Aaron Mboma
@mbomaaaron.bsky.social
Zoologist: Butterfly Systematics, Biodiversity, Molecular Phylogenetics, Speciation, Evolutionary Genetics. ❤️ Cats. Malawian.
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Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
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😎🪴🌵 good morning
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
😎🪴🌵 good morning
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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If you're a #teacher interested in a great #openaccess write up on reading #phylogenetic trees, check out www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/system... created by @jonhendricks.bsky.social and Elizabeth Hermsen.
2.1 Reading Trees
Chapter contents: Systematics — 1. Taxonomy — 2. Phylogenetics —— 2.1 Reading trees ← —— 2.2 Building trees —— 2.3 Character mapping —— 2.4 Phylogenetic trees and classificationParts of a tree A phylo...
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If you're a #teacher interested in a great #openaccess write up on reading #phylogenetic trees, check out www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/system... created by @jonhendricks.bsky.social and Elizabeth Hermsen.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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My main PhD work @monteirolab.bsky.social is now in @natecoevo.nature.com! We found a Hox gene promoter that helps butterflies🦋adjust their wing eyespots in response to seasonal temperatures🍃🍂, shedding light on the evolutionary origin of phenotypic plasticity. 1/9 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
My main PhD work @monteirolab.bsky.social is now in @natecoevo.nature.com! We found a Hox gene promoter that helps butterflies🦋adjust their wing eyespots in response to seasonal temperatures🍃🍂, shedding light on the evolutionary origin of phenotypic plasticity. 1/9 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tuileries Garden, Paris, France 🇫🇷
Once the royal gardens of the Louvre Palace, the Jardin des Tuileries is where Parisians have strolled for centuries beneath perfectly aligned trees 🍂🏛️
Photography by Julian Petrillo julianontheroute [IG]
#autumn #palace #garden #outdoor #photography
Once the royal gardens of the Louvre Palace, the Jardin des Tuileries is where Parisians have strolled for centuries beneath perfectly aligned trees 🍂🏛️
Photography by Julian Petrillo julianontheroute [IG]
#autumn #palace #garden #outdoor #photography
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Tuileries Garden, Paris, France 🇫🇷
Once the royal gardens of the Louvre Palace, the Jardin des Tuileries is where Parisians have strolled for centuries beneath perfectly aligned trees 🍂🏛️
Photography by Julian Petrillo julianontheroute [IG]
#autumn #palace #garden #outdoor #photography
Once the royal gardens of the Louvre Palace, the Jardin des Tuileries is where Parisians have strolled for centuries beneath perfectly aligned trees 🍂🏛️
Photography by Julian Petrillo julianontheroute [IG]
#autumn #palace #garden #outdoor #photography
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Marry someone who says:
-I love you
-I support your dreams
-Of course we can go insect collecting
-No you haven’t taken too many bug photos
-No I don’t mind looking for bugs 24 hours a day
-Yes you can buy another tarantula
-I love you
-I support your dreams
-Of course we can go insect collecting
-No you haven’t taken too many bug photos
-No I don’t mind looking for bugs 24 hours a day
-Yes you can buy another tarantula
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Marry someone who says:
-I love you
-I support your dreams
-Of course we can go insect collecting
-No you haven’t taken too many bug photos
-No I don’t mind looking for bugs 24 hours a day
-Yes you can buy another tarantula
-I love you
-I support your dreams
-Of course we can go insect collecting
-No you haven’t taken too many bug photos
-No I don’t mind looking for bugs 24 hours a day
-Yes you can buy another tarantula
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Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
Join the lab
The Caetano lab at Towson University (Maryland, USA) is seeking a Master's degree student to start in Fall 2026. A Research Assistant (RA) position is available to the student during part (or all) of....
caetanods.weebly.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
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I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
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I am recruiting graduate students to begin August 2026. Apply by Nov 15th!
August 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am recruiting graduate students to begin August 2026. Apply by Nov 15th!
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Know anyone looking for a funded MS thesis project focused on native fish conservation? Send them this ad. NDOW and U. of Nevada-Reno are going to be learning more about this newly described species. (Note that the application deadline is quickly approaching.)
August 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Know anyone looking for a funded MS thesis project focused on native fish conservation? Send them this ad. NDOW and U. of Nevada-Reno are going to be learning more about this newly described species. (Note that the application deadline is quickly approaching.)
Probably the swamp dotted border butterfly (Mylothris bernice rubricosta). Oddly, on my way back, 30+ found dead in the stream.
August 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Probably the swamp dotted border butterfly (Mylothris bernice rubricosta). Oddly, on my way back, 30+ found dead in the stream.
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⏳ Just under a month to go! 🌱
BHL’s Call for Support soft closes 31 Aug. That’s when we begin reviewing offers. Hosting, funding, services – every contribution counts. Help shape BHL’s future: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran...
#BHLTransition #OpenScience 🧪
BHL’s Call for Support soft closes 31 Aug. That’s when we begin reviewing offers. Hosting, funding, services – every contribution counts. Help shape BHL’s future: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran...
#BHLTransition #OpenScience 🧪
BHL Transition Update #2
Help us shape the future of the Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is at a turning point. After nearly two decades of calling the Smithsonian Institution home, BH…
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org
August 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
⏳ Just under a month to go! 🌱
BHL’s Call for Support soft closes 31 Aug. That’s when we begin reviewing offers. Hosting, funding, services – every contribution counts. Help shape BHL’s future: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran...
#BHLTransition #OpenScience 🧪
BHL’s Call for Support soft closes 31 Aug. That’s when we begin reviewing offers. Hosting, funding, services – every contribution counts. Help shape BHL’s future: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran...
#BHLTransition #OpenScience 🧪
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✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
July 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
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If you are interested in biodiversity in deep time, check out my new preprint with @rachelwarnock.bsky.social and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social! We review methods of quantifying diversity and diversification, using the fossil record and phylogenies with extinct tips 🐚🦕📊
doi.org/10.32942/X2D...
doi.org/10.32942/X2D...
“A history of the world imperfectly kept”: Will we ever know how biodiversity has changed over deep time?
doi.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you are interested in biodiversity in deep time, check out my new preprint with @rachelwarnock.bsky.social and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social! We review methods of quantifying diversity and diversification, using the fossil record and phylogenies with extinct tips 🐚🦕📊
doi.org/10.32942/X2D...
doi.org/10.32942/X2D...
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OMG back in 2020 I tried so hard to find velvet worms in Indonesia, from historical data and living observations, but found nothing. Finally some people took photos of them in 2023-2024 www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Observations
velvet worms from Indonesia
www.inaturalist.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
OMG back in 2020 I tried so hard to find velvet worms in Indonesia, from historical data and living observations, but found nothing. Finally some people took photos of them in 2023-2024 www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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This is a very special moth found in the Amazon basin. Smicropus longalis (according to iNat experts). I'm not sure if much is known about this species. Mitú, Vaupes, Colombia
#moths #bugsky #invertebrates 🌿 #moth 🪲
#moths #bugsky #invertebrates 🌿 #moth 🪲
May 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is a very special moth found in the Amazon basin. Smicropus longalis (according to iNat experts). I'm not sure if much is known about this species. Mitú, Vaupes, Colombia
#moths #bugsky #invertebrates 🌿 #moth 🪲
#moths #bugsky #invertebrates 🌿 #moth 🪲
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Join SSE, @asn-amnat.bsky.social & @systbiol.bsky.social in a Week of Action for NSF!
Call and write congress and engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
Our Media Tool can help you get started:
shorturl.at/i7WfU
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
Call and write congress and engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
Our Media Tool can help you get started:
shorturl.at/i7WfU
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
May 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join SSE, @asn-amnat.bsky.social & @systbiol.bsky.social in a Week of Action for NSF!
Call and write congress and engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
Our Media Tool can help you get started:
shorturl.at/i7WfU
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
Call and write congress and engage with colleagues, friends and family about the importance of NSF funding!
Our Media Tool can help you get started:
shorturl.at/i7WfU
#WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF
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Fractal cabbage
April 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Fractal cabbage
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1. Quick—which of these shapes is different from the others?
April 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
1. Quick—which of these shapes is different from the others?
RStudio hasn't been running on my laptop for a long time. I've tried uninstalling it multiple times, changing versions, but it just freezes on startup every single time. How can I fix this? None of the tips I got from the web fixed it. Help. 🧪.
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
RStudio hasn't been running on my laptop for a long time. I've tried uninstalling it multiple times, changing versions, but it just freezes on startup every single time. How can I fix this? None of the tips I got from the web fixed it. Help. 🧪.