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A documentary follows an Ontario group's project to run and chronicle the path of monarch butterfly migration, drawing attention to the environmental destruction that threatens biodiversity. #monarch #butterfly #biodiversity #marathon https://thenarwhal.ca/monarch-butterfly-migration-marathon-documentary/

On tropical coasts, hermit crabs are now making their homes in plastic waste

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-tropical-coasts-hermit-crabs-homes.html

#ecology
#biodiversity
#plasticpollution

I very much agree with Brian McGill's perspective that "It’s time to stop making postdocs move for just two years"

https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2024/01/29/its-time-to-stop-making-postdocs-move-for-just-two-years/

@skmorgane & I have been running a hybrid lab for years and when there aren't requirements for local work (e.g., field/lab work) we think it's great to offer folks the flexibility to work from the place that works best for them. We wrote a paper with a bunch of folks on ways to make this work.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007809

#HigherEd #Postdoc

#DougTheDog says it’s chilly outside - maybe a good idea to find a cozy spot. #dogsofmastodon

Mood:

Mama and Papa #fox flirting at the #DairyBushFoxDen . Bring on the babies in the spring!

If you would like to learn more about Ed Broadbent, the long-term NDP leader who died today at the age of 87, you can check out my episode/post about him here 👇

https://canadaehx.com/2022/10/05/ed-broadbent/

Papa 🦊 #fox emerges from the snow covered #DairyBushFoxDen #urbanwildlife #wildlife #trailcam

#DougTheDog doing his best #JoeyTribiani How you doing? #dogsofmastadon

All 34 episodes of the BBC's Rough Science are on the Internet Archive. Made in collaboration with the Open University it aired from 2000 to 2005, showcasing scientists tackling engineering challenges using basic tools and natural resources.
https://archive.org/details/rough-science-18-communication/Rough+Science+01+Mediterranean+Mystery.mp4

I see that the anti-masker neighbour can somehow breath through the scarf he's wearing to protect himself from the -30° air.
Huh. 🤔

Beautiful #RedFox standing in the entrance of the #DairyBushFoxDen last week.

A gallery of fungus-farming ants.

#Ants #Insects

https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants/Making-a-Living/The-Farming-Ants-Leafcutters

There’s finally a little bit of snow in #Guelph for the 743rd consecutive weekly #DairyBush #Gigapan panorama.

So you can better describe the ants you see here are some common descriptive words for the exoskeletons of ants:

striate - many parallel grooves
tuberculate - little protrusions covering the surface
reticulate - split into irregular cells
glabrous - smooth
punctate/foveolate - covered in little round depressions
rugulose - wrinkled
pilosity - the degree of pilosity refers to how hairy the ant is
reclinate hairs - hairs that lay flat
tomentum - wooly hairs
clavate hairs - club-shaped hairs

Funny. Every time I go through an airport, I’m struck by all the bullshit we have to do because 3000 people died more than 2 decades ago. However, we won’t accept any inconvenience for something that has killed more than a million Americans.

#covid

Good news: Masking has returned to hospitals and clinics in several counties in Illinois, Wisconsin, California, Massachusetts, Delaware, Washington, Indiana and New York.

Thanks to all the tireless organizers making progress happen. Keep going!

https://themessenger.com/health/covid-mask-mandates-at-hospitals-ny-california-illinois-delaware

US residents: If you haven't ordered your free COVID tests through USPS in the last five or six weeks, you're eligible for four more per household. It takes about a minute to fill out the online form, and USPS delivers them to your mailbox.

Testing is a great way to keep friends, family, and coworkers safe.

https://special.usps.com/testkits

Sharks and rays are unquestionably cool, but if you called someone a "cartilaginous fish" as an insult it would be devastating