Dr Kym Abrams

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is under threat from budget cuts which would cripple their scientific collection staff. Myself, @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social, and Nicolás Campione wrote an article on why we think this is short sighted: friendsoftmag.org.au/Messages-of-...

The new transitional insect/crustacean fossil might not look very insectlike, if you think of modern insects like butterflies and beetles, but check out its reconstruction (left) next to a photo of the oldest living lineage of extant insects, the bristetails (right). www.science.org/content/arti...

Introducing the world's only known cave-adapted spider wasp... Troglopompilus miracaecatus (Pompilidae) from the caves of the Nullarbor, Australia. A world first: Eyeless, long limbs and antennae, highly reduced wings. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #cave #wasp #biodiversity

Congrats @pipilika.bsky.social and @pranavjoshi8.bsky.social on a beautiful piece of work on the ballista spider out today!! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Hakea laurina - Pincushion Hakea/Kodjet A lovely native endemic to Western Australia. With their beautiful clusters of cream and pink flowers, the Pincushion Hakea is often found in gardens around Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #hakea #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist 🌿

THREAD: 1. Some years ago women academics contacted me unsolicited on Twitter (which I no longer use) about an academic in Melbourne. They’d made complaints to a faculty head about the man’s targeted, obsessive bullying of women colleagues, including First Nations women. The university kept him on.

Over $99.8m awarded to 178 research partnerships aligned with Australia’s National Science Priorities. ‘Strong partnerships are essential to ensuring Australian research delivers benefits to industry and the community,’ ARC CEO Prof Ute Roessner. Read more: www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub...

Hey all!! I have been unable to find a game art job since being laid off. I am now taking commissions for hand painted pokemon cards ✨ Please reach out if you're interested!! Here are some of my more recent examples ☺️ If you'd like to support me I appreciate any donations ko-fi.com/fensartden 💖

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m... #Art #SciArt

I’m really excited for this SF! With it we’re trying to combat the positive bias in publishing - how we and reviewers are inclined to only lift up research that goes as expected. But we all know there are so many lessons to be learned when you get unexpected results, or when things don’t work. 🧪

ugh, this is sick, terrible stuff some of us only have ONE ring of keys?? You want us to CHOOSE between Anomalocaris and Opabinia???

Not great quality because it was dark but it was funny to see this motorbike #frog chilling on a branch so I had to get some pics.

the full set of dragonflies that i put together last year!

A small sea hare about 5 cm long #invertebrates

Really excellent paper on the genetics of caterpillar butt ornaments journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

it's Friday post rude weevil names

The intimate lives of dragonflies in my garden #bugsky

Please do this survey and share so these researchers can get a better picture of how people feel about forests and biodiversity

Why is animal print almost exclusively big cat patterns when these creatures exist?

I'm getting real deep into hyporheic-dwelling freshwater crustacea rn

Reminder: the deadline for this scholarship is March 15th! 🪲🐛🦋 🧪

Don't forget to become a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social to apply for the LinneSys scheme! And, PLEASE, don't harrass the Membership Officers/teams!

#invertebrates

Full-time science photography job at the BioEconomy Science Institute - Maiangi Taiao, in Auckland, NZ. a great gig: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #science #photography

🙏Please share🙏 🐌Applications are open for MSL travel grants!🐌 ⭐Deadline = 1st March (for travel between 1st June and 30th November) ⭐£500 available for members ⭐£300 available for non-members malacsoc.org.uk/awards-and-g...

I love visual science! Made these today. What you can see are two cross-sections of an Onychophore from different angles.

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

Did you know gum blossoms don't just attract bees - Australia's eucalypts rely on a huge range of species for pollination! Stay tuned for more stories about #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day on March 23rd! Cartoon in collaboration with @eucalyptaus.bsky.social!

Looks like we're doing a parasite- themed zodiac takeover. Where are our parasitologists at? #invertebrates 🪲🕷🪱🦑🦀🪼

Bees 🐝

Have you herd? 🦓 We've just published the GBIF quarterly global and country analytics reports! Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more! 🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...

Wonderful time of the year - "The crab horde will now move inland to the jungle" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

🗣️ A short extract about our world’s butterflies of the night… 🦋 🌒 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Postdoc job: Insecticide resistance genomics, Australia.

My latest 'Value in nature' post celebrates the many valuable ecological services provided by bats, while calling attention to various threats to their populations. mscaterino.pika.page/posts/bats-w... #biodiversity #nature 🌐

What time is it ? It’s #Cheliceratime ! For the first entry of cheliceratime, let’s start with a classic : Misumena vatia, aka the goldenrod crab spider! #spider #arachnid #chelicerate #arthropod All the basic infos are here but if you want to lean more there’s more below !⬇️

Boosting to #SciArt

Two new species of bird-dropping crab spiders, from the Philippines and Malaysia, are diagnosed, illustrated and described. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #biodiversity #spiders #taxonomy

Finally found a gold Christmas beetle, so of course I had to paint him! #christmas #art #watercolor #watercolour #bugart #beetle #insectart

Thanks to @franzanth.bsky.social for drawing my attention to this wonderful post. Look at those gorgeous, shiny schizomid babies! Many arachnids are great moms 😍

Very grateful that Wisdom appears to be on track to outlive me, so I'll never have to experience a November without this annual message

Trioza urticae. #Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55 #Triozidae #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Vampire and ghost bats, dementor wasps, goblin sharks, assassin bugs, blood-firing horned lizards...and much more! Read about nature's spookiest and how to celebrate Halloween more sustainably! theconversation.com/lets-celebra...

Cute, right? But slow lorises can also cause their victim's flesh to rot away. Find out about more cool wildlife 👇

Day 5 #Invertober2025 - Painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) 🦞 #SciArt #invertebrates