Eduardo Navarro Valencia
Entomology, Ecology, Conservation, and anything in between.
Doing a Msc By Research @ Oxford.
Visiting student fellow at Yves Basset Lab (https://striresearch.si.edu/yves-basset-lab/)
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaMeta-analysis is ubiquitous in ecology, but it is poor at determining which conservation interventions work in which contexts That’s why we’ve developed Precision Ecology, using methods developed in, eg, medicine to inform precise, data-informed conservation www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaDid you miss our first #Nature Series lecture of 2026? Not to worry, you can catch up with the Natural History of #Nightshades here now. @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaIndonesia takes action against mining firms after floods devastate population of world’s rarest ape
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaThis is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia🌍 Did you know? The African continent is home to about 20% of the world’s bird species! 🦅 This incredible biodiversity is highlighted in the IPBES #RegionalAssessment for Africa, showcasing the continent's vital role in global ecosystems. ℹ️ ipbes.net/assessment-reports/…
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valenciamuseums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia70's TV Ad for Godzilla vs Megalon (1973) #godzilla
- Here are a few of last year #BlueBugs to try to cheer on this #BlueMonday !
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaOur DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners. Today’s featured specimen from Tanzania is Maximegachile maxillosa which is widely distributed in Africa. This large bee species constructs nests of sand and resin.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaXerces is a wonderful resource for supporting pollinators. Please listen or read this, even if'n ya don't have land to scape, there are simple things you can do. Buying organic, and advocating for alternatives to pesticide use are simple ways to decrease pesticides in our water.
- Thorn bugs are definitely the most insect looking insect group out there. An amazing gallery for sure! Check it out!!
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaU.S. invading a Central/South American country to secure natural resources? Yeah, that's been done hundreds of times. One era between the Civil War & WW2 had so many examples, it was given a name, The Banana Wars. Map from Anina Bennett and my best collaboration: FRANK READE.
- Cliffs are so beautiful.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia“De-extinction can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation” You know de-extinction is a terrible idea when the Trump administration backs it (quote is from his interior secretary) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaFirst Godzilla Illustration of 2026
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia📢Please share📢 We have an opening for an exciting fully-funded PhD project on computer vision and machine learning applied to biodiversity monitoring with amazing Serge Belongie @belongielab.org and @aicentre.dk. Application deadline coming up on 15 January! phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaWell, 2025 was the year I exhibited (and sold) 2 drawings in an actual real exhibition, surrounded by incredible pieces of art. I'd like to thank everyone who has liked, shared, commented on or even just looked at my work this year. You lot are awesome.
- Amazed by the fairly proportional amount of insect representation in the zoological museum at Rome!
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaBest wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all my followers
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaEnvironmental journalism is under pressure — exactly where it’s needed most. The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship by Mongabay will support at least 16 early-career journalists from tropical countries. Paid, remote, editor-led. Apply Dec 15–Feb 1. Learn more: buff.ly/UI8X5ur.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaFleas Navidad.
- Every time I take the long but cheaper route of using Flixbus instead of the trains I regret it. Delays really do me a disfavour every time. It just feels so expensive to go from paying ~60£ to ~150£.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜 Initially for 6 years: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaA handsome suit of armor on this female Nemotelus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia🧪🪰🧪 More #ACG diversity described! Santarosamyia woodorum sp. nov. Fleming AJ, Smith MA, Hallwachs W, Janzen D (2025) A new genus and a new species in the tribe Eryciini ( #Diptera , #Tachinidae ) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste. @bdj.pensoft.net doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... @gdfcf.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaThe blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price. Here we are again. We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaExcited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
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- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaGrading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valenciathis field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about
- It's so frustrating to see Latin America's elections, and the slow uptake of fascism. The son of a literal nazi which is of course extreme far right too just got elected as president of Chile 🫠
- Darwin's statue at the Oxford Natural History Museum has an incredible aura of superiority.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaEnough slop this and sora that, I'm watching some real art tonight
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaLike a moss 💚🌱Swipe to see the species and check if you’ve find them all! 💚
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaFor the record, because my slimy university professors are hard at work lying about it, a large portion of the ongoing deforestation in Brazil for the purpose of producing massive amounts of GMO soybean, which is soaked with pesticides and exported for livestock feed. Not for human consumption.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaWant to work on biodiversity in the Alps? ⛰️ We are offering several internship positions for the upcoming spring and summer in collaboration with the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol 🕷️🦋🦇🐜🌼🦗🪱 biodiversity.eurac.edu/interns-want...
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- Andrew's work is definitely worth a look! Looking at an overlooked phenomenon of arthropod ecology! The experimental design is truly clever!!
- New work in #RESInsectConsDiv explored composition, abundance, biomass & environmental drivers of #arthropod rain in a tropical forest. doi.org/10.1111/icad.70046 #ArborealArthropods #FoodWebs #ForestCanopy #SpeciesComposition @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social
- Junji Ito Coded
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaToday is the last day to submit proposals to speak at the rainbowR conference 🌈 Deadline is midnight, Anywhere on Earth time. #RStats #QueerData
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia“Despite reports of catastrophic insect declines, their global status remains unclear due to … a massive lack of data” Poorly evidenced reports of huge losses do insects a disservice & do not help with planning appropriate action www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia🎄 For #InsectAdvent Day 5, meet #Mecoptera 🦂 #WinterFact: ‘#SnowFleas’, a #Mecopteran of the family #Boreidae, aren't actually fleas - The name is often used for a species of #scorpionfly ❄️ #WorldSoilDay: Their presence is an indicator of healthy soil rich in organic matter.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia"Nature is not a ‘nice to have’; it is critical national infrastructure”🌿 -The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025 ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaClosing tabs with papers I promised myself i'll read
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaIt is once again time to think about flies
- I would go and say Bombus terrestris? Really surprised to have seen one at Hyde Park the other day.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valenciathrips
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaWhat does representation in natural history look like? Mark your calendars for Giving Tuesday (Dec 2) — we’re excited to share how you can support #BlackinNHMs.” #GivingTuesday Donation link: www.blackinnhms.org/donate
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valencia🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired. @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaAs #NationalTreeWeek comes to a close, we're highlighting the wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty 🌳🦋 This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland. 📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
- I must say, the @nhm-london.bsky.social really lives up to the expectations. Wonderful, alive, and magnificent really. The only thing is that the insect merch could be better!!
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaHeatwaves, poor diets, and parasitoids all stress insects, but not always in expected ways. New paper with @jinlinchen.bsky.social finds that Drosophila exposed to parasitoids survive extreme heat better than predicted. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaIntroduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Curculionidae sp. A Curculionidae sp. B Curculionidae sp. C Curculionidae sp. D Curculionidae sp. E
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaEvery day:
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaAbout 30% of island-restricted reptiles are currently threatened with extinction (vs 12% of mainland reptile species). Yet, just 6.7% of the published research from 1960-2021 is devoted to island species @mongabay.com @biology.ox.ac.uk @jesusoxford.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro Valenciaittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀 I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaWeevil, weevil, rock you! Not quite as catchy as the Queen hit, the phylogeny of broad-nosed weevils was explored using mitochondrial genomes of 130 species, helping to classify the subfamily & uncover their biogeography! 🌍👇🧪 doi.org/10.1093/zool... @linneansociety.bsky.social
- The other day I had the chance of attending a lecture by the wonderful @waspwoman.bsky.social Not only did she show amazing research, but the love and passion for the poorly misunderstood wasps is really something!!
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaNot only were food stalls the most common way for ordinary people to eat, but when people ate home-cooked meals, they ate communally, sharing among neighbors, coworkers, or family/friends.
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaPhrictus quinquepartitus is what I'd call the dragon-headed lantern bug with the multiple tubercles lining its snout, or apical process. Photographed in Belize
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaLooking forward to giving this talk later today @naturerecovery.bsky.social! What better way to end the week than with a dose of #WaspLove! @uclcber.bsky.social
- Reposted by Eduardo Navarro ValenciaEpisode 46: Sapiens It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
