November 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
November 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
From #IBOL2026. Today we covered scale: high-throughput #museomics to open up undescribed species; #bioinformatics for integrating #genomics & #biodiversity data at scale; and strategic priorities for #DNA #barcoding in #Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
November 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
From #IBOL2026. Today we covered scale: high-throughput #museomics to open up undescribed species; #bioinformatics for integrating #genomics & #biodiversity data at scale; and strategic priorities for #DNA #barcoding in #Europe @iboleurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
A million barcodes and still ~20,000 undescribed insects waiting in the trays — California's arthropod diversity is wild. Is most of that undescribed set from hyper-diverse groups like parasitoid wasps and flies?
November 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
A million barcodes and still ~20,000 undescribed insects waiting in the trays — California's arthropod diversity is wild. Is most of that undescribed set from hyper-diverse groups like parasitoid wasps and flies?
This symposium was a deep dive into the mysterious wonders hidden inside our museums, from undescribed species to the people that collected them.
November 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This symposium was a deep dive into the mysterious wonders hidden inside our museums, from undescribed species to the people that collected them.
Museum drawers hold centuries of undescribed biodiversity At #iBOL2026, Dr. Ben Price (@nhm-london.bsky.social, editor at @bdj.pensoft.net and @zookeys.pensoft.net, @biogeneurope.bsky.social partner) showed how high-throughput museomics can open them up at scale. Talk: Unlocking the Linnaean Legacy
November 5, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Museum drawers hold centuries of undescribed biodiversity At #iBOL2026, Dr. Ben Price (@nhm-london.bsky.social, editor at @bdj.pensoft.net and @zookeys.pensoft.net, @biogeneurope.bsky.social partner) showed how high-throughput museomics can open them up at scale. Talk: Unlocking the Linnaean Legacy
Undescribed Maevia lad from a hike to the top of Rabun Bald in Georgia back in 2020. He was about to jump from my sis' hand 🖤
#EmotionalSupportSpood
#EmotionalSupportSpood
November 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Undescribed Maevia lad from a hike to the top of Rabun Bald in Georgia back in 2020. He was about to jump from my sis' hand 🖤
#EmotionalSupportSpood
#EmotionalSupportSpood
Activepieces says a DeepSeek cache hit costs 50x less than a miss, and to retry failures with backoff. Its own contract has no error semantics and no idempotency. Kin Score 52.2.
https://apis.io/2026/11/05/activepieces-prices-deepseek-by-cache-hit-and-its-own-contract-leaves-errors-undescribed/
https://apis.io/2026/11/05/activepieces-prices-deepseek-by-cache-hit-and-its-own-contract-leaves-errors-undescribed/
November 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Activepieces says a DeepSeek cache hit costs 50x less than a miss, and to retry failures with backoff. Its own contract has no error semantics and no idempotency. Kin Score 52.2.
https://apis.io/2026/11/05/activepieces-prices-deepseek-by-cache-hit-and-its-own-contract-leaves-errors-undescribed/
https://apis.io/2026/11/05/activepieces-prices-deepseek-by-cache-hit-and-its-own-contract-leaves-errors-undescribed/
Substantial Neotropical bat diversity likely remains undescribed and vulnerable to extinction
->Nature | More on "Undescribed Neotropical bat species extinction" at BigEarthData.ai | #extinction
->Nature | More on "Undescribed Neotropical bat species extinction" at BigEarthData.ai | #extinction
Substantial Neotropical bat diversity likely remains undescribed and vulnerable to extinction
Scientists race against time to discover and describe new species as global biodiversity faces increasingly severe threats, including habitat destruction, climate change, invasive species, and anthropogenic disturbance. Although taxonomists describe hundreds of new species every year, the true extent of global biodiversity and the number of undescribed species remain elusive1,2. Conservative estimates suggest our planet harbors between 5 and 9 million species3,4, yet scientists have formally named only about 1.9 million5,6, with much of this discrepancy attributed to cryptic and unrecognized diversity. This knowledge gap, known as the Linnean shortfall7,8, is particularly concerning because individual species are the primary currency of biodiversity research, as well as the foundation in ecology, evolution, and conservation9. So, understanding real species diversity is critical not only for exploring patterns and processes shaping biodiversity but also for developing effective conservation initiatives10. Current extinction rates, while debated in scale, are exceeding natural levels by several orders of magnitude11,12,13,14,15,16, underscoring the urgency of addressing the Linnean shortfall. According to the IUCN, thousands of species are categorized as critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN), or vulnerable (VU), but these figures likely underestimate the true scale of biodiversity at risk, even more so if we consider data deficient (DD) and...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Which is why there are whole reptiles and fish and plants that people breed or propagate and buy and sell and keep and their names basically work out to be things like "some undescribed gecko species" or "Corydoras no. 500" or "Hoya sort of like this other Hoya but not actually it".
November 8, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Which is why there are whole reptiles and fish and plants that people breed or propagate and buy and sell and keep and their names basically work out to be things like "some undescribed gecko species" or "Corydoras no. 500" or "Hoya sort of like this other Hoya but not actually it".
🐸Common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax).
It seems to be a species complex with several undescribed species.
Max. size for males, 5 cm (2"), for females 7.5 cm (3").
Found in wetlands and forests in South and Southeast Asia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
It seems to be a species complex with several undescribed species.
Max. size for males, 5 cm (2"), for females 7.5 cm (3").
Found in wetlands and forests in South and Southeast Asia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
November 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
🐸Common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax).
It seems to be a species complex with several undescribed species.
Max. size for males, 5 cm (2"), for females 7.5 cm (3").
Found in wetlands and forests in South and Southeast Asia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
It seems to be a species complex with several undescribed species.
Max. size for males, 5 cm (2"), for females 7.5 cm (3").
Found in wetlands and forests in South and Southeast Asia.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
The authors included RRIDs in their in Chemistry & Biodiversity paper! Thanks for making your methods matter! #reproducibility #ReproducibleResearch #STMpublishing
Previously Undescribed Esters and an Alkaloid From <i>Trollius chinensis</i> With Anti‐Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Activities
Read the full paper: Previously Undescribed Esters and an Alkaloid From <i>Trollius chinensis</i> With Anti‐Inflammatory and Cytotoxic Activities
doi.org
November 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The authors included RRIDs in their in Chemistry & Biodiversity paper! Thanks for making your methods matter! #reproducibility #ReproducibleResearch #STMpublishing
🐝 Around 80% of insect species remain undescribed. As a result, we do not know if their populations are secure or at risk of decline.
Our article explores ways to better assess extinction risk in such a vast and poorly known group of animals. 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Our article explores ways to better assess extinction risk in such a vast and poorly known group of animals. 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
November 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🐝 Around 80% of insect species remain undescribed. As a result, we do not know if their populations are secure or at risk of decline.
Our article explores ways to better assess extinction risk in such a vast and poorly known group of animals. 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Our article explores ways to better assess extinction risk in such a vast and poorly known group of animals. 📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Where it gets tricky is when the unwanted topics don't have precise keywords and would hide everyday postings as well (like ice or ICE trains), or when people obscure what they're talking about by not using keywords, or using undescribed images.
November 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Where it gets tricky is when the unwanted topics don't have precise keywords and would hide everyday postings as well (like ice or ICE trains), or when people obscure what they're talking about by not using keywords, or using undescribed images.
Nice! Is it the one for serratidens or the still undescribed species?
October 31, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Nice! Is it the one for serratidens or the still undescribed species?
I'm Lauren, a bird biologist and scientific illustrator! I mostly work in bird demographics via long-term banding stations in Yosemite and Rota, CNMI. I also teach banding classes & illustrate for publications and board games + Now working on IDing some undescribed tropical spiders! 🪶🐡🧪🌏 🕷️ #SciComm
November 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I'm Lauren, a bird biologist and scientific illustrator! I mostly work in bird demographics via long-term banding stations in Yosemite and Rota, CNMI. I also teach banding classes & illustrate for publications and board games + Now working on IDing some undescribed tropical spiders! 🪶🐡🧪🌏 🕷️ #SciComm
an undescribed encounter would look like nothing
October 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
an undescribed encounter would look like nothing
The undescribed images in the post show air quality stripes for London (quality improving), Jakarta (quality declining), Islamabad (quality plummeting), and Beijing (quality currently recovering from very bad).
This is fascinating. I've just discovered the Air Quality Stripes project (modelled on the climate stripes), showing how air quality in different cities has changed over time. Look up your city! A good news story in the UK, less so in other places.
Quick wins are possible!
airqualitystripes.info
Quick wins are possible!
airqualitystripes.info
November 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
The undescribed images in the post show air quality stripes for London (quality improving), Jakarta (quality declining), Islamabad (quality plummeting), and Beijing (quality currently recovering from very bad).
Oh, damn, this was a good one. As with many novels from the 1970s, no tit goes undescribed. But Leonard's great strength is creating characters who constantly surprise. (I suspect they sometimes surprised him.)
October 30, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Oh, damn, this was a good one. As with many novels from the 1970s, no tit goes undescribed. But Leonard's great strength is creating characters who constantly surprise. (I suspect they sometimes surprised him.)
Wonder if I can/should do anything about the undescribed specimen what with the tip of the mandible being broken off.
October 31, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Wonder if I can/should do anything about the undescribed specimen what with the tip of the mandible being broken off.
Very cool indeed! You can read the article here in Language Documentation and Description, a journal published via Aperio, our open access press.
www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...
www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...
November 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Very cool indeed! You can read the article here in Language Documentation and Description, a journal published via Aperio, our open access press.
www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...
www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...
at the Plymouth Marine Biological Station, UK. Her father had declared, “No daughter of mine will leave home, except as a married woman.” She continued her work at her home lab a “heroic jumble of books, specimens, aquaria, with its pervasive low-tide smell.”
In ‘28, she found an undescribed
In ‘28, she found an undescribed
Maude Jane Delap Lino Block Print: Marine Biologist Portrait, Jellyfish Art - Etsy
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November 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
at the Plymouth Marine Biological Station, UK. Her father had declared, “No daughter of mine will leave home, except as a married woman.” She continued her work at her home lab a “heroic jumble of books, specimens, aquaria, with its pervasive low-tide smell.”
In ‘28, she found an undescribed
In ‘28, she found an undescribed
Link to LDD article "Lorenzo Dow Turner’s field recordings from Louisiana, 1935." Oliver Mayeux, University of Cambridge www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...
Lorenzo Dow Turner’s field recordings from Louisiana, 1935
This article presents the field recordings made by pioneering linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner in Louisiana in 1935. Until now, these materials have remained unanalyzed, undescribed, and almost unknown. Th...
www.lddjournal.org
November 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Link to LDD article "Lorenzo Dow Turner’s field recordings from Louisiana, 1935." Oliver Mayeux, University of Cambridge www.lddjournal.org/article/id/3...