Wonderful weekend at Down House with @EnglishHeritage celebrating world earthworm day at the home of Charles Darwin. The perfect venue and with over 500 visitors a fantastic turn out. Thankyou all!
Happy International Polychaete Day!🪱
Last year 2515 #Polychaetes were registered at the Museum!
#NatruralHistoryMuseumLondon
Research project 👇
https://t.co/pB3OGmEzCn https://t.co/2hQk611Ca0
DYK it’s International Polychaete Day today? Polychaetes, which are also known as marine bristleworms are vitally important for the health of our oceans. @AmgueddfaCymru has two specialists who work on polychaetes, describing species new to science #PolychaeteDay#IPC14
Excellent choice!🪱the #Earthworm is an amazing creature & we know that the @earthwormsoc will be cheering loudly too!
Want to know more about them, then do check out our Guest Blog, from @KeironDBrown Recording Officer at the @earthwormsoc
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https://t.co/t8XQ3EgLFH
Five new earthworm species of the mysterious family Diporodrilidae. They produce a glue like slime, they are restricted to Corsica and Sardinia, and they may have lived under the feet of the last dinosaurs https://t.co/jCnATREtic @WormologyUCM @SylvGrd @DecaensT@MartaNovo_
Our AGM will be held on Wednesday 22nd November online. Our members will have received details but any non members wishing to attend and find out more about us, then please use the link below!
https://t.co/8h4lSsqjmJ
There are 3 species of terrestrial Nemertine that have been found in Britain. This is a great little video by Hugh Jones about them. The proboscis they have are incredible!
https://t.co/X7uZPWqs1Z
Six new large to giant earthworm species from one of the most well-known areas in Europe: they were just hiding under our feet!
One of them was named after the legendary Shai Hulud from Dune, and worthy of that title.
https://t.co/Mx62MMxRUR
Have you ever wondered what the biggest snail in the world is, or how small the smallest is? Join #HiddenTreasures tomorrow with Senior Curator @JonathanAblett, to explore the wonderful world of molluscs!
Watch live on YouTube at 12.30 BST on 2 May👇
https://t.co/GFKz1lElpr
Recently, I pitched a story about the very weird tradition of competitive worm charming. This was a bit of a tumbleweed pitch — mostly silence from editors and a few bemused rejections. (1/8) 🪱
@ecology_digest @frankie_adkins3@worldlyadventur 🤣🤣 thanks Richard! LOVE this thread!! I have taken part in a number of worm charming events and they are glorious!!! Also can’t believe no one is picking this up.
I want to announce that the 9th International Oligochaete Taxonomy Meeting 2023 will be held in El Escorial (Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) at the end of the year (late November-December). If you are interested in participating please stay tuned for more details!
#iotm9