#NewSpecies!
New karst-dwelling freshwater crab from #malaysia just pinched us:
Merapohra karsticola
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7734DAEF-3637-52D4-A857-87DF8A64B60D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1277.181453
#ZooKeys #MerapohraKarsticola
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crab #freshwater #caves
another hike, above Clapham
after a shakuhachi improvisation in a local church, an encounter with rock surfaces and deep chasms.
the 100m drop is rather impressive, and standing on the edge, you feel the strong pull from the depths... 😅
Aliquam - Enviroment Loops #Winter #Wind #Village #Sounds #Storm #River #Variedenvironments #Standardenvironments #Islands #Forest #Dungeon #Common #Caves #AssetStore
Over on LinkedIn, my colleague Prof. Wendy Timms has a nice video of her on groundwater recharge fieldwork in the lava caves at Byaduk. Check it out!
Come underground in this rough cut quick video from the past few days (and earlier)! We are exploring the relationship between each rainfall event and water underground - led by Prof Andy Baker FRSN FAGU with a wide research team. The Australian Research Council funded setup of this National Observatory*. Shout out to local helpers including catchment managers, geotech engineers and gold geologists, my family, and students and uni staff who have ventured into our underground spaces in mines, tunnels and caves for this valuable data (2022-to date). It's a followup to an IAH2025 presentation* on implications of record low soil moisture deficits across parts of Australia for water availability in catchments and basaltic aquifers and associated reports on drip seepage in local mines. Now back to the computer and catching up on desk work.... *The IAH presentation is here with links to download several journal papers and articles: https://lnkd.in/geCsZSji
‘Guano is far more than just droppings’: #scientists uncover the secrets of bat poo in #Gorongosa park
When they see the guano, they see money. But #guano is the thing that guarantees stable environmental conditions in #caves , from the 100% humidity or 50C [122F] temperature that some #bats need to survive
#biodiversity #cave #bats #mozambique #africa #biooogy #science
The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve’s labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people• Words and photographs by Kang-Chun Cheng
Time for #guano #ecosystem
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/01/mozambique-wildlife-conservation-gorongosa-bats-guano-dna-wildlife-pests-aoe?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 #bats #wildlife #conservation #caves #mozambique
The more than 100 bat species living in the Mozambican reserve’s labyrinth of caves play a key role in maintaining a fragile ecosysytem that benefits wildlife and people• Words and photographs by Kang-Chun Cheng
Would you like to see some adorable babies? Check out these cuties, just-hatched Hesperochernes mirabilis, a pseudoscorpion found in caves, riding momma around 
#invertebrate #baby #spring #mom #mother #nature #macro #macroPhotography #cave #caves #biology #ecology
Secrets of the #karst: #NewSpecies found in #Cambodia’s limestone #caves – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/mar/23/cambodia-karst-new-species-limestone-caves-aoe
"A survey has revealed the vast array of wildlife – some never seen before – living within the south-east Asian country’s karst ecosystems. The survey team explored more than 60 caves across 10 hills in #Battambang province"
cw: #snakes inside
Nice press release from the Geological Society of America about my new paper on Bear Ice Cave #Utah. A nearly 6000-year long record with interesting implications in light of this year's historic snow drought.
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2026/GSA_News_Release_26-11.aspx
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