Sharing the life of the planet since 1865, with research fueled by the KU Biodiversity Institute. https://xitter.cf/t.co/rXe4cdDYRW
Lawrence, KS
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Vampire larvae, skeleton marks and a pumpkin pollinator: KU's hidden bee collection kansan.com/news/vampire-larv… via @KansanNews
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Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below!
launchku.org/campaigns/2025-…
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
#EntSoc25 Curious about the future of bee taxonomy? Join our workshop to explore the state of bee taxonomy, identify research gaps, and discover innovative solutions shaping the field. Wednesday at 1:30 PM in C25 @EntsocAmerica 🐝🧬🔬
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Always a great day to visit @kunhm, but especially on #nationalfossilday.
Collaborators @KULibraries and @IDRH_KU visited the museum Wednesday for a KU Reads “Lawrence Reviewed” pop-up, rating the silvisaurus in the style of John Green’s book, “The Anthropocene Reviewed.”
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Bees, fieldwork, and science communication. See how students used social media to share their research experiences in Colombia 🇨🇴 @KUUB_news @kunhm @KUbiology
Read more: kuub.ku.edu/news/article/sci…
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Samanta Orellana, a postdoctoral researcher in @kunhm, is preserving the history of the natural world before it disappears.
Learn more about her work + come back for a new postdoc profile every day during National Postdoc Appreciation Week. #NPAW2025
rockcha.lk/orellana
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Our new study on cellophane bees and their cold tolerance news.ku.edu/news/article/stu…
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Exited to share our new publication on assessing outreach insect drawers, developed in collaboration with #KU graduate students in Museum Studies!
See doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.2.15364…
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Andrés a PhD candidate in @KU_EEB and @kunhm studying the diversity and ecology of neotropical bees! Check out his recent project on outreach opportunities with bee collections in Columbia! @MottaBees
nhcm.pensoft.net/article/157…
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Are you a KU grad student conducting compelling, innovative or impactful research? Consider applying to be featured on Research Matters!
The podcast is produced in partnership with Kansas Public Radio to highlight the contributions of graduate research.
rockcha.lk/research-matters
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Kristen Miller, a doctoral student in @kunhm, described a new species of giant marsupial that lived about 60 million years ago — the largest found so far in North America from this period.
Read more about the discovery.👇
abcnews.go.com/US/fossils-gi…
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Fieldwork is essential to new discoveries. @UnivOfKansas researchers gather data from rivers, prairies, glaciers, archives + more. Our #KUFieldWorks series highlights what this looks like in practice. 👇
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KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Join us for this week's (2/14) 12:15 Friday Ecology Seminar with Nico Franz, @kunhm director, for an interactive talk on Symbiota, an open-source software for managing and mobilizing biodiversity data. Info+Zoom+parking: biosurvey.ku.edu/spring-2025…
KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Today is #WomeninScienceDay!
Let's celebrate the contributions of women at the @UnivOfKansas for @WomenScienceDay. Shout-out faculty, staff, postdocs, students + more in your unit who are bettering our world one discovery at a time.👇
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KU Natural History Museum retweeted
Abstract submission is now open for SPNHC 2025 - May 27-31, Lawrence, KS. Submission Guidelines: spnhc2025.ku.edu/oa-abstract…. List of sessions: spnhc2025.ku.edu/sessions. Deadline: 3 March 2025. @SPNHC @kunhm @iDigBio @tdwg @BioCollNetwork
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Over winter break, KU BioGEM scholar Liam Wrixon and I joined Smithsonian scientist Bill Wcislo in Panama to study nocturnal #pollinators. Our research took us to Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal, and Fortuna, a cloud forest near Costa Rica. Here are some highlights!
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As undergrad students plan for next year, let them know about a research opportunity to explore how climate and landscape changes affect plant-pollinator interactions in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions.
Learn more below. ⬇️
biodiversity.ku.edu/nsf-ires…
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KU Natural History Museum retweeted
An exciting summer research opportunity for undergraduate U.S. students! Join us to explore how climate and landscape changes affect plant-pollinator interactions in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. #Bees #NSF #Tropics 🐝✈️🇨🇴 Apply now! biodiversity.ku.edu/nsf-ires…
