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New Publication: Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby

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  New Publication: Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby I am pleased to share the publication of my latest paper, “Hybridisation in the Tarantula Hobby: Ethical Boundaries and Biological Consequences,” in the Journal of the British Tarantula Society , Volume 41, No. 1, September 2026. The paper addresses an issue that deserves serious consideration within the tarantula community: hybridisation and its potential long-term effects on the integrity of captive lineages. More Than a Breeding Decision The tarantula hobby has changed considerably over the past several decades. What was once a relatively small community has grown into an international network of keepers, breeders, vendors, researchers, and societies. Captive breeding has contributed enormously to that growth, improving husbandry knowledge and increasing the availability of captive-bred animals. With that success comes responsibility for the lineages we maintain. Hybridisation may seem like an isolated breeding experiment,...

New locality records and future habitat suitability of Sassanidotus gracilis (Birula, 1900) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in the Iran–Afghanistan–Pakistan arid belt

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A cross-sectional study of scorpion stings in high-risk areas of Islamic Republic of Iran

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Androctonus Nazarii, a New Species of Scorpions From Khuzestan Province, Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Molecules, Morphometrics and Modeling of the Medically Important Genus Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae) in Iran Reveal New Species from Kerman

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Morphological Study and Parametric Values of Mesobuthus phillipsii (Pocock, 1889) (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Iran, Autumn 2023

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Scorpion species distribution and sting epidemiology in Dena and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran – Implications for management

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A review of Androctonus of Iran, with redescription of A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) and A. orientalis (Birula, 1900) stat. n., and descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Persian treasures: integrative taxonomy reveals high species’ diversity of ladybird spiders (Araneae: Eresidae: Eresus)

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Applying Ensemble Ecological Niche Modeling to Identify High Risk Areas for Scorpions' Sting

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A study of current and future distribution modeling of scorpion sting of deadly scorpion, Hemiscorpius acanthocercus (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae) in southern Iran under climate change

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New records of Androctonus Ehrenberg, 1828 from East Azarbaijan Province, Iran (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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A New Species of the Medically Important Scorpion Genus, Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Hemiscorpiidae), from Southern Iran

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Medically significant spiders (Araneae), camel spiders (Solifugae), and centipedes (Chilopoda) of Iran: new distributional records and public health implications

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Integrative taxonomy reveals the existence of a new species of fat-tailed scorpions, Androctonus (Buthidae), in Iran

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A New Species of Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from Southeastern Iran

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New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), Part XII

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Secondary to Scorpion Envenomation in a 7-Year-Old Boy from Southwestern Iran

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Employing habitat suitability modeling to assess the distribution and envenomation potential of scorpion species in Iran

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On the identity and taxonomy of Kraepelinia palpator (Birula, 1903) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southeast Iran

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Distribution mapping of deadly scorpions in Iran

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