Stephen Heard

Very exciting - my next book has been in progress for a while, but great to see the announcement in Publisher's Marketplace for the deal with Hopkins Press Hopkins Press Watch this space for more! But meanwhile, some more info here: scientistseessquirre...

I'll be speaking at an upcoming webinar with Bitesize Bio on expanding the reach of conference posters. If you're interested in designing more effective posters, feel free to join us: events.bitesizebio.com/expanding-th...

On shouting advocacy vs. sneaking it in where it might not be expected - which is more effective?

Truly one of the worst parts of being a journal handling editor is the pass-ag "Oh I noticed you have everything you need" from journal staff. Yes i know. I am busy. You're gonna have to wait and chill out a bit.

Absolutely overloaded with work so please have a lovely katydid with teal highlights from @nickybay.bsky.social. Ahh. Isn't that better? www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...

Very exciting - my next book has been in progress for a while, but great to see the announcement in Publisher's Marketplace for the deal with Hopkins Press Hopkins Press Watch this space for more! But meanwhile, some more info here: scientistseessquirre...

Third hint now available! Surely now you can find the Easter egg in the new edition of 'The Scientist's Guide to Writing'? scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/t...

I've just published my 100th scientific paper, which feels like a milestone. Half a dozen fairly random thoughts on that - and about whether papers really measure contribution to science. scientistseessquirre... 🧪

🧪 (because I almost never remember)

I've just published my 100th scientific paper, which feels like a milestone. Half a dozen fairly random thoughts on that - and about whether papers really measure contribution to science. scientistseessquirre... 🧪

New post! In which I discuss a truly amazing piece of science sleuthing that recently appeared on @pubpeer.com neuroskepticbsky.substack.com/p/the-sherlo...

Want to know more about my book "Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences"? Here I am, with coauthor Bethann Garramon Merkle @bgmerkle.bsky.social, being interviewed at Dynamic Ecology!

Show-off. Mer Bleue Bog, Ottawa, Ontario.

You're either a "sometimes a semi-colon is the only thing will do" person or a " I will put a blowtorch to all semi-colons on sight" person. I belong to the first category, but I will not fight people in the second. I believe we can co-exist, separated only by an ocean many thousands of miles wide.

Tiger beetle! (Not sure which species). Seen on the limestone cobble beach at Janet Head Lighthouse, Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. We were looking for fossils (corals, brachiopods). I know the beetle wasn't, but I like to pretend it was.

BOG ALERT It’s official: Bogland is OUT IN THE US TODAY! I wrote a book about weird, wonderful, squelchy wetlands. There are mosses, mysteries, things preserved for thousands of years (people, butter). And now I get to share all this bog weirdness with you. Are you ready to get bogged down?

In which I continue to be able to connect ANYTHING to scientific writing. You know the way a turkey smells pretty awful, an hour into roasting it? So does a manuscript; you have to keep roasting. scientistseessquirre... 🧪

Lake Huron, at Providence Bay, Manitoulin Island, Ontario. The water here is startlingly clear.

In which I continue to be able to connect ANYTHING to scientific writing. You know the way a turkey smells pretty awful, an hour into roasting it? So does a manuscript; you have to keep roasting. scientistseessquirre... 🧪

Lighthouse selfie! Janet Head Lighthouse, Manitoulin Island. Built 1871 (the lighthouse, not me)

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social did you post about this? Seems like your kind of thing... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_is...

Barron Canyon, Algonquin Park, Ontario. 100 m deep canyon through Canadian Shield gneisses ("gneiss canyon you've got there") carved when this river was a raging outlet for post-glacial Lake Algonquin.

So I had a really fun assignment this summer www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/m...

Bob Dylan, 1962, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

This is a beautiful book! Go grab a copy.

cool starting pack! go.bsky.app/TwZVnjU

How might scientific writing change in the years to come - and thus, when and why might my writing book need a fourth edition? scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2026/10/06/w...

Unusual luggage on my trip this time. Bit crowded in the hotel shower... but these magnolias have now found a new home at the Montreal Botanic Garden.

Current status:

My writing book is now in its 3rd edition. When will it be time for a fourth (and why)?

A most excellent weevil! Eupholus schoenherrii, from New Guineau, at the Insectarium de Montreal. Beetle is about an inch long, and yes, it really is that colour.