Planetary EcologistFeb 3

Monarch Watch (Habitat 🌄)

Monarch Watch is a volunteer-based citizen science organization that tracks the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. It is self-described as "a nonprofit education, conservation, and research program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migratio...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Watch

#MonarchWatch #Habitat #CitizenScience #AnimalMigration #LandscapeEcology #InsectConservation

Monarch Watch - Wikipedia

CarolannieOct 10
This is another reminder to leave the leaves!
#AutumnLeaces #InsectConservation #NaturalHistory #Gardening #GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/realestate/leaving-leaves-yard.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU8.s-Fy.RKXwz5QnPK7d&smid=url-share
Why Leaving the Leaves Is Better for Your Yard — and the Planet

Keeping leaves in your yard can bolster the number and variety of species around — and the perks go beyond just the fall season.

The New York Times
Sam ProkJun 30, 2025
#Bläuling #Hauhechelbläuling Weibchen

#Schmetterling #Tagfalter #Makrofotografie #Insektenvielfalt #Naturfotografie #Bestäuber #Artenvielfalt
#CommonBlue #PolyommatusIcarus #Lycaenidae #Butterfly #MacroPhotography #Pollinator #InsectConservation #Biodiversity #ButterfliesOfInstagram #NaturePhotography #WildlifeEurope
Headlines AfricaMay 13, 2025
Africa: Insect Trafficking Poses a Risk to Wildlife and Human Health: [The Conversation Africa] Four men were recently arrested and fined for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Aiming to sell them as part of the exotic pet trade, these ants were being stored in individual test tubes and syringes with small amounts of cotton wool for transportation. This unusual case… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKkGcC #WildlifeTrafficking #InsectConservation #ExoticPets #KenyaWildlife #AnimalRights
Sarah ArnoldSep 10, 2024
Kicking off with Michael Samways explaining what works and what doesn't in South African insect conservation. Including recovery from fire, removal of invasive trees, and role of bioacoustics in monitoring. #Ento24 #InsectConservation
Dr Manu SaundersMay 9, 2024
Exciting collection of papers on new technologies for global insect monitoring. So much to learn about how to monitor insects effectively and accurately without relying on labour-intensive physical fieldwork, watch this space! #insectconservation https://royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/2024/379/1904
Dr Manu SaundersMar 14, 2024

We need to support insect diversity in urban areas, but we still know very little about the #urbanecology of most insects because we have largely focused on perceived pests and economically important species.

Our editorial for this Special Issue at #InsectConservationandDiversity uses a structured literature search to frame the SI contents and highlight research priorities #insectconservation https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12733

Dr Manu SaundersFeb 24, 2024
New blog: AI has huge potential for insect research. But on social media, does it help or hinder #scicomm? #insectconservation #biodiversity https://wp.me/pF3Q3-Th
AI and Insect SciComm

AI is here (and has been for a while). It provides hope and potential solutions to many scientific problems, but also raises many ethical problems that can’t be ignored. For insect biodiversity and…

Ecology is not a dirty word
Dr Manu SaundersJul 6, 2023
We are growing our Associate Editor team #InsectConservationandDiversity! Applications open now!
We're particularly keen to hear from Indigenous, non-academic, non-English first language, women & LGBTQIA+ researchers in #insectecology #insectconservation https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/17524598/homepage/open-call-for-associate-editors
Dr Manu SaundersMay 12, 2023
Glad we could contribute to this book on the state of the world's #wildlife, including plants, #invertebrates and fungi! Our chapter summarises the #IUCNRedList coverage of #insects and highlights how much still needs to be done for #insectconservation #conservation #biodiversity #thelivingplanet