Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...

Filling Canada's Geographic Data Gaps Last month we highlighted the species missing from Canada on iNaturalist. This month we’re highlighting the places in need of data on all species, not just rare or missing ones. Adding observations fr...

This @inaturalist.bsky.social blog post highlights a big issue typical of Canadian 🇨🇦 biodiversity research.

"Over half of iNaturalist observations are found in 1% of the landmass of Canada."

Check out the map at the 🔗 – maybe you can fill some gaps?

🧪 🌎

www.inaturalist.org/blog/110352-...

A fish rank showing juvenile lake white fish swimming around. Tank had a partial cover with a whole in the middle showing fish.

I'm looking for a post doc to work on the effects of CO2 and diet on lake whitefish growth and physiology in collaboration with Dr David Huyben. Term 12 months, salary 60k CAD. More info here utsc.utoronto.ca/biosci/emplo.... Deadline May 18! @utscbiology.bsky.social

Heatmap showing how different stem-dwelling insect species respond to increasing levels of mowing intensity. Species names are colour-coded by order. Circles of varying size based on sample size vary in colour for each species across the different mowing treatments. Darker purples denote lower survival rates while pinks denote higher survival rates. The heatmap shows that many species respond differently to the different mowing treatments with some species exhibiting higher survival rates at some mowing intensities compared to other species and vice versa.

Calling all meadow and grassland conservation biologists 🌾🌻🌾!!! Do you use mowing as part of habitat management 🚜? Our (@jscottmacivor.bsky.social + @tonuferko.bsky.social) new paper in Insect Conservation and Diversity shows how mowing acts as an environmental filter for stem-dwelling insects 🪰🪲🐝🐛.

800+ drawings done! I just completed my four year ‘Commonly Observed Flora, Fauna and Fungi’ project by publishing all 50 state prints! I used iNaturalist to identify frequently spotted species in each state, rendered these species in pencil, and arranged the drawings into prints with species keys.

World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74 Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.

Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.

The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.

#Seabirds
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In Toronto, numbers on urban forestry: The city has removed - i.e. cut down - 26,991 trees in under three years.

That's a huge loss of mature trees. Also tens of millions spent, if not $100-million. Why exactly?

secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

The 161st (!) Entomological Society of Ontario meeting is happening Oct 4-6 2024 at the University of Toronto Scarborough! 🐞🪲🐝👩‍🔬🔬

The theme is Entomology in a Multidisciplinary World.

Registration and info (incl. Keynotes) here: tinyurl.com/bdd27j96

Any qs: EntSocOnt2024@gmail.com

Please share!

Lab members in front of and behind me on a lab-meeting-turned-hike in the Rouge National Urban Park this afternoon. We’re lucky it’s just 10 minutes from the University of Toronto Scarborough campus!

vibrant fall colours through the window this morning