Diego Lizcano
@dlizcano.bsky.social
Wildlife biologist. Conservationist. Consultant. Biodiversity monitoring. Ecology and conservation - R fan - #Tapir fan - English - Spanish.
https://dlizcano.github.io
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Diego Lizcano
@dlizcano.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Access to the List of Mammal Species of Colombia
The goal of mammalcol is to provide easy access to a meticulously structured dataset of Colombian mammal species in R. The 2025 update includes comprehensive, detailed species accounts, and distributi...
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mammalcol is now on CRAN. Get easy access to the List of Mammal Species of Colombia using #mammalcol #R package #rstats
📦 dlizcano.github.io/mammalcol
📦 dlizcano.github.io/mammalcol
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/full/10....
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time
The number of known species on Earth is increasing rapidly, suggesting unexpectedly large numbers of many groups.
www.science.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025.
Officials attribute the trend to collaboration with Indigenous communities and environmental zoning in rural areas, as well as ecotourism and a program providing financial incentives for communities involved in forest conservation.
Officials attribute the trend to collaboration with Indigenous communities and environmental zoning in rural areas, as well as ecotourism and a program providing financial incentives for communities involved in forest conservation.
Colombia poised for another drop in deforestation in 2025, data show
Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025, with notable reductions in several departments that have historically struggled with forest loss. An estimated 36,280 hectares (89,650…
news.mongabay.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Deforestation in Colombia appears to have declined in 2025.
Officials attribute the trend to collaboration with Indigenous communities and environmental zoning in rural areas, as well as ecotourism and a program providing financial incentives for communities involved in forest conservation.
Officials attribute the trend to collaboration with Indigenous communities and environmental zoning in rural areas, as well as ecotourism and a program providing financial incentives for communities involved in forest conservation.
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As deforestation and habitat loss drive down wildlife populations, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to another source for their blood meal: humans.
That’s the finding of a new study in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hotspot with under a third of its original forest remaining.
That’s the finding of a new study in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hotspot with under a third of its original forest remaining.
Mosquitoes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest prefer human blood
As deforestation and habitat loss drive down wildlife populations, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to another source for their blood meal: humans. That’s the finding of a new study in Brazil’s…
news.mongabay.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:10 AM
As deforestation and habitat loss drive down wildlife populations, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to another source for their blood meal: humans.
That’s the finding of a new study in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hotspot with under a third of its original forest remaining.
That’s the finding of a new study in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hotspot with under a third of its original forest remaining.
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Guía Ilustrada de los Mamíferos de Colombia - Reseña de libro - Mammalogy Notes. doi.org/10.47603/man...
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Guía Ilustrada de los Mamíferos de Colombia - Reseña de libro - Mammalogy Notes. doi.org/10.47603/man...
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What do we know about mammal biodiversity patterns in the American tropics? Find out in the new book chapter by @liomys.mx and yours truly 👇
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
The whole book is a gem for those interested in the study of mammals of one of the world's most diverse regions!
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
The whole book is a gem for those interested in the study of mammals of one of the world's most diverse regions!
Advances in the Biogeography of Neotropical Mammals
Recent computational and methodological advances in phylogenetics and bioinformatics, along with the increasing availability of evolutionary and ecological data, have produced deeper insights into the...
link.springer.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:38 PM
What do we know about mammal biodiversity patterns in the American tropics? Find out in the new book chapter by @liomys.mx and yours truly 👇
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
The whole book is a gem for those interested in the study of mammals of one of the world's most diverse regions!
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
The whole book is a gem for those interested in the study of mammals of one of the world's most diverse regions!
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Genome-wide SNP and mtDNA phylogeny of blind mole rats (Spalacinae Gray, 1821) reflects a complex history of relictualism, expansion, and speciation academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Genome-wide SNP and mtDNA phylogeny of blind mole rats (Spalacinae Gray, 1821) reflects a complex history of relictualism, expansion, and speciation
Abstract. The evolutionary history and systematics of blind mole rats (BMR), subfamily Spalacinae (Gray, 1821), are complicated by uneven geographic sampli
academic.oup.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Genome-wide SNP and mtDNA phylogeny of blind mole rats (Spalacinae Gray, 1821) reflects a complex history of relictualism, expansion, and speciation academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Software Libre de Investigacion en America Latina ropensci.org/es/commcalls...
Software Libre de Investigacion en America Latina · Community Call
Venite a conversar con Diana Garcia, Erick Navarro y Luis Verde Arregoitia sobre su experiencia como campeon(e|a)s y mentores de rOpenSci y como podes aplicar para cualquiera de los dos roles.
ropensci.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Software Libre de Investigacion en America Latina ropensci.org/es/commcalls...
‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Our cover for December! 🦊
Martin et al.(2025) show that species like bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens largely avoid each other in space but share surprisingly similar diets—revealing how landscape conditions shape coexistence but also their delicate balance.
vist.ly/4h3ks
Martin et al.(2025) show that species like bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens largely avoid each other in space but share surprisingly similar diets—revealing how landscape conditions shape coexistence but also their delicate balance.
vist.ly/4h3ks
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our cover for December! 🦊
Martin et al.(2025) show that species like bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens largely avoid each other in space but share surprisingly similar diets—revealing how landscape conditions shape coexistence but also their delicate balance.
vist.ly/4h3ks
Martin et al.(2025) show that species like bobcats, cougars, coyotes, gray foxes, and martens largely avoid each other in space but share surprisingly similar diets—revealing how landscape conditions shape coexistence but also their delicate balance.
vist.ly/4h3ks
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How do you use AI assistants in data science without compromising sensitive data?
As tools like Positron Assistant and Databot gain the ability to execute code and access files, this question becomes more urgent.
@simonpcouch.com and @sara-altman.bsky.social break it down: posit.co/blog/trust-l...
As tools like Positron Assistant and Databot gain the ability to execute code and access files, this question becomes more urgent.
@simonpcouch.com and @sara-altman.bsky.social break it down: posit.co/blog/trust-l...
Privacy and AI Assistants - Posit
Many of our LLM tools can execute code and access your files. What does this mean for privacy?
posit.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
How do you use AI assistants in data science without compromising sensitive data?
As tools like Positron Assistant and Databot gain the ability to execute code and access files, this question becomes more urgent.
@simonpcouch.com and @sara-altman.bsky.social break it down: posit.co/blog/trust-l...
As tools like Positron Assistant and Databot gain the ability to execute code and access files, this question becomes more urgent.
@simonpcouch.com and @sara-altman.bsky.social break it down: posit.co/blog/trust-l...
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🌳 New research explores how woodland creation could reshape the future of British mammals…
As countries race to meet biodiversity targets, large-scale woodland creation is high on the agenda. But what does this mean for wildlife?
📖 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
As countries race to meet biodiversity targets, large-scale woodland creation is high on the agenda. But what does this mean for wildlife?
📖 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 AM
🌳 New research explores how woodland creation could reshape the future of British mammals…
As countries race to meet biodiversity targets, large-scale woodland creation is high on the agenda. But what does this mean for wildlife?
📖 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
As countries race to meet biodiversity targets, large-scale woodland creation is high on the agenda. But what does this mean for wildlife?
📖 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Integrative phylogenetic analysis of the genus Episoriculus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)
Shrews in the genus Episoriculus are among the least-known mammals in China, where representatives occur mainly in the Himalayan and Hengduan mountains. We sequence one mitochondrial and three nuclear...
dx.plos.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Saving Bambi from the mower? Using a drone with thermal camera to evaluate a low-tech scaring technique to reduce roe deer fawn mortality during grass harvest vist.ly/4m5r7 #Drones #Cameras #AUV
January 9, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Saving Bambi from the mower? Using a drone with thermal camera to evaluate a low-tech scaring technique to reduce roe deer fawn mortality during grass harvest vist.ly/4m5r7 #Drones #Cameras #AUV
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Out today, a companion article for my autoOcc R package: Estimating species occupancy across multiple sampling seasons with autologistic occupancy models via the autoOcc R package. #rstats 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Out today, a companion article for my autoOcc R package: Estimating species occupancy across multiple sampling seasons with autologistic occupancy models via the autoOcc R package. #rstats 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured skydiver Gabe Brown falling across the sun in this precisely planned aircraft alignment, solar altitude, and jump, resulting in the striking image “The Fall of Icarus.”
#AstroPhotography #Photography
#AstroPhotography #Photography
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured skydiver Gabe Brown falling across the sun in this precisely planned aircraft alignment, solar altitude, and jump, resulting in the striking image “The Fall of Icarus.”
#AstroPhotography #Photography
#AstroPhotography #Photography
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Reposted by Diego Lizcano
Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability vist.ly/4gc8i #UrbanEcology #Diet #Competition
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability vist.ly/4gc8i #UrbanEcology #Diet #Competition
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New to town: home range size, habitat selection and behavioral adaptations by urban hares vist.ly/4g364 #UrbanEcology #Movement
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New to town: home range size, habitat selection and behavioral adaptations by urban hares vist.ly/4g364 #UrbanEcology #Movement
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“Overall, these findings suggest that the value of natural history collections as global research infrastructure is eroding due to decreased collecting of specimen data across species, locations, and time.“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... Interesting analysis based on @gbif.org data.
Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications
Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“Overall, these findings suggest that the value of natural history collections as global research infrastructure is eroding due to decreased collecting of specimen data across species, locations, and time.“ doi.org/10.1038/s414... Interesting analysis based on @gbif.org data.
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Buenos días. Les comparto este paper donde mi amiga y colega Elizabeth García trabajó, junto a los investigadores de la Corporación Gio.
doi.org/10.47603/man...
doi.org/10.47603/man...
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Buenos días. Les comparto este paper donde mi amiga y colega Elizabeth García trabajó, junto a los investigadores de la Corporación Gio.
doi.org/10.47603/man...
doi.org/10.47603/man...
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Our paper on New World Screwworm outbreaks in wildlife is out! This flesh-eating parasite isn’t just attacking livestock & humans—it’s now threatening the endangered mountain tapir, a keystone Andean species.
#Screwworm #Wildlife #InfectiousDiseases #Tapirs #OneHealth
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
#Screwworm #Wildlife #InfectiousDiseases #Tapirs #OneHealth
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our paper on New World Screwworm outbreaks in wildlife is out! This flesh-eating parasite isn’t just attacking livestock & humans—it’s now threatening the endangered mountain tapir, a keystone Andean species.
#Screwworm #Wildlife #InfectiousDiseases #Tapirs #OneHealth
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
#Screwworm #Wildlife #InfectiousDiseases #Tapirs #OneHealth
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Indigenous communities in Colombia's Amazon have protected voluntarily isolated tribes like the Yuri and Passé for years. Their vigilance -- blending ancestral wisdom and tech -- led to official recognition of two isolated groups in 2024.
Indigenous communities in Colombia's Amazon have protected voluntarily isolated tribes like the Yuri and Passé for years. Their vigilance -- blending ancestral wisdom and tech -- led to official recognition of two isolated groups in 2024.
Indigenous communities protect Colombia’s uncontacted peoples
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For more than a decade, two Indigenous communities deep in…
news.mongabay.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
Indigenous communities in Colombia's Amazon have protected voluntarily isolated tribes like the Yuri and Passé for years. Their vigilance -- blending ancestral wisdom and tech -- led to official recognition of two isolated groups in 2024.
Indigenous communities in Colombia's Amazon have protected voluntarily isolated tribes like the Yuri and Passé for years. Their vigilance -- blending ancestral wisdom and tech -- led to official recognition of two isolated groups in 2024.
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Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla): This incredible mammal from Central & South America can eat 30,000 termites or ants in a day. Great photo taken by Marjorie Socha in Brazil. #anteater #ants #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #brazil
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla): This incredible mammal from Central & South America can eat 30,000 termites or ants in a day. Great photo taken by Marjorie Socha in Brazil. #anteater #ants #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #brazil
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Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social asks which of BHL’s 63 million pages are the most important. Clearly the most important page on BHL is the first scientific description of the platypus 😉: doi.org/10.5962/p.30... #LivingData2025 #ILoveBHL #RetroPIDs
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social asks which of BHL’s 63 million pages are the most important. Clearly the most important page on BHL is the first scientific description of the platypus 😉: doi.org/10.5962/p.30... #LivingData2025 #ILoveBHL #RetroPIDs