Baby hand wrapped around adult finger

How your email finds me (in my mat leave era)

A serene forest stream flowing over moss-covered rocks with text inviting applications for Co-Editor-in-Chief at FACETS.

FACETS Journal is on the lookout for a Co-Editor-in-Chief! If you have expertise in evolutionary ecology, conservation, biodiversity, or environmental sciences, we want to hear from you.

More information: https://ow.ly/aCF150Y7QO5

#CallForApplications #EditorInChief

Ottawa authorizes emergency use of strychnine in Alberta, Saskatchewan to address gopher infestation | CBC News Ottawa is authorizing the controlled and time-limited emergency use of strychnine to address millions of dollars worth of damage in Alberta and Saskatchewan caused by an infestation of Richardson's gr...

Another pathetic move by the Canadian government. There is no justification for using strychnine on ground squirrels. Further CBC made no attempt to contact biologists or veterinarians to discuss the dangers of strychnine.
#Alberta #Canada

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How I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research.

Juliet Turner completed a PhD focused on cooperative insects and how they distribute labour. A celebratory post went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how she managed the backlash and used the attention to promote her research: spklr.io/63326Eyi0r

#PhDChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky

I have reached the "mad that faucets are on the back side of sinks" stage of pregnancy

The makeup was also wild colours, lots of unexpected green, because of how it would show up and contrast on black and white film

Had to reschedule an appointment I was just given for a scan that can’t be done while pregnant. Person on the phone was shocked my doctor would have requested this while I was pregnant. They didn’t. I could have almost had two babies back to back since I’ve been waitlisted for this scan. #skpoli

Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada
Girardin et al. https://ow.ly/ZJp450Y6A9O

This article is part of a collection on Measuring Forest Degradation: https://ow.ly/2IJe50Y6A9Q

Man, one of the most depressing aspects of modern scholarship is finding a great article and then looking up the scholar to see what else they’ve done and just catching a glimpse of an abbreviated career hopping between visiting positions and publishing great pieces before disappearing from academia

🤣 it just might work!

My family has a beagle so I know the answer is: something smaller and less determined than a beagle.

Close-up of a vibrant blue and orange poison dart frog on an orange flower, with text announcing a Peer Review Coordinator job opening at Canadian Science Publishing.

New role at Canadian Science Publishing: Peer Review Coordinator

Work closely with authors, reviewers, and editors to support the peer review process for our journals. #Hiring

▶️ https://ow.ly/frkl50YqgmN

#PeerReview #SciencePublishing #AcademicJobs

'A cold would kill me': Immunocompromised man spends day in Saskatoon hospital hallway | CBC News Guy Pollock of Watrous, Sask., was transported to Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital to be treated for pneumonia. He spent more than 24 hours in a hallway before being transported to Saskatoon City...

Vulnerable people like Guy are threatened by bad hospital policies and understaffing. He was first moved from his hometown hospital because they didn't have resources to treat pneumonia. Then they put him into a hospital hallway in #YXE, where they didn't have enough room.
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Graphic showing four research areas: Extreme Physiology with brain and thermometer icons, Biomedical Applications with human figures and brain, Molecular Mechanisms with molecular structures, and Translational Pipeline with lab equipment and charts, centered around a DNA strand and animal silhouette.

Bears hibernate for months and wake up without muscle, bone, or brain damage. Scientists are turning that into medicine for stroke, diabetes, and aging 🐻❄️🔬

Read the review: https://ow.ly/4oU550YoH6r

📸 cjz-2025-0055_con1 #Biomedicine #Hibernation

I love these papers on strange specimens in museums. No one will ever cite them, but they bring me joy. There's something pleasing about setting the record straight and solving a mystery.
(and at this stage in my career, citations are much less important)

I ate 5 over the weekend already, plus two slices of cake at a 98th birthday party yesterday lol. I'm pro-treat but even I can acknowledge that perhaps it's time for a veggie 😂

My alma mater revoked the "alumni email for life" rather suddenly for everyone. The amount of ongoing research and academic work tied up at that address/in those folders is significant. I had to pay $50 for an extension to deal with transferring it all. Nevermind the suspicion around Gmail accounts

but the buttercream frosting!

I made a smoothie bowl with fruit, skyr, and seeds instead For Nutrients, but I'm sad about it

Smart me put the leftover cupcakes from my baby shower this weekend in the freezer. Pregnant me is mad about it and debating eating them frozen before 9 am.

New paper out from my former labmate just in time for #InternationalPolarBearDay in the journal @arcticsciencej.bsky.social

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

I listened to his autobiography as an audiobook last year (he narrates), it was so full of heart and family clearly means so much to him

Group of Manitoba wildlife experts, hunters urge public to oppose proposed swan, dove hunts | CBC News Six Manitoba hunters and wildlife experts have grouped together to voice their opposition to proposed hunting seasons for two migratory birds in Manitoba, and they're asking other concerned members of...

I've been a wildlife biologist for more than 4 decades and I can't tell the difference between tundra and trumpeter swans (with confidence) on the wing. We brought back trumpeter swans from the brink: this could put all that work at risk.
I too oppose a swan hunt in MB. 🪶🦢
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CES has opened its first collection for submissions! #contaminants #pollution #ecotox #CommunityAction 🧪

Trail camera image of four Stone's sheep at and around a salt lick on a steep rocky hillside

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE⭐

Ecological and physiological factors influencing the use of mineral licks by Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei)

🖋️Emery et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/T6rC50Y8Z2a #FreeAccess while featured

Flow chart illustrating the effects of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on terrestrial systems, aquatic systems, and communities.

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE | Review⭐

A review of the social and ecological impacts of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) during and after an outbreak on forests in North America
🖋️Grela et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/gKJu50Y91HE #OpenAccess #ForestManagement

A reminder that EDI policies are enacted because *without* them there is bias in the system.

When I did wildlife rehab, the babies were happy as clams to sit in your scrubs pockets while you cleaned their enclosure 🥰

Arviat, Nunavut, chosen as main campus site for Canada's 1st Inuit university | CBC News Arviat, a small Nunavut community located along the western shore of Hudson Bay, will be the home of the first Inuit-led university in Canada's Arctic, CBC News has learned.

La nouvelle université devrait ouvrir ses portes d'ici 2030. Elle accueillera environ 100 étudiants et comptera 80 membres du personnel.

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