Matjaž Gregorič
@matjazgregoric.bsky.social
Arachnologist and evolutionary biologist @ezlab.bsky.social. From Slovenia, likes Madagascar. Also likes movies, sports, beer.
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🚨New paper🚨
Garden #spiders are everywhere right now—big, beautiful ladies, still in the hub of their 🕸️
But they are not just waiting, at night they also 💤! We found behavioral signatures of sleep in the wild. Out in #AnimalBehaviour w/ @mherberstein.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/uznvv58y
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Garden #spiders are everywhere right now—big, beautiful ladies, still in the hub of their 🕸️
But they are not just waiting, at night they also 💤! We found behavioral signatures of sleep in the wild. Out in #AnimalBehaviour w/ @mherberstein.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/uznvv58y
🧵1/5
September 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
🚨New paper🚨
Garden #spiders are everywhere right now—big, beautiful ladies, still in the hub of their 🕸️
But they are not just waiting, at night they also 💤! We found behavioral signatures of sleep in the wild. Out in #AnimalBehaviour w/ @mherberstein.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/uznvv58y
🧵1/5
Garden #spiders are everywhere right now—big, beautiful ladies, still in the hub of their 🕸️
But they are not just waiting, at night they also 💤! We found behavioral signatures of sleep in the wild. Out in #AnimalBehaviour w/ @mherberstein.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/uznvv58y
🧵1/5
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Ker se je pred kratkim @aklonglegs.bsky.social pritoževala, da premalo pišem o knjigah, danes ena #nit o Odiseji. Epu, ne filmu. Čeprav bom na kratko seveda omenil tudi Nolanov film (brez kvarnikov). Predvsem o tem, zakaj je Homerjev ep (še) vedno aktualen in zanimiv. 1/16
July 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Ker se je pred kratkim @aklonglegs.bsky.social pritoževala, da premalo pišem o knjigah, danes ena #nit o Odiseji. Epu, ne filmu. Čeprav bom na kratko seveda omenil tudi Nolanov film (brez kvarnikov). Predvsem o tem, zakaj je Homerjev ep (še) vedno aktualen in zanimiv. 1/16
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🕷️ New paper!
We describe the remarkable hunting behavior of the Malagasy spider Vigdisia praesidens, a termite specialist that uses silk to "fish" for termites inside damaged nests.
This one, too, is from a student field camp in Madagascar! Congrats to all coauthors!
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
We describe the remarkable hunting behavior of the Malagasy spider Vigdisia praesidens, a termite specialist that uses silk to "fish" for termites inside damaged nests.
This one, too, is from a student field camp in Madagascar! Congrats to all coauthors!
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
Spider "fishing" for termites
A group of student researchers from the University of Iceland and the University in Antananarivo (Madagascar), led by dr. Ingi Agnarsson (University of Iceland) and dr. Matjaž Gregorič (Research Centr...
www.ezlab.si
July 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🕷️ New paper!
We describe the remarkable hunting behavior of the Malagasy spider Vigdisia praesidens, a termite specialist that uses silk to "fish" for termites inside damaged nests.
This one, too, is from a student field camp in Madagascar! Congrats to all coauthors!
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
We describe the remarkable hunting behavior of the Malagasy spider Vigdisia praesidens, a termite specialist that uses silk to "fish" for termites inside damaged nests.
This one, too, is from a student field camp in Madagascar! Congrats to all coauthors!
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
This was a rapid one: idea May 15, fieldwork May 16, submitted May 24, reviews June 11, resubmitted June 18, accepted June 23, published July 8. Idea to acceptance 42 days, to publication 54 days. 🥳
Congrats to undegrad student coauthors!
Congrats to undegrad student coauthors!
A simple observation during a student field course in Madagascar led to a publication in The Science of Nature: wind-exposed golden orb-weaver webs host fewer kleptoparasitic spiders, independent of web size.🕸️🕷️
www.ezlab.si/post/gone-wi...
www.ezlab.si/post/gone-wi...
Gone with the wind: Windy spider webs host fewer thieves
Can wind determine where animals choose to live? Our new study, published in The Science of Nature, suggests that it can! Even for tiny kleptoparasitic spiders that spend their lives stealing food fro...
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July 9, 2026 at 6:47 AM
This was a rapid one: idea May 15, fieldwork May 16, submitted May 24, reviews June 11, resubmitted June 18, accepted June 23, published July 8. Idea to acceptance 42 days, to publication 54 days. 🥳
Congrats to undegrad student coauthors!
Congrats to undegrad student coauthors!
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A Green Heron goes into maximum neck mode to grab a tadpole and then resets into minimum neck mode after the snack was acquired.
July 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
A Green Heron goes into maximum neck mode to grab a tadpole and then resets into minimum neck mode after the snack was acquired.
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Lmao Belgium team trolling Trump with his stupid dance
👏🇧🇪👏🤣👏🇧🇪👏
Congratulations BTW 😎
👏🇧🇪👏🤣👏🇧🇪👏
Congratulations BTW 😎
July 7, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Lmao Belgium team trolling Trump with his stupid dance
👏🇧🇪👏🤣👏🇧🇪👏
Congratulations BTW 😎
👏🇧🇪👏🤣👏🇧🇪👏
Congratulations BTW 😎
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As someone who has runes tattooed I can confirm this is correct.
July 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As someone who has runes tattooed I can confirm this is correct.
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FIFA vs. Trump
0 : 1
Diese WM schafft es fast täglich ein tieferes Level zu erreichen.
0 : 1
Diese WM schafft es fast täglich ein tieferes Level zu erreichen.
July 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
FIFA vs. Trump
0 : 1
Diese WM schafft es fast täglich ein tieferes Level zu erreichen.
0 : 1
Diese WM schafft es fast täglich ein tieferes Level zu erreichen.
Infantino and USA.
July 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Infantino and USA.
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July 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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With enough money, you can legally cheat. 🤮🤮🤮
July 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
With enough money, you can legally cheat. 🤮🤮🤮
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July 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀
We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Hunting ecology predicts eye arrangements in the modular visual system of spiders
Pande et al. show that visually hunting spiders have convergently evolved forward-facing
eyes. The positions and orientations of the eyes show the greatest morphological disparity
and fastest evolutio...
www.cell.com
July 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Really excited to share that my first PhD chapter is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🕷️👀
We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We show that visually hunting spiders have repeatedly evolved forward-facing eyes, highlighting the remarkable evolutionary flexibility of their modular visual system.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Spider webs don’t just catch insects, they also catch DNA from the air. 🕸️
Our new study shows they can detect a major forest pathogen more effectively than conventional passive samplers, offering a low-cost tool for biodiversity and disease monitoring. 🌳🔬
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
Our new study shows they can detect a major forest pathogen more effectively than conventional passive samplers, offering a low-cost tool for biodiversity and disease monitoring. 🌳🔬
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
Spider web eDNA detects fungal pathogen
Researchers from the National Institute of Biology, the Slovenian Forestry Institute, and ZRC SAZU have demonstrated that spider webs can serve as highly effective natural collectors of airborne envir...
www.ezlab.si
June 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Spider webs don’t just catch insects, they also catch DNA from the air. 🕸️
Our new study shows they can detect a major forest pathogen more effectively than conventional passive samplers, offering a low-cost tool for biodiversity and disease monitoring. 🌳🔬
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
Our new study shows they can detect a major forest pathogen more effectively than conventional passive samplers, offering a low-cost tool for biodiversity and disease monitoring. 🌳🔬
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
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🕷️ New editorial!
"Horizons in Arachnid Science" introduces a collection of invited reviews on the latest advances in spider, scorpion, and mite research, from evolution and ecology to silk biomaterials and venom.
www.ezlab.si/post/new-edi...
"Horizons in Arachnid Science" introduces a collection of invited reviews on the latest advances in spider, scorpion, and mite research, from evolution and ecology to silk biomaterials and venom.
www.ezlab.si/post/new-edi...
New editorial highlights the future of arachnid science
Our colleague Matjaž Kuntner has co-authored a new editorial in Frontiers in Arachnid Science, introducing the journal's inaugural "Horizons in Arachnid Science" collection.The editorial showcases a s...
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July 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
🕷️ New editorial!
"Horizons in Arachnid Science" introduces a collection of invited reviews on the latest advances in spider, scorpion, and mite research, from evolution and ecology to silk biomaterials and venom.
www.ezlab.si/post/new-edi...
"Horizons in Arachnid Science" introduces a collection of invited reviews on the latest advances in spider, scorpion, and mite research, from evolution and ecology to silk biomaterials and venom.
www.ezlab.si/post/new-edi...
Our new paper! 😜
Spider webs don’t just catch insects, they also catch DNA from the air. 🕸️
Our new study shows they can detect a major forest pathogen more effectively than conventional passive samplers, offering a low-cost tool for biodiversity and disease monitoring. 🌳🔬
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
Our new study shows they can detect a major forest pathogen more effectively than conventional passive samplers, offering a low-cost tool for biodiversity and disease monitoring. 🌳🔬
www.ezlab.si/post/spider-...
Spider web eDNA detects fungal pathogen
Researchers from the National Institute of Biology, the Slovenian Forestry Institute, and ZRC SAZU have demonstrated that spider webs can serve as highly effective natural collectors of airborne envir...
www.ezlab.si
June 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Our new paper! 😜
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April 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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We present: The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m...
#Art #SciArt
April 25, 2026 at 11:52 AM
We present: The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m...
#Art #SciArt
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A very important map.
April 23, 2026 at 8:27 AM
A very important map.
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#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request
February 19, 2026 at 7:20 AM
#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request