus thicket, carved by an ancient Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago!
Faint traces of paint survive on this limestone wall relief from the funerary temple of king Userkaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
Faint traces of paint survive on this limestone wall relief from the funerary temple of king Userkaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
August 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Kind of this lovely #millipede to give us a clue to its identity - forming an "S" for Spirostreptida. Mount Cooke Area, Western Australia.
August 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Kind of this lovely #millipede to give us a clue to its identity - forming an "S" for Spirostreptida. Mount Cooke Area, Western Australia.
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Hey #soil #taxonomists! Have you described a species in the last 5 years? Tell us about in our Free + Open Submission event Name Drop! New species unveiled faster than you can say Linnaeus www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/gsb4 #soilbiodiversity @thegsbi.bsky.social
GSB4 Conference — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hey #soil #taxonomists! Have you described a species in the last 5 years? Tell us about in our Free + Open Submission event Name Drop! New species unveiled faster than you can say Linnaeus www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/gsb4 #soilbiodiversity @thegsbi.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM