The Nearctic Sceliphron caementarium (Drury, 1773) is widely distributed in the Western Palearctic and spreading to new territories. Despite large quantities of data on citizen-science platforms, these records have been mostly overlooked. In this publication, first S. from six Eastern European Balkan countries (Albania, Greece, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia) are presented. Data derived o...

The distinctive trace fossil Chubutolithes gaimanensis n. ichnosp. occurs in Casamayoran (early Eocene) and Colhu6haupian (late Oligocene) alluvial rocks of the Sarmiento Formation in eastern Chubut Province, Argentina. Though known for nearly 70 years, its origin has remained obscure. Examination of new specimens and comparisons with modem analogs demonstrate that specimens of Chubutolithes re...

In this essay, I consider the scales and connections lost gained as natural history adopts digital data infrastructures. On basis of ongoing work in Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, track relations between insect specimens their material informational ecologies. Using Latour's notion ‘circulating reference’, follow they make way into taxonomies, databases, digitization apparatuses. focusing on hum...

Individual trees of giant sequoia (Sequoia gigantea [Lindl.] Decne.) have demonstrated a capacity to attain both a long life and very large size. It is not uncommon to find old-growth giant sequoia trees in their native range that are 1,500 years old and over 15 feet in diameter at breast height. The ability of individual giant sequoia trees to survive over such long periods of time has often b...