Thyreophagus berxi, a mite species new to science discovered in Belgium
text by Jonas MerckxEnglish MiteFind, BINCO's mite workgroup, has discovered a new species for science in Belgium: Thyreophagus berxi. The different populations were discovered in Gentbrugge and Heverlee, but later also in France and Germany. The…
Sky Islands and Spiders: a brief tale of two contrasting discoveries in southern Africa
text by BROGAN PETT @BroganConBioI first got involved with BINCO through fieldwork in north-western Madagascar in 2017 surveying spiders in the enigmatic dry forests. From here on, I started working with Merlin and was very interested in the work…
Declining populations of threatened bird species along the Mekong River, Cambodia
text by Erik Sandvig @eriksandvigc images by John Mittermeier @johnmittermeierIn May 2018, together with an interdisciplinary team of biologists put together by BINCO, we did a rapid biodiversity assessment along the central section of the Mekong…
MyrmEcoDex, BINCO's ant work group, studies the ant diversity of Cusuco NP
text and images by MATT HAMER @entohamer Cloud forests are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, being sites of high endemism that are heavily threatened from human-caused pressures. Cusuco National Park (CNP), located in…
Checklist of the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from El Salvador
Leaf beetles are a diverse and economic significant group. Many species from this family are pest species on crops. Identification is challenging and the knowledge about distribution of leaf beetles is limited in many areas, especially the tropics.…
Distribution and identification of cereal leaf beetles in Flanders
Cereal leaf beetles, a genus of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae – Oulema spp.) are known pest species of cereals in the Northern hemisphere. Due to very small differences in morphology, accurate identification of the species within this…
Book: Orchids of the Maltese Islands - a descriptive guide
Since 2016, BINCO and Greenhouse Malta NGO initiated the Malta Biodiversity Initiative (MABIMO). MABIMO strives towards a biodiversity monitoring network for biodiversity across the Maltese islands with standardised survey protocols. This network…
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During the second half of 2014, we studied the effect of the intensification of natural forest for coffee production on large mammal communities using camera traps in Ethiopia. Now the results are out and published in the conservation journal Oryx…