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Anibal_H_Castillo

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Ph.D. candidate in #Terrestrial_biodiversity with @alexsmithants.bsky.social and @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social. #Feminist #Environmentalist. Dad of 2. He/him. 🇺🇾 🇨🇦. https://anibalcastillo.wixsite.com/soilbiodiversity

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 8d

I am attending the “30th Annual Latornell Conservation Symposium”. Come watch my talk, “Terrestrial Invertebrate Biodiversity Across Ecological Gradients: A Metabarcoding Approach”, along with many other excellent conservation presentations.

#Latornell2025

www.latornell.ca

Latornell Conservation Symposium

www.latornell.ca

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Guelph Lost Pets @guelphlostpets.bsky.social · 1d

LOOKING FOR OWNER. This brown & black neutered male German Shepherd dog was found in the Lonsdale Dr & June Ave area of Guelph on Oct 7. If he's yours or you have any info contact #Guelph Humane Society at 519-824-3091 or [email protected] (shelter ID 2000349503).

Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 8d

Latornell Conservation Symposium

www.latornell.ca

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 9d

Love those! (this one's from my house)

Orb weaver spider (_Araneus diadematus_).

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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies

Climate crises will require partnership with new technologies

We cannot use the tools that we used to create the crisis

Check out this team of #Transdisciplinary scholars
Join #ManufacturedEcosystems 🧪

www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10...

Screenshot of the article: A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement

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Guelph Lost Pets @guelphlostpets.bsky.social · 11d

This older female tri-colour hound mix dog was found near Luther Marsh Conservation Area in #GrandValley on Sept 26. If she's yours or you have any info about her contact #Guelph Humane Society at 519-824-3091 or [email protected] (ID 2000345284)

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ButterflyGarden @flabutterfly.bsky.social · 11d

The caterpillars are just as amazing and beautiful as the moth.

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 12d

Agreed! And on that note, this is how I made a lot of observations…

Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · 12d

While at The Arboretum, @uofguelph.bsky.social, I came across this beautiful moth caterpillar of _Hyalophora cecropia_ (Saturniidae). Enjoy!

#Entomology
#Saturniidae

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Dan Gillis 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @danielgillis.ca · 16d

A call for bio-inspired technologies!

🪱 A teaspoon of soil holds more life than there are humans on Earth—yet <1% of biomimetic studies focus on soil. Time to change that.

Check out our new article: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

A poster that reads "Can Ecosystem Services be entirely replaced?" with a quote from a Biomimetics 2025 publication: "If we are to avoid a post-climate apocalyptic reality, researcher from various disciplines, artists, community knowledge holders, creative thinkers, and strategic problem solvers are called on for innovations and technologies to help the world prepare and mitigate risks"

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Nikoleta Zampaki @nikzam.bsky.social · 26d

🍀New article publication🍀

Kristina Wanieck et al. (including Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki). “A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.” Biomimetics 10.9 (2025): 1-7.
doi: doi.org/10.3390/biom...

doi.org

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · 26d

So many and diverse collaborators in www.manufacturedecosystems.com #ManufacturedEcosystems - some on @bsky.app some not

@shoshanahjacobs.bsky.social
@dawnbazely.bsky.social
@danielgillis.ca
@nikzam.bsky.social
@marklipton.bsky.social
@anibalhcastillo.bsky.social
@lectio.bsky.social

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A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement

by Kristina Wanieck 1,M. Alex Smith 2,Elizabeth Porter 2,Jindong Zhang 1,3,Dave Dowhaniuk 4,Andria Jones 5,Dan Gillis 6,Mark Lipton 4,Marsha Hinds Myrie 7,Dawn Bazely 8,Marjan Eggermont 9,Mindi Summers 10,Christina Smylitopoulos 11,Claudia I. Rivera Cárdenas 12,Emily Wolf 1,Peggy Karpouzou 13,Nikoleta Zampaki 13,Heather Clitheroe 14,Adam Davies 15,Anibal H. Castillo 2,Michael Helms 16,Karina Benessaiah 17 and Shoshanah Jacobs 2

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Aug 31

And that's my 94th #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Jul 6

Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Jul 5

And that's my 93rd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact us Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Jun 24

The surprising power of your nature photos (Scott Loarie | TED2025) go.ted.com/hQhmZ via TEDTalks
@inaturalist.bsky.social

The surprising power of your nature photos

Scott Loarie has a challenge for you: go outside and take a picture of a living thing. He introduces the global community of people building a living atlas of the natural world by sharing their nature...

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Jun 23

www.manufacturedecosystems.com/press-release

Exhibit Info — Manufactured Ecosystems

www.manufacturedecosystems.com

Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Jun 23

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The Wildlife Society: Summer Sweepstakes for Wildlife

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · May 5

Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · May 3

And that's my 92nd #BloodDonation in the bag!! Contact Canadian Blood Services to find out if you're eligible to donate! The need for #blood never ends.
And #mask up! The #COVID #pandemic isn't over.

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · May 1

This is our beloved Cognac and today he turned 11!!

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🍁 Alex Smith 🍁 @alexsmithants.bsky.social · Apr 30

🧪🪲🐞🗺️
@alexandreloureiro.bsky.social led a global #meta-analysis in @respublications.bsky.social #RESEcolEnt that found many taxonomic holes and no evidence of a common pattern of taxon or #phylogenetic #diversity across #elevation for #beetle #Coleoptera families

doi.org/10.1111/een....

🧪🪲🐞🗺️

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Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Apr 27

Today we went on a hike and saw a beautiful garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Enjoy!

Anibal_H_Castillo @anibalhcastillo.bsky.social · Apr 27

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#EndangeredSpeciesAct

Sign the Petition

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