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
Permafrost in Serbia? You may want to check your geography, @theobserveruk.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Permafrost in Serbia? You may want to check your geography, @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Here's another semislug -- this time one we discovered in Brunei on one of our @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social trips--and named after Salleh, the field centre's manager, on the occasion of his retirement (photo by Pierre Escoubas)
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Here's another semislug -- this time one we discovered in Brunei on one of our @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social trips--and named after Salleh, the field centre's manager, on the occasion of his retirement (photo by Pierre Escoubas)
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
Just returned from a 10-day expedition in Kuala Belalong, Brunei, with @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social. We found many stalk-eyed flies, mostly Diopsidae, but also these Themara true fruit flies (Tephritidae). Not sure which species: both T. ampla and T. hirsuta have been found there before.
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just returned from a 10-day expedition in Kuala Belalong, Brunei, with @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social. We found many stalk-eyed flies, mostly Diopsidae, but also these Themara true fruit flies (Tephritidae). Not sure which species: both T. ampla and T. hirsuta have been found there before.
It’s so annoying — and endearing simultaneously — how we think that when nouns are conjoined in Dutch, it’s okay to do so in English as well.
September 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s so annoying — and endearing simultaneously — how we think that when nouns are conjoined in Dutch, it’s okay to do so in English as well.
Yesterday was the 130th anniversary of the #ICZN, the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. It was founded during the zoology congress in Leiden, organized by the then director the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Frederik Jentink.
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Yesterday was the 130th anniversary of the #ICZN, the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature. It was founded during the zoology congress in Leiden, organized by the then director the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Frederik Jentink.
Het carillon van het Leidse stadhuis speelt een eerbetoon aan #gerardcox
September 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Het carillon van het Leidse stadhuis speelt een eerbetoon aan #gerardcox
Just a single reader’s response like this makes writing a book totally worth the effort.
September 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Just a single reader’s response like this makes writing a book totally worth the effort.
De komma wint steeds meer aan kracht. Zinnen die eigenlijk door een punt of dubbele punt gescheiden zouden moeten worden, krijgen er ongegeneerd een komma tussen. Dit is bv. @thomasdeveen.bsky.social in @nrc:
September 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
De komma wint steeds meer aan kracht. Zinnen die eigenlijk door een punt of dubbele punt gescheiden zouden moeten worden, krijgen er ongegeneerd een komma tussen. Dit is bv. @thomasdeveen.bsky.social in @nrc:
Calling for removal of dead wood from forests and planting fire-resistant trees are NOT the way to reduce forest fires, @theobserveruk.bsky.social. What we need are natural, biodiverse forests that conserve moisture and quickly regenerate after fire. Dead wood & natural recruitment is what we need!
August 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Calling for removal of dead wood from forests and planting fire-resistant trees are NOT the way to reduce forest fires, @theobserveruk.bsky.social. What we need are natural, biodiverse forests that conserve moisture and quickly regenerate after fire. Dead wood & natural recruitment is what we need!
Three species of crow feasting on trash in early morning inner city of Groningen: jackdaw, carrion crow and rook! (Rooks apparently became urban while I wasn’t looking!)
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Three species of crow feasting on trash in early morning inner city of Groningen: jackdaw, carrion crow and rook! (Rooks apparently became urban while I wasn’t looking!)
Yeah sure that works as a field label
August 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Yeah sure that works as a field label
Uit het @haarlemsdagblad.nl:
"Een groot verlies voor @gemeentehaarlem.bsky.social"
@haarlem105.bsky.social @franshalsmuseum.bsky.social @haarlemupdates.nl
"Een groot verlies voor @gemeentehaarlem.bsky.social"
@haarlem105.bsky.social @franshalsmuseum.bsky.social @haarlemupdates.nl
August 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Uit het @haarlemsdagblad.nl:
"Een groot verlies voor @gemeentehaarlem.bsky.social"
@haarlem105.bsky.social @franshalsmuseum.bsky.social @haarlemupdates.nl
"Een groot verlies voor @gemeentehaarlem.bsky.social"
@haarlem105.bsky.social @franshalsmuseum.bsky.social @haarlemupdates.nl
Trying to troubleshoot a Sanger sequencing attempt. The PCR product in the left lane seems good quality but produces weird erroneous sequence. Any idea what could be going wrong?
August 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Trying to troubleshoot a Sanger sequencing attempt. The PCR product in the left lane seems good quality but produces weird erroneous sequence. Any idea what could be going wrong?
At <2mm across, the prickly snail, Acanthinula aculeata, has spines that are part of the periostracum, the thin, organic layer that covers most snail shells. The periostracum is made from the protein conchiolin, so empty shells quickly lose it. But this one is still nice & fresh.
July 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
At <2mm across, the prickly snail, Acanthinula aculeata, has spines that are part of the periostracum, the thin, organic layer that covers most snail shells. The periostracum is made from the protein conchiolin, so empty shells quickly lose it. But this one is still nice & fresh.
Recently, I helped Prajesa Urip, student at Manchester School of Architecture to design an urban 'eco-park' that doesn’t just decorate the city but acts as a living ecological infrastructure. It’s a habitat, a research lab, and an educational space, supporting both human and non-human life."
July 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Recently, I helped Prajesa Urip, student at Manchester School of Architecture to design an urban 'eco-park' that doesn’t just decorate the city but acts as a living ecological infrastructure. It’s a habitat, a research lab, and an educational space, supporting both human and non-human life."
Some Salticidae really act as if they’re auditioning for the next Pixar movie.
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
June 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some Salticidae really act as if they’re auditioning for the next Pixar movie.
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
(Evarcha jucunda in Bosnia.)
Vandaag al online: mijn artikel in NRC over de onbedoelde effecten van zonnepanelen (en wat we daaraan kunnen doen).
[Achter een betaalmuur, morgen in de krant op papier]
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
[Achter een betaalmuur, morgen in de krant op papier]
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
June 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Vandaag al online: mijn artikel in NRC over de onbedoelde effecten van zonnepanelen (en wat we daaraan kunnen doen).
[Achter een betaalmuur, morgen in de krant op papier]
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
[Achter een betaalmuur, morgen in de krant op papier]
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
from @theobserveruk.bsky.social: "The UK will today announce a ban on bottom-trawling in protected parts of English seas at the UN Oceans conference in Nice. The hope is that a ban in English seas will encourage other countries to follow suit. The worst offenders are Romania, Belgium and Albania."
June 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
from @theobserveruk.bsky.social: "The UK will today announce a ban on bottom-trawling in protected parts of English seas at the UN Oceans conference in Nice. The hope is that a ban in English seas will encourage other countries to follow suit. The worst offenders are Romania, Belgium and Albania."
Despite the rain, the last day of BLOOM was such a heartwarming experience! Diehard Danes in rain gear sloshing eager-eyed from act to act, giant silver tardigrades with human faces, great music by @tigeroakmusic and the best books on offer in the @politiken book stand -- what more do you want?
May 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Despite the rain, the last day of BLOOM was such a heartwarming experience! Diehard Danes in rain gear sloshing eager-eyed from act to act, giant silver tardigrades with human faces, great music by @tigeroakmusic and the best books on offer in the @politiken book stand -- what more do you want?
Oh right: east of the hybrid zone
#Copenhagen
#Copenhagen
May 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Oh right: east of the hybrid zone
#Copenhagen
#Copenhagen
Wat een leuk lief buikbandje (dat woord kende ik trouwens nog niet) heeft Boekhandel Broekhuis gemaakt voor mijn nieuwe boek Darwin in de Achtertuin!
May 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Wat een leuk lief buikbandje (dat woord kende ik trouwens nog niet) heeft Boekhandel Broekhuis gemaakt voor mijn nieuwe boek Darwin in de Achtertuin!
Morgen (zo 27 apr), 19.25 u op NPO2:
VroegeVogels over Voorne, met item over het project van @taxonfoundation.bsky.social waarbij we na 40 jr de kevers van het gebied opnieuw analyseren; met verrassende verschuivingen!
Na de uitzending is het item hier te bekijken: www.bnnvara.nl/vroegevogels...
VroegeVogels over Voorne, met item over het project van @taxonfoundation.bsky.social waarbij we na 40 jr de kevers van het gebied opnieuw analyseren; met verrassende verschuivingen!
Na de uitzending is het item hier te bekijken: www.bnnvara.nl/vroegevogels...
April 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Morgen (zo 27 apr), 19.25 u op NPO2:
VroegeVogels over Voorne, met item over het project van @taxonfoundation.bsky.social waarbij we na 40 jr de kevers van het gebied opnieuw analyseren; met verrassende verschuivingen!
Na de uitzending is het item hier te bekijken: www.bnnvara.nl/vroegevogels...
VroegeVogels over Voorne, met item over het project van @taxonfoundation.bsky.social waarbij we na 40 jr de kevers van het gebied opnieuw analyseren; met verrassende verschuivingen!
Na de uitzending is het item hier te bekijken: www.bnnvara.nl/vroegevogels...