Giovanni Ramón
@gmramon.bsky.social
Entomology 🐜🪲🪰 | Cycling enthusiast 🚲 🚶 |
He/him | English/Spanish
#stopgenocide 🇵🇸
He/him | English/Spanish
#stopgenocide 🇵🇸
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No one cares about Aphaenogaster fulva even thought it's one of the most common ants in the US. Just two sentences in the wikipedia. It amazes me how little we can know about ants that are a huge part of our environments.
August 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
No one cares about Aphaenogaster fulva even thought it's one of the most common ants in the US. Just two sentences in the wikipedia. It amazes me how little we can know about ants that are a huge part of our environments.
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
iucn.org
July 29, 2026 at 6:40 PM
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
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""Helicopter science" describes a practice where scientists from wealthier, developed regions travel to under-resourced communities to collect data, then leave to analyze and publish it without involving local researchers or benefiting the host community"
This one un particular blew my mind!
Study on lichens of the Atacama desert, no co-author from Chile.
Oh but the authors acknowledge the "exceptional understanding of the ecosystem" of the Chilean National Park rangers. 😕
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Study on lichens of the Atacama desert, no co-author from Chile.
Oh but the authors acknowledge the "exceptional understanding of the ecosystem" of the Chilean National Park rangers. 😕
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Fog, Symbiosis, and Survival: The Ecological Architecture of the Grit Crust From the Atacama Desert Represents a Lichen Holobiome Rather Than a Soil Microbiome
Multi-marker metabarcoding (16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS2) of the fog-dependent grit crust in the Atacama Desert reveals a community structured by lichen symbioses rather than typical soil-derived microbi...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
""Helicopter science" describes a practice where scientists from wealthier, developed regions travel to under-resourced communities to collect data, then leave to analyze and publish it without involving local researchers or benefiting the host community"
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Emperor Penguin now Endangered!🐧
Our new IUCN Red List assessment reveals the shocking impact of climate change.🌍
Drastic declines and erratic changes in sea ice in Antarctica are projected to cause the Emperor Penguin population to halve by the 2080s.📉
Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/emperorpenguin
Our new IUCN Red List assessment reveals the shocking impact of climate change.🌍
Drastic declines and erratic changes in sea ice in Antarctica are projected to cause the Emperor Penguin population to halve by the 2080s.📉
Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/emperorpenguin
April 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Emperor Penguin now Endangered!🐧
Our new IUCN Red List assessment reveals the shocking impact of climate change.🌍
Drastic declines and erratic changes in sea ice in Antarctica are projected to cause the Emperor Penguin population to halve by the 2080s.📉
Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/emperorpenguin
Our new IUCN Red List assessment reveals the shocking impact of climate change.🌍
Drastic declines and erratic changes in sea ice in Antarctica are projected to cause the Emperor Penguin population to halve by the 2080s.📉
Read more👉 www.birdlife.org/emperorpenguin
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This may be lost in the noise--this is as impactful or more than the cuts to NIH and NSF 🧪
Breaking: Trump orders the dismantling of the US Forest Service.
All regional offices are being shut down and the research program destroyed.
All regional offices are being shut down and the research program destroyed.
April 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This may be lost in the noise--this is as impactful or more than the cuts to NIH and NSF 🧪
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New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
April 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
February 25, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
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Dear Australia,
If you don’t want to end up like the United States, you will tax these people into nonexistence and jail them if they have committed crimes. If you let your billionaires fester you’re fucked.
If you don’t want to end up like the United States, you will tax these people into nonexistence and jail them if they have committed crimes. If you let your billionaires fester you’re fucked.
My column on Oxfam's inequality report #ThePoint
"Oxfam: Australian billionaires pocket $600,000 a day as inequality deepens"
thepoint.com.au/news/260120-...
"Oxfam: Australian billionaires pocket $600,000 a day as inequality deepens"
thepoint.com.au/news/260120-...
Oxfam: Australian billionaires pocket $600,000 a day as inequality deepens
A major report by Oxfam released today has found that the average Australian billionaire increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day over the past year, or more than $10.5 billion altogether.
thepoint.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Dear Australia,
If you don’t want to end up like the United States, you will tax these people into nonexistence and jail them if they have committed crimes. If you let your billionaires fester you’re fucked.
If you don’t want to end up like the United States, you will tax these people into nonexistence and jail them if they have committed crimes. If you let your billionaires fester you’re fucked.
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museums 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
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums 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
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Apropos of nothing: in the history of science, no major advance in our understanding of life, the universe, or anything has ever been a result of venture capitalism
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apropos of nothing: in the history of science, no major advance in our understanding of life, the universe, or anything has ever been a result of venture capitalism
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DON’T STACK ROCKS IN STREAMS
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
DON’T STACK ROCKS IN STREAMS
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Very glad to see Wired covering this. They did a solid ask-around with the #entomology community too. 🧪
I don't think people realize how big this problem has gotten and this is the most thorough examination of I've seen outside of the literature.
I don't think people realize how big this problem has gotten and this is the most thorough examination of I've seen outside of the literature.
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Very glad to see Wired covering this. They did a solid ask-around with the #entomology community too. 🧪
I don't think people realize how big this problem has gotten and this is the most thorough examination of I've seen outside of the literature.
I don't think people realize how big this problem has gotten and this is the most thorough examination of I've seen outside of the literature.
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Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS
The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent
or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Seriously, do not buy, stream, or otherwise support of promote more Harry Potter bullshit. It is no longer theoretical - Rowling is funelling those wizard bucks into getting the law changed to actively oppress an already-vulnerable minority.
May 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Seriously, do not buy, stream, or otherwise support of promote more Harry Potter bullshit. It is no longer theoretical - Rowling is funelling those wizard bucks into getting the law changed to actively oppress an already-vulnerable minority.
Thanks for the opportunity, Ajay. It's been an amazing journey getting to know more about these cool little ants! Stay tuned #Opisthopsis #strobeants #ozants #ozfauna
In 2012 driving across Oz I had stopped at Gilgandra & found an odd looking large-eyed strobe ant. It took us 10 years to start studying them. Fast forward to 2025 - @gmramon.bsky.social submits his PhD thesis on the sensory ecology of these fantastic ants. Wohooo! Keep an EYE for his papers 🥂🎉🐜🧭
May 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thanks for the opportunity, Ajay. It's been an amazing journey getting to know more about these cool little ants! Stay tuned #Opisthopsis #strobeants #ozants #ozfauna
Excited to share this cool paper on the evolution of defensive signals in Amata moths!!! I played just a little role, but happy to have contributed in such an interesting piece of research! ⚠️
New paper alert! 🎉
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
April 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Excited to share this cool paper on the evolution of defensive signals in Amata moths!!! I played just a little role, but happy to have contributed in such an interesting piece of research! ⚠️
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Varroa mites are spreading across Australia—posing a serious threat to honeybee colonies. Here's what beekeepers can do to protect their hives.
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
Australian honeybees are under attack by mites and beetles. Here’s how to keep your backyard hive safe
Varroa mites and small hive beetles are threatening Australian honey producers. Here’s how backyard beekeepers, and everyday honey lovers, can help.
theconversation.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Varroa mites are spreading across Australia—posing a serious threat to honeybee colonies. Here's what beekeepers can do to protect their hives.
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
#bee #honeybees #varroa #australia #agriculture
theconversation.com/australian-h...
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United States entomologists are rapidly losing jobs due to the current chaos. Saddest reality is funding their lifetime research, training, and salary would cost less than one celebrity endorsement deal. We effortlessly pay for glamour while this field starts to fade.
April 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
United States entomologists are rapidly losing jobs due to the current chaos. Saddest reality is funding their lifetime research, training, and salary would cost less than one celebrity endorsement deal. We effortlessly pay for glamour while this field starts to fade.
"The eyes, Chico. The eyes. The eyes don't lie."
one of the most common beetles in Hong Kong are the tiger beetles. While in earthbanks dwell the gold-spotted tiger beetle, this flightless tiger beetle (Tricondyla pulchripes) is found in the forests. #inverts
April 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"The eyes, Chico. The eyes. The eyes don't lie."
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It's published!
The largest research work I've ever undertaken:
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important
Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz
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The largest research work I've ever undertaken:
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important
Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz
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April 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It's published!
The largest research work I've ever undertaken:
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important
Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz
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The largest research work I've ever undertaken:
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant & ecologically important
Published in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks so much to co-authors @koralwotton.bsky.social & Myles Menz
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This beetle doesn't make sense, do you want to be slender or do you want to show off? 😅
Our Observation of the Day is this beetle (potentially in the genus Cyphagogus), seen in China by jiangyou!
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
April 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This beetle doesn't make sense, do you want to be slender or do you want to show off? 😅
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News article about our recent paper in Nature on global impoverishment of natural vegetation by Conny Sattler (cosattler.com) and myself in @theconversation.com @aunz.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/invisible-lo...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
theconversation.com/invisible-lo...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and humans are the reason
Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as logging, poaching and setting fires.
theconversation.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
News article about our recent paper in Nature on global impoverishment of natural vegetation by Conny Sattler (cosattler.com) and myself in @theconversation.com @aunz.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/invisible-lo...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
theconversation.com/invisible-lo...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We left the lodge at 5AM today to look for this fancy boy and I managed to spot him. 😁Resplendent Quetzals are considered near-threatened due to habit loss. And that tail is real, no April Fools joke here. 🪶
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
April 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We left the lodge at 5AM today to look for this fancy boy and I managed to spot him. 😁Resplendent Quetzals are considered near-threatened due to habit loss. And that tail is real, no April Fools joke here. 🪶
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica