New book "The Urban Naturalist" (MIT Press, 1 Apr. 2025) Author of 'Darwin Comes to Town' and 'Nature's Nether Regions' Rubber-stamped 'tweets' on ecology & evolution. TED speaker http://schilthuizen.com http://taxonexpeditions.com Leyden, Netherlandshttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3myzwfsxgjs2nRekenkamer: het gaat slecht met het veen, terwijl dat Nederland wapent tegen klimaatverandering en biodiversiteit bevordert https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/10/29/rekenkamer-het-gaat-slecht-met-het-veen-terwijl-dat-nederland-wapent-tegen-klimaatverandering-en-biodiversiteit-bevordert-a4940038?gift_token=4940038~1793904343~kmFdcntiQpi6oOJTKTwzlQ~Xhv7JJB6olLVRfAbsDzn2EpLWPCcJdzEzi77yBaZhek29 Oct 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzwfsxgjs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mylplo3nis2mDighomi Meadows: An uncertain future for Tbilisi’s last floodplain forest https://bankwatch.org/story/dighomi-meadows-an-uncertain-future-for-tbilisi-s-last-floodplain-forest24 Oct 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mylplo3nis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3myjbgre5oc2kThe extended book tour continues! https://www.vdl.lu/en/whats-on/urban-naturalist-menno-schilthuizen23 Oct 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjbgre5oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3myhjlqso3k2pIn Bosnia, a partly Chinese-funded project is under way that will drive species to extinction, destroy nature reserves, quench fisheries, and impact the hydrology of a large part of the Western Balkans. Yet, it stays under the radar -- so read this article! https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/19/hydropower-scheme-threatens-to-irrevocably-alter-iconic-neretva-in-bosnia-croatia/bi/22 Oct 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3myhjlqso3k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mxztugjpqk2wSuch a beautiful forest in the Wayana territory of Suriname17 Oct 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxztugjpqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mxzp3kx67c26Anielkoemar Gangadin is a bottomless well of Suriname natural history on our Taxon Expedition in the Wayana territory16 Oct 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzp3kx67c26https://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mxzow4smw226Video art with Lepi-Led16 Oct 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzow4smw226https://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mxovjkgzns2tHelp requested from our field expedition in Suriname: Can anyone supply us with a pdf of: Borgmeier, 1961. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der ecitophilen Staphyliniden‐Gattung Vatesus Sharp, nebst Beschreibung von sieben neuen Arten (Col. Staphylinidae)12 Oct 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxovjkgzns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mxcjsbdlvc22After a night of bombardier beetle collecting07 Oct 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcjsbdlvc22https://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mxciiit25c22Dalcera abrasa moth attacked by ants. Or is it…?07 Oct 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxciiit25c22https://bsky.app/profile/schilthuizen.bsky.social/post/3mwy5y3y6jc2yLies, damned lies …03 Oct 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:cod5goml223txajwpe7vpmcy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwy5y3y6jc2y