Great to see this fundamental taxonomy eduction message getting a bigger platform -- and mentioning the need for field trips! 🧪🪲🌱 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We must train specialists in botany and zoology — or risk more devastating extinctions

Failure to fund education in taxonomy could derail efforts to support conservation in low- and middle-income countries.

I’ve heard several versions of this same argument for decades, and they all (ironically!) suffer from misidentifying the problem. While there is a theoretical need for taxonomists on a societal level, no one wants to pay for them, so there are few jobs and many trained people leave the field.

honestly pretty cool that they kept track

nvm i hated that one so i redrew it

Stamps that go hard

new pfp because i chopped my hair offfffff

Due to popular demand, the submission form for the December #InverteFestdocs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

if you lift up a rock in a stream you might just find an angry guy

One of my favorite inverts is this little glowworm larvae I found in my garden last year. It's so cool that glowworms emit a yellow, orange, or green light from their bodies using bioluminescence, not heat. Some species can even emit a red light from their head. #invertefest#GlitterGlitter

We proudly present: The Art of #InverteFestdrive.google.com/file/d/1WYvI...