Valerio Caruso
@carusophora.bsky.social
Reposted by Valerio Caruso
‘“Once you lose one species, you’ll probably lose more species,” [Valerio] Caruso said. “Over time, everything is going to collapse.” One in eight could vanish by century’s end—many of them dark taxa, lost before we ever meet them.’
Marion Renault / ‘The Machines Finding Life That Humans Can’t See’
Marion Renault / ‘The Machines Finding Life That Humans Can’t See’
New technologies like AI are radically expanding (and speeding up) our ability to catalog species. As climate change accelerates species loss, time is of the essence and taxonomists can use the help. But ultimately, every identification still depends on people. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The Machines Finding Life That Humans Can’t See
A suite of technologies are helping taxonomists speed up species identification.
www.theatlantic.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
‘“Once you lose one species, you’ll probably lose more species,” [Valerio] Caruso said. “Over time, everything is going to collapse.” One in eight could vanish by century’s end—many of them dark taxa, lost before we ever meet them.’
Marion Renault / ‘The Machines Finding Life That Humans Can’t See’
Marion Renault / ‘The Machines Finding Life That Humans Can’t See’
Reposted by Valerio Caruso
A new species of phorid fly described by Fly School III alumnus Valerio Caruso and others
A remarkable new species of the Megaselia sulphuripes-group: Megaselia heimingshofensis sp. n. from Central and Eastern Europe (Diptera: Phoridae)
Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202...
#scuttleflies #GBOLIII #darktaxa @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Free download: doi.org/10.18476/202...
#scuttleflies #GBOLIII #darktaxa @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A new species of phorid fly described by Fly School III alumnus Valerio Caruso and others