Rodrigo Salvador
@krakenscholar.bsky.social
PhD丨Biologist/paleontologist studying 🐌 & 🐦丨Dungeon Master丨Curator & researcher at @nathist.bsky.social, @helsinki.fi丨Editor of the Journal of Geek Studies (@jgeekstudies.bsky.social)丨🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇿 🇳🇴 🇫🇮
Thanks, @yawaguchi.bsky.social. This seems like a great tool! I just played around a bit today, but it's already saved on my favourites bar to come back to when I have my next tree.
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thanks, @yawaguchi.bsky.social. This seems like a great tool! I just played around a bit today, but it's already saved on my favourites bar to come back to when I have my next tree.
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Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Can conservation really be effective through video games? A case study on Jack Barau and some perspectives
Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…
jgeekstudies.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ma nouvelle étude est en ligne ! Je vais devoir pas mal jongler aujourd'hui entre communication en français et en anglais, priorité au public francophone à travers un fil pour résumer ce travail ! ⬇️🦉
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
Merci encore à Rodrigo et l'équipe du JGS pour leur accueil !
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🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Can conservation really be effective through video games? A case study on Jack Barau and some perspectives
Florian Verdier Independent Researcher, Sens, France. Email: fverdier.ei (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Almost half of the world’s population plays video games (Buijisman, 2024). Whether the exp…
jgeekstudies.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🎮 Can a video game save a species? 🦜
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
Our new piece, by @floriannechekuv.bsky.social, explores how the game Jack Barau blends play and purpose to spotlight #conservation in Réunion.
Read the full article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/11/11/c...
#geekstudies #indiegames #seriousgames #gamingforgood
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we're snailposting, post your snails
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we're snailposting, post your snails
A quick reminder about the Journal of Geek Studies 😉
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A quick reminder about the Journal of Geek Studies 😉
Omg this is my new favourite tree sparrow photo. 本当にかわいい
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Omg this is my new favourite tree sparrow photo. 本当にかわいい
There's a new Geek Studies article around! 🦀
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
We've got a new article! 🦀
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
@aumpuma.bsky.social examines how
@aggrocrabgames.bsky.social's Another Crab’s Treasure reflects real-world ecological concerns through gameplay, from scavenged gear to toxic waters.
#geekstudies #marinebiology #pollution #environment #crabs
When trash stops being a treasure: pollution and its effects in Another Crab’s Treasure
Abraham U. Morales-Primo Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: aump.puma (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Marine e…
jgeekstudies.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
There's a new Geek Studies article around! 🦀
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
@franzanth.bsky.social and @echinoblog.bsky.social, you might like this one 😁
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October 29, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👏 Congratulations 👏 to the Big Questions team lead by Jansen A. Smith! After such a hard work the paper "Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
community-driven project"is published in Paleobiology (doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042)
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Ever wondered how many molluscs live in the @magic.wizards.com multiverse? 🐌
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering
Rodrigo B. Salvador1, Natan C. Pedro2, Mark A. Carnall3 1Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo,…
jgeekstudies.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Ever wondered how many molluscs live in the @magic.wizards.com multiverse? 🐌
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
No? Well, but our researchers did — and we have a brand-new "fantasy-meets-taxonomy" paper about it!
Come take a look at the article: jgeekstudies.org/2025/08/24/m...
#MolluscMonday #GeekStudies #MagicTheGathering #MTG
We got a new paper for #MolluscMonday, led by MSc student Rafael Rosa.
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We got a new paper for #MolluscMonday, led by MSc student Rafael Rosa.
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
We used genetic, museum & @inaturalist.bsky.social data to assess the presence of the Asian mantleslug in Brazil
Full 🔓 article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🧪 #citizenscience @nathist.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social
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I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
September 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
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It's #InverteFest, so it's time to correct my forgetting to post about my latest paper from a couple months ago. It has *double* the invertebrates: snails, and their parasites! doi.org/10.1093/cz/z...
How does urbanization shape shell phenotype, behavior, and parasite prevalence in the snail Cornu aspersum?
Abstract. Urbanization is a complex and multivariate environmental change, leading to habitat fragmentation and loss, changes in local climate, soil imperv
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's #InverteFest, so it's time to correct my forgetting to post about my latest paper from a couple months ago. It has *double* the invertebrates: snails, and their parasites! doi.org/10.1093/cz/z...
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My blog post on the process for creating a natural history museum exhibit is up. (Featuring many mollusks of course!)
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
Making Mollusks Marvelous: Designing Museum Exhibits — Paleontological Research Institution
By Brendan Anderson There are many avenues for communicating science, but one of the most trusted avenues have been museum exhibits (Merritt, 2019). Those who have visited museums in recent years c...
www.priweb.org
August 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My blog post on the process for creating a natural history museum exhibit is up. (Featuring many mollusks of course!)
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
www.priweb.org/blog-post/ma...
🦑🐚🐌🐙🦪 #invertebrates #museum #fossils #sciCom 🧪
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These freshwater snails, discovered by @krakenscholar.bsky.social, were named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc from The Lord of the Rings.
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
The Shellowship of the Ring: two new snail species named after Tolkien characters
Two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil have been named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc from The Lord of the Rings.
blog.pensoft.net
August 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
These freshwater snails, discovered by @krakenscholar.bsky.social, were named in honour of Éowyn and Meriadoc from The Lord of the Rings.
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/11/t... 🧵(7/15)
July 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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"Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 4: Miradiscops H.B. Baker, 1925 and Mayadiscops gen. nov." has been published in #JournalofConchology. #jconch #newgenera #conchsoc conchsoc.org/journal doi.org/10.61733/jco...
July 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 4: Miradiscops H.B. Baker, 1925 and Mayadiscops gen. nov." has been published in #JournalofConchology. #jconch #newgenera #conchsoc conchsoc.org/journal doi.org/10.61733/jco...
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*laugh* Dr. Strange versus the "Hate-filled, deadly, gigantic SLUG!" although it looks very snail-like to me! Strange Tales 164, art by Dan Adkins! #invertsincomics #molluscmonday
June 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*laugh* Dr. Strange versus the "Hate-filled, deadly, gigantic SLUG!" although it looks very snail-like to me! Strange Tales 164, art by Dan Adkins! #invertsincomics #molluscmonday
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🚨Our 1st 2025 issue is complete!🚨
Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli.
Check it out 👉 jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
#GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture
Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli.
Check it out 👉 jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
#GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture
Vol. 12(1): June, 2025
Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): to be published on June, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. …
jgeekstudies.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨Our 1st 2025 issue is complete!🚨
Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli.
Check it out 👉 jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
#GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture
Explore the latest in geeky research, with interviews with game devs and articles on Tintin, #StarWars, #IndianaJones et al., Pokémon, and #StudioGhibli.
Check it out 👉 jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
#GeekStudies #scicomm #geekculture
This was a nice read. I'm a bit biased though, as Nausicaä is my favourite Ghibli movie - I might need to rewatch it now 😁
[yes, technically the studio was founded after Nausicaä's success, but still counts]
[yes, technically the studio was founded after Nausicaä's success, but still counts]
🚨 New article alert!
Ecocriticism meets anime in this piece by Audrey Aguirre.
The article explores the environmental toll of war through the haunting beauty Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
#GeekStudies #AnimeStudies #StudioGhibli #Miyazaki #風の谷のナウシカ #スタジオジブリ #アニメ研究
Ecocriticism meets anime in this piece by Audrey Aguirre.
The article explores the environmental toll of war through the haunting beauty Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
#GeekStudies #AnimeStudies #StudioGhibli #Miyazaki #風の谷のナウシカ #スタジオジブリ #アニメ研究
Wilted lands and wounded worlds: visualizing environmental costs of war in Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Audrey Aguirre Upland High School, Upland, CA, USA. Email: audrey.a.aguirre (at) gmail (dot) com Download PDF Past studies on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ; Topcraft, 1984) have prim…
jgeekstudies.org
June 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This was a nice read. I'm a bit biased though, as Nausicaä is my favourite Ghibli movie - I might need to rewatch it now 😁
[yes, technically the studio was founded after Nausicaä's success, but still counts]
[yes, technically the studio was founded after Nausicaä's success, but still counts]
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Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
June 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
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A testament to the importance of maintaining museum collections and funding for digitization programs: new data on the type specimens of nine new taxa described by Roffiaen (1868) that had nearly sunk into oblivion: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@krakenscholar.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
@krakenscholar.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A testament to the importance of maintaining museum collections and funding for digitization programs: new data on the type specimens of nine new taxa described by Roffiaen (1868) that had nearly sunk into oblivion: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
@krakenscholar.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
@krakenscholar.bsky.social @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
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“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night
It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It is too devastating to see how few there are”
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 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night
It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Here's a weird new article for #MolluscMonday.
We've found the type specimens of some species and subspecies from Switzerland described in the mid-19th century by a Belgian landscape painter.
You can see the whole story in @zookeys.pensoft.net: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1508...
🧪 #snails #inverts
We've found the type specimens of some species and subspecies from Switzerland described in the mid-19th century by a Belgian landscape painter.
You can see the whole story in @zookeys.pensoft.net: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1508...
🧪 #snails #inverts
June 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Here's a weird new article for #MolluscMonday.
We've found the type specimens of some species and subspecies from Switzerland described in the mid-19th century by a Belgian landscape painter.
You can see the whole story in @zookeys.pensoft.net: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1508...
🧪 #snails #inverts
We've found the type specimens of some species and subspecies from Switzerland described in the mid-19th century by a Belgian landscape painter.
You can see the whole story in @zookeys.pensoft.net: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1508...
🧪 #snails #inverts
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Happy #GeekPrideDay / #TowelDay 🎉
It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!
It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!
Vol. 12(1): June, 2025
Journal of Geek Studies –Vol. 12(1): to be published on June, 2025 The Blood on Our Controllers: how the game industry relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Interview with H. Caubet Pp. 1-5. …
jgeekstudies.org
May 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy #GeekPrideDay / #TowelDay 🎉
It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!
It's a great opportunity to read all the cool #GeekStudies we've published this year. 🤓 Take a look around, you're bound to find an article you'll love: jgeekstudies.org/archives/vol...
And remember: don't panic and always carry a towel!