Championing the humble, yet magnificent........ Earthworm
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A fabulous weekend. Thankyou all so much!
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!
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Happy International Polychaete Day!🪱
Last year 2515 #Polychaetes were registered at the Museum!
#NatruralHistoryMuseumLondon
Research project 👇
nhm.ac.uk/our-science/resear… nitter.gq/NHM_Science/status/180…
Happy #InternationalPolychateDay!!!
A gorgeous sea mouse from the @NHM_Science collections to brighten your day.
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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
Jumping leeches caught on camera for the first time by scientists
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024…
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Earthworm records and habitat associations in the British Isles sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Well done to all our wonderful earthworm recorders!!
Earthworm records and habitat associations in the British Isles sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
It’s out!! Well done Frank!!
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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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buglife.org.uk/blog/the-secr…
UK Invertebrate of the Year 2024. We have a winner! Thank you @guardian @Buzz_dont_tweet @ChrisGPackham and the THOUSANDS of other people who took part and spread the invertebrate love. Here's to govt and everyone taking more action to help them. theguardian.com/environment/…
Great choice everyone!!
Earthworm crowned UK invertebrate of the year by Guardian readers theguardian.com/environment/…
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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 rb.gy/5p565m @WormologyUCM @SylvGrd @DecaensT @MartaNovo_
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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!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/earthworm…
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!
youtube.com/watch?v=zg7lTpXw…
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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.
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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👇
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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) 🪱
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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
Hear about the earthworm adventures of Sam James, from giant #earthworms in Brazil to the fried eggs worm of the Philippines. Check out the Worms of the World virtual event on Eventbrite @keirondbrown eventbrite.co.uk/e/worms-of-…
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Dr Daniel Marchán will explore how genetic tools can be used to investigate #earthworm diistributions and #conservation priorities at the Worms of the World virtual event. @keirondbrown eventbrite.co.uk/e/worms-of-…
Trying to think of interesting things to do in 2023?
Join #earthworm #scientists from around the world to hear about the weird and wonderful world of #worms in this one-off virtual event @keirondbrown eventbrite.co.uk/e/worms-of-…