Menno Schilthuizen
@schilthuizen.bsky.social
New book "The Urban Naturalist" (MIT Press, 1 Apr. 2025)
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions'
Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker
http://schilthuizen.com
http://taxonexpeditions.com
Leyden, Netherlands
Pinned
We have a cover!
Click here for preordering the book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204909...
Click here for preordering the book: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204909...
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Nederland exporteert verboden pesticiden. Wij roepen de fractievoorzitters van alle politieke partijen op om een einde te maken aan de export van verboden pesticiden vanuit Nederland.
Teken de petitie nu.
www.pan-netherlands.org/stopgifexport/
Teken de petitie nu.
www.pan-netherlands.org/stopgifexport/
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nederland exporteert verboden pesticiden. Wij roepen de fractievoorzitters van alle politieke partijen op om een einde te maken aan de export van verboden pesticiden vanuit Nederland.
Teken de petitie nu.
www.pan-netherlands.org/stopgifexport/
Teken de petitie nu.
www.pan-netherlands.org/stopgifexport/
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Large-scale citizen science study identifies imidacloprid as primary chemical risk in UK freshwaters
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
Large-scale citizen science study identifies imidacloprid as primary chemical risk in UK freshwaters - Water Magazine
60% of freshwater sites show elevated nutrient pollution -- comprehensive chemical analysis reveals contamination in all samples.
www.watermagazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Large-scale citizen science study identifies imidacloprid as primary chemical risk in UK freshwaters
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
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📢 Ento job klaxon!
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
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November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📢 Ento job klaxon!
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
Texas A&M University are advertising not one but TWO faculty positions in #Arthropod #Systematics and #Biodiversity 🪲
Full details and to apply:
➡️ apply.interfolio.com/175600
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De volharding waarmee de Georgiërs iedere dag weer de straat op gaan om te demonstreren voor een vrije wereld, voor democratie, is - gezien de hardheid van het regime, van de politie - bewonderenswaardig en hartverwarmend
Voer om na te denken over onze actiebereidheid en moed.
Voer om na te denken over onze actiebereidheid en moed.
Day 344 of #GeorgiaProtests
The regime police didn't allow people to close the road, which people have been doing despite mass arrests, as a symbol of persistence.
I see Grandma Nino being pushed off the road. She’s 80+ and protests every day.
#TerrorinGeorgia
📷 MOSE
The regime police didn't allow people to close the road, which people have been doing despite mass arrests, as a symbol of persistence.
I see Grandma Nino being pushed off the road. She’s 80+ and protests every day.
#TerrorinGeorgia
📷 MOSE
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
De volharding waarmee de Georgiërs iedere dag weer de straat op gaan om te demonstreren voor een vrije wereld, voor democratie, is - gezien de hardheid van het regime, van de politie - bewonderenswaardig en hartverwarmend
Voer om na te denken over onze actiebereidheid en moed.
Voer om na te denken over onze actiebereidheid en moed.
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[COMMENTARY]
The accelerating loss of nature is also a failure of information: those closest to the crises often lack the training, mentorship, or editorial support to tell their stories effectively.
Structured programs like fellowships bridge that gap argues @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social.
The accelerating loss of nature is also a failure of information: those closest to the crises often lack the training, mentorship, or editorial support to tell their stories effectively.
Structured programs like fellowships bridge that gap argues @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social.
Investing in the next generation of environmental journalists (commentary)
The global environmental crisis is also a crisis of information. The destruction of forests, reefs, and rivers proceeds faster than our ability to explain it. Yet in many countries, the people best…
news.mongabay.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
[COMMENTARY]
The accelerating loss of nature is also a failure of information: those closest to the crises often lack the training, mentorship, or editorial support to tell their stories effectively.
Structured programs like fellowships bridge that gap argues @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social.
The accelerating loss of nature is also a failure of information: those closest to the crises often lack the training, mentorship, or editorial support to tell their stories effectively.
Structured programs like fellowships bridge that gap argues @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social.
'Veel mensen zullen boeren de schuld te geven dat die kosten zo hoog zijn. „Dat is natuurlijk onzin. Het komt in algemene zin door het systeem, de manier waarop we het georganiseerd hebben.”'
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Deloitte: schade door landbouw miljarden groter dan opbrengsten
Kosten-batenanalyse: Milieuschade door landbouw leidt tot hoge maatschappelijke kosten, laat Deloitte zien. „Deze cijfers geven wel aan dat de problematiek nijpend is.”
www.nrc.nl
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'Veel mensen zullen boeren de schuld te geven dat die kosten zo hoog zijn. „Dat is natuurlijk onzin. Het komt in algemene zin door het systeem, de manier waarop we het georganiseerd hebben.”'
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Part one of my common garden experiment is out today in Nature E&E!! We compare how urban and rural environments affect selection on HCN production, local adaptation, and eco-evo dynamics in white clover doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Effects of urbanization on local adaptation and eco-evolutionary feedbacks in white clover - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Evidence of adaptation to the urban environment remains limited. Using reciprocal transplants of white clover in urban and rural environments, this study shows divergent selection on an antiherbivore ...
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Part one of my common garden experiment is out today in Nature E&E!! We compare how urban and rural environments affect selection on HCN production, local adaptation, and eco-evo dynamics in white clover doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Large old trees sustain avian communities and critical plant-bird interactions in highly urbanised environments | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Large old trees sustain avian communities and critical plant-bird interactions in highly urbanised environments | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
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"Je gaat het pas zien als je het door hebt", zei Cruijff al. Na de wetenschap van gisteren dankzij @aglaia.bsky.social zie ik nu op allerlei foto's van vliegen (en muggen) de haltertjes. Hier nog een voorbeeld met oranje halters, een Hebecnema spec. @janwieringa.bsky.social #elkedageeninsect
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Je gaat het pas zien als je het door hebt", zei Cruijff al. Na de wetenschap van gisteren dankzij @aglaia.bsky.social zie ik nu op allerlei foto's van vliegen (en muggen) de haltertjes. Hier nog een voorbeeld met oranje halters, een Hebecnema spec. @janwieringa.bsky.social #elkedageeninsect
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Shell-o...is it a Linnean Lens you're looking for?
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Linnean Lens | Treasures of the Linnean Shells collection
A shell show-and-tell, with Jon Ablett, Senior Curator of Mollusca at the Natural History Museum, sharing the Linnean shell collection.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Shell-o...is it a Linnean Lens you're looking for?
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Tomorrow, Jon Ablett will share some species from our collection – from sex changing seashells, to killer cone shells. We'll hear how molluscs have been used for dyes, clothing, and even musical instruments.
Join online, 2pm, 4 Nov
Highly recommended: the latest @radiolab.bsky.social episode with my fellow Camp Sandbox laureate Edie Widder on the light fantastic under the waves: oceanic #bioluminescence! (Plus a shoutout on the Sandbox docu on her work that is about to drop) @simonsfoundation.org
radiolab.org/podcast/the-...
radiolab.org/podcast/the-...
The Glow Below
A story of light that sparkles and glows, drips and squirts. And, maybe, talks.
radiolab.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Highly recommended: the latest @radiolab.bsky.social episode with my fellow Camp Sandbox laureate Edie Widder on the light fantastic under the waves: oceanic #bioluminescence! (Plus a shoutout on the Sandbox docu on her work that is about to drop) @simonsfoundation.org
radiolab.org/podcast/the-...
radiolab.org/podcast/the-...
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Slow traffic this morning in Ghent 🐑
November 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Slow traffic this morning in Ghent 🐑
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Uitslag verkiezingen pas duidelijk als Marco (40) zijn hand uit stembus krijgt
Uitslag verkiezingen pas duidelijk als Marco (40) zijn hand uit stembus krijgt
De uitslag van de verkiezingen is pas duidelijk wanneer de 40-jarige Marco uit Barneveld zijn hand uit de overvolle stembus krijgt.
speld.nl
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Uitslag verkiezingen pas duidelijk als Marco (40) zijn hand uit stembus krijgt
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Welcome to our Open Day 👋
Unfortunately, due to the clocks change, our ANPR cameras have fined all Open Day guests who have parked in our car parks between 8-9am. The fines cannot be cancelled, but 5% will go back into improving the student experience.
Unfortunately, due to the clocks change, our ANPR cameras have fined all Open Day guests who have parked in our car parks between 8-9am. The fines cannot be cancelled, but 5% will go back into improving the student experience.
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Welcome to our Open Day 👋
Unfortunately, due to the clocks change, our ANPR cameras have fined all Open Day guests who have parked in our car parks between 8-9am. The fines cannot be cancelled, but 5% will go back into improving the student experience.
Unfortunately, due to the clocks change, our ANPR cameras have fined all Open Day guests who have parked in our car parks between 8-9am. The fines cannot be cancelled, but 5% will go back into improving the student experience.
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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‘... vrijwel geen serieuze onderzoeker heeft ooit beweerd dat de hele soort Culex molestus ook daadwerkelijk in de Londense metro ontstaan zou zijn.’ Menno Schilthuizen
@schilthuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #biologie
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
@schilthuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #biologie
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De mythische Londense metromug ontstond in het Midden-Oosten
Biologie: In metro’s en parkeergarages van grote steden leeft een mug die al een paar duizend jaar geleden in het Midden-Oosten is geëvolueerd. Een hardnekkig misverstand was dat de mug in de Londense...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
‘... vrijwel geen serieuze onderzoeker heeft ooit beweerd dat de hele soort Culex molestus ook daadwerkelijk in de Londense metro ontstaan zou zijn.’ Menno Schilthuizen
@schilthuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #biologie
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
@schilthuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #biologie
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
In NRC schrijf ik over onderzoek dat in vee detail laat zien wat we eigenlijk al wisten: de urbane metromug begon in vroege nederzettingen in het Midden-Oosten. Wel jammer dat de auteurs een stroman nodig vonden. Want niemand dacht dat de mug écht in Londen ontstaan was.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
De mythische Londense metromug ontstond in het Midden-Oosten
Biologie: In metro’s en parkeergarages van grote steden leeft een mug die al een paar duizend jaar geleden in het Midden-Oosten is geëvolueerd. Een hardnekkig misverstand was dat de mug in de Londense...
www.nrc.nl
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
In NRC schrijf ik over onderzoek dat in vee detail laat zien wat we eigenlijk al wisten: de urbane metromug begon in vroege nederzettingen in het Midden-Oosten. Wel jammer dat de auteurs een stroman nodig vonden. Want niemand dacht dat de mug écht in Londen ontstaan was.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
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Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
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New @royentsoc.bsky.social #ResearchHighlight available!
A new article examines which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird.
Read more ⬇️
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Video courtesy of article authors, videographer E. Liu.
A new article examines which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird.
Read more ⬇️
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Video courtesy of article authors, videographer E. Liu.
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New @royentsoc.bsky.social #ResearchHighlight available!
A new article examines which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird.
Read more ⬇️
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Video courtesy of article authors, videographer E. Liu.
A new article examines which factors influence the growth of a parasitic fungus on an invasive ladybird.
Read more ⬇️
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Video courtesy of article authors, videographer E. Liu.
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Nice paper showing a major effect of wing morphology on diptera flight by Camille Le Roy, Florian Muijres and collegues!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nice paper showing a major effect of wing morphology on diptera flight by Camille Le Roy, Florian Muijres and collegues!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Next level ant mimicry: a moth walking backwards reveals how its colour pattern and movements combine to produce a fairly good ant impression
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Next level ant mimicry: a moth walking backwards reveals how its colour pattern and movements combine to produce a fairly good ant impression
#Borneo #insects #rainforest
#Borneo #insects #rainforest