"As scientists, we know we simply cannot ignore the link between human health and well-being and the health and survival of wild species, ecosystems and our planet. No amount of economic growth is going to insulate us from the continued deterioration of critical life support systems. "
We're hiring a 3-year postdoc at the University of Bristol to improve our ability to predict vegetation responses to fire in a changing world 🌍🔥🌱. Details: mdekauwe.github.io/join_us
Please share, thank you.
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
This parliamentary petition is a call for #pesticide regulation to be science-based and precautionary in Canada.
Sign and share.
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Pétition parlementaire pour que la réglementation des #pesticides au Canada repose sur des données scientifiques et s'appuie sur le principe de précaution.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
À circuler.
Pétition parlementaire pour que la réglementation des #pesticides au Canada repose sur des données scientifiques et s'appuie sur le principe de précaution.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
À circuler.
This parliamentary petition is a call for #pesticide regulation to be science-based and precautionary in Canada.
Sign and share.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Did you know? 🐝 Pollinators support 5-8% of global crop production. Researchers observed that managed honeybees can’t compensate for wild pollinator losses nor keep pace with the growth in pollinator-dependent crops.
Read more in The Guardian: https://ow.ly/o3IH50ZAq5p
Did you know Europe is running out of taxonomists - the experts who identify pollinator species?
🐝 The Pollinator Academy is an open-source platform from 25 European institutes, offering free courses, ID tools & field guides for all experience levels. 📖
👉 Check them out: pollinatoracademy.eu
Lettre par 5 anciens présidents du Comité sur la Situation des Espèces en Péril au Canada, dont moi, dénonçant le document de travail sur les projets majeurs fédéraux qui propose d'ignorer la Loi sur les Espèces en Péril. Je suis le contact pour médias francophones www.sfu.ca/~amooers/sci...
Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague!
Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...
"Le dérèglement climatique n'est plus une menace d'un avenir plus ou moins proche. Il est le présent.
*Pour nous agriculteur, il est devenu un bourreau* ."
www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats...
Thank you WPC.
"Sheila Colla was widely admired. She was far more than a brilliant scientist and conservation leader. She was a fierce advocate for environmental and social justice and was incredibly skilled and determined at bridging the gap between science, community, and politics."
Thank you WPC.
"Sheila Colla was widely admired. She was far more than a brilliant scientist and conservation leader. She was a fierce advocate for environmental and social justice and was incredibly skilled and determined at bridging the gap between science, community, and politics."
The Sheila Colla Pollinator Research Fund will provide scholarships for graduate students studying at-risk pollinators in Canada. To respect Sheila's passion and advocacy, the fund will prioritize awards to students belonging to historically excluded groups.
wildlifepreservation.ca/sheila-colla...
Sometimes you've gotta go metallic to mimic your model! This common tropical hover #fly at the top is a convincing mimic of the local orchid #bees in the genus #Euglossa (bottom).
#FlySchool2026#Syrphidae: #Ornidia obesa
Soltis Center, Costa Rica
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025.
This is deeply shocking.
Liber Ero postdoc deadline Nov 1. Exceptional opportunity for research in conservation in Canada - highly competitive, best to have gov't and Indigenous partners liberero.ca
Que dit la science sur l'acétamipride et le flupyradifurone, les deux pesticides qui pourraient être réintroduits après l'adoption de la loi d'urgence agricole ?
De nombreux chercheurs pointent les risques de ces insecticides pour les pollinisateurs, mais aussi pour d'autres animaux ainsi que...
One of the lesser-known services Thomson Reuters offers is Consolidated Lead Evaluation and Reporting, or CLEAR, a database that compiles individuals’ private information not normally accessible to law enforcement.
Encore un recrutement @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social cette fois-ci sur un profil IE Data Scientist en écologie, forte composante bases de données. Voir les détail dans l'annonce!
Rejoignez nous ! Un profil d' #Ingénieur en administration de bases de données pour la #biodiversité et l’ #environnement est ouvert au concours externe de l' @ird-fr.bsky.social, au CBGP
Candidatures jusqu'au 3 Juillet 2026 à 17h. Le profil complet est ici : ent.ird.fr/share/s/M1lS...
I ate a lot of mangoes this summer in India, and somehow kept wondering how this fruit comes to be. My first science write-up dives deep into it, and is featured in today’s edition of The Hindu.
www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/ene...
It's a red kangaroo.
Always amazed by people's weird decisions. And just how does one smuggle a roo into Canada? If someone is willing to fork out 6 grands, the incentive is there.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Des chercheurs de 13 universités dénoncent le projet de loi C-30 qui permettra au gouvernement Carney d’invalider la science. Il donnera le pouvoir au Conseil des ministres de réautoriser des pesticides risqués interdits par Santé Canada. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225...
Comme nous l'expliquons dans une lettre au sujet du projet de loi C-30
"Il n’existe aucun fondement scientifique ou autre motif raisonnable pour justifier qu’une décision réglementaire soit infirmée par le Conseil des ministres après que Santé Canada a mené des examens approfondis."
Des chercheurs de 13 universités dénoncent le projet de loi C-30 qui permettra au gouvernement Carney d’invalider la science. Il donnera le pouvoir au Conseil des ministres de réautoriser des pesticides risqués interdits par Santé Canada. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225...
#Communiqué 🗞️ La France lance Dynabiod, un programme de recherche sur la biodiversité terrestre. Piloté par le
@cnrs.fr et le @mnhn.fr, il vise à comprendre l’impact des activités humaines sur les plantes et invertébrés pour mieux protéger les écosystèmes.
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/fr...
🚨We're hiring again, this time for a research assistant position 🚨
The position is to help with a project looking at learning and social behaviour in birds along an urban gradient
Position at
@ceec-research.bsky.social
📆28th June deadline
More info: shorturl.at/vBxiW#ringing#fieldwork
📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣
We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂
Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
New evolutionary tree for all of the world's bumblebee species, from (1) slow-evolving nuclear genes, (2) fast-evolving mitochondrial genes, and (3) results from genomic data, to provide a complete starting point for comparative studies of all bumblebees
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...
quick, look at an Andrena vs Colletes comparison before it becomes irrelevant, until like July. Colletes are big spring guys and only show up rarely later in the year.