“Why Are We Funding This?” Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

ICYMI, last year I wrote an essay for American Scientist magazine defending funding basic research, even research that sounds silly when presented out of context. 🧪

www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...

Canada's best beer winner brewed by a pair of bat biologists in northern B.C. | CBC News Prince George's Deadfall Brewing hopes to put northern B.C. on the craft beer map after Canada Beer Cup win.

could you expect any less from fellow biologists? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Thank you to all the wonderful people and groups we met to make our @libererofellows.bsky.social training transformational: Michelle LeBaron, Chief Hugh Akagi, Adam Wilkins, Kim Davies, Laurenne Schiller, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Whale Institute, & NB Museum. So many thanks!!

For those who asked: this article is now temporarily open access for everyone.

A nice postdoc opportunity just came across my desk for ecologists interested in doing policy-relevant science - please share!

"The Wilderness Society is hiring a 2-year ecological modeling specialist post-doc to help advance research on caribou response to roads in the Arctic." 🧪🌎

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org

The Trump administration’s attacks on scientific funding, restrictions on Federal scientist activities, and indiscriminate firing have caused chaos, panic, and harm. We need *specific* examples of harms caused by these policies to include in an open letter. Grants cut, projects cancelled, jobs lost. Feel free to send news stories, blog posts, or social media posts that mention these, as well as original contributions. Please send to WhySharksMatter @ gmail or DM me

Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help!

We are collecting *specific, clear* examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter.

Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol

Saving species 'not rocket science,' but few faring better than long ago: researcher Researcher Laurenne Schiller says 'it’s not rocket science' that recovery for threatened or endangered species in Canada is driven by stopping the primary cause for their decline.

www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated.
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....

Award, Fellowship and Grants Opportunities Award, Fellowship and Grant Opportunities Below is a list of some of the ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. Use the hyperlinks to ju...

Terrific list of conservation-related funding opportunities, made by @society4conbio.bsky.social:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Please share!

#ConservationFunding #Conservation

Bats in New Brunswick (webinar recording Jan 23, 2025) YouTube video by New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners

A webinar about bats I gave last week to a New Brunswick, Canada audience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8lS...

After years of a brutal killer fungus, bats in N.B. are showing signs of resilience | CBC News Nearly 14 years after white-nose syndrome began devastating bat populations in New Brunswick, researchers see signs the fungus is receding and bats are becoming more resilient against the disease.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New paper! White-nose fungus decreases in Maritime Canada caves esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

JOB: Conservation Scientist – Research Priorities, Partnerships & Monitoring at "rare Charitable Research Reserve" in southern Ontario

* Full time
* Hybrid in-person/work from home
* Salary $50k-65k/yr + benefits
* Apply by January 15
* Details: www.raresites.org/about/career...

#ConservationJobs