Another day of Ford nonsense…..

The UdeS made me Emeritus. This is a big deal in francophone universities. As an ethnic voter who speaks with an accent, it is not always easy to feel at home in Québec, but I always was at home at the Université de Sherbrooke, very grateful.

Canada’s first European Robin (Erinthacus rubecula)! Only the fourth observation in North America. Most likely a vagrant from a ship. There was just over 100 observers this morning. January 10th 2026, Montréal, QC www.inaturalist.org/observations...

When a population protected due to its unique traits evolves to be less unique. Check out our new paper led by Sarah Sanderson. "Contemporary Evolution of an At-Risk Stickleback Population During a Severe Drought" in Evol. Appl. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Are Darwin's finches evolving in response to climate change? Check out our new paper - led by Paola Carrion-Aviles. "Darwin’s finches and climate change: insights from a resilient system" academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...

Very sad to hear of this. I met Emma at conference I organized in Montreal in 2019. She had a stellar reputation, so I invited her as a keynote speaker. She was charismatic & inspirational. Students in particular told me they enjoyed meeting her. Wonderful person. theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...

Are Behavioral Ecotoxicity Endpoints Relevant at the Population Level? Evidence-Based Insights for Environmental Protection | Environmental Science & Technology pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Methinks it's more of a people problem. Especially people who think contraception is part of the solution. www.bbc.com/news/article...

We’re in the second week of our ID-a-thon, and we’d love your help sorting reptiles into four broad categories: snakes, lizards, turtles & tortoises, and crocodilians. Learn more: tr.ee/identifyweek2 🐍🐊🐢

You can help make identifications on iNaturalist right from your computer! It’s the second week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re kicking it off with sorting amphibian observations into broad categories like frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Learn more: tr.ee/identifyweek2 👀🐸✨

What an extraordinary opportunity to have been able to present my research on Wood Frogs 🐸 at my first ASAB conference in Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Already looking forward to my next time at ASAB! #ASABWinter2025

Excited to be in the beautiful city of Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for the Winter 2025 ASAB conference! I’ll be presenting a poster on my master’s research tomorrow 🐸! #ASABWinter2025

@mark-carney.bsky.social si vous autorisez ce projet, vous aurez le poids de la disparition d’une espèce endémique sur les épaules.

Apparemment 43% des Sherbrookois ne sortent jamais de chez eux! ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...

🐸 New Research: Freeze-tolerant frogs accumulate cryoprotectants using photoperiod: A potential ecological trap ➡️ buff.ly/dd4SXDv

Just a few chapters in and I’m already in love!

Join us August 25th for a herps Bioblitz at île du Marais (Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley). Spend an afternoon observing reptiles and amphibians, while contributing to citizen science by uploading your observation to iNatualist 🐸🐢🐍! @qcbs.ca @inaturalist.bsky.social @usherbrooke.bsky.social

This week I had the opportunity to represent Université de Sherbrooke at #CSEE2025, presenting my research on Eastern chipmunk behaviour and life-history. I am honoured to have been able to attend, and discuss the future of ecology and evolution with both new and old colleagues and friends.

I had the opportunity of presenting the first preliminary results of my project this week at #CSEE2025, which we hosted in Sherbrooke. I’m extremely grateful to have met amazing researchers and fellow students, most of which, love frogs as much as I do 🐸.

With field work about to finish, here are a some pictures from the last few weeks 🐸!

Fantastic Dream Team of volunteers! #CSEE25

What a great team of co-directors! Quelle belle équipe de codirection ! Andy Gonzalez and Fanie Pelletier💪 #csee2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @bio-diverse.bsky.social

Forest friends 🐿️🍃 #CSEEinFocus @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social Scientist in the wild @julia-goss.bsky.social

Canada Goose & Canada Jay on this 2025 Canada Day!🇨🇦

Cheers to Deals! Get 10% Off Your Boquébière Bill🍻 From July 6 to 9, show your conference badge at Le Boquébière (microbrewery) and get 10% off your entire order! Whether you're craving craft beer or great food, it's the perfect time to stop by and enjoy the local flavour.

À Sherbrooke le 7 juillet? Ne manquez pas la présentation de Pre Jade Savage sur les tiques en Estrie et comment réduire le risques de maladie de Lyme.

Fieldwork picture for #CSEEinFocus 🐿️🤎 @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social Carlos, the trap-happiest eastern chipmunk

Don’t miss these exhibitors at the #CSEE2025 Ne manquez pas ces exposants au #CSEE2025 @royalsociety.org @qcbs.ca @cdnsciencepub.com @espacepourlavie.bsky.social @ciee-icee.bsky.social @canblacksci.bsky.social

“Don’t want no other shade of blue but you” @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social #CSEEinFOCUS

Few pictures from the last month on the field. Tadpoles are growing quickly and the different treatments definitely have a significant effect on their size 🐸🐸🐸!

Attending #CSEE2025 in Sherbrooke, QC? A few spots left in my “Intro to Science Communication” workshop. * Sunday, July 6 * No experience necessary * Relevant for all career stages * $20 cost supports @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social Register on CSEE 2025 website event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages

Masterclass in how to deal with a bully.

Some pictures from the past few weeks on the field. Tadpoles have hatched and are eating more lettuce than you can even imagine! 🐸

📸ALERTE CONCOURS PHOTO #SCEE2025📸 La SCEE invite les membres à joindre le concours photo #CSEEinFocus ! Soumettez votre meilleure photo pour les catégories suivantes: • TERRAIN 🦇🌳 • PAYSAGE ⛰️ • SCIENTIFIQUES EN LIBERTÉ👩‍🔬 ©Loïc Perreault

Last day for early bird registration!!!!

Eggs are egging ! Really cool underwater picture taken with my phone, you can see the early embryonic stages!

🐾 #SCEE2025 Atelier à l’honneur 🐾 « Introduction à la communication scientifique » 🗣️ Développez des compétences en communication scientifique avec des activités interactives. Se combine bien avec « Introduction au storytelling scientifique ». ⏳ 5 jours restante pour profiter du tarif réduit.

🚨 Paper alert 🚨 My first MSc chapter is finally published! If you wonder how we accurately and precisely estimate age and birthdates of harbour seal pups, read this very cool paper we did! 🦭 Stay tuned for chapter 2! wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Colossal is back with their totally BS claims. They reverse engineered snps into 14 GENES and claim they changed a grey wolf into a dire wolf. 1/n time.com/7274542/colo...

Colossal Bioscience did not revive dire wolves, despite a sensationalist Time Magazine cover story. Making genetically modified animals that are cosplaying as extinct species is not de-extinction.

Wood frogs are back in Sherbrooke 🇨🇦 and they’re as loud as ever! Mating season should be in the coming week.

Field season is just around the corner! Getting my mesocosms filled up slowly but surely 🐸

Thank you to whoever made this

⏳ 11 days left to take advantage of the early bird reduced rate. Don't miss the #CSEE2025 meeting in Sherbrooke!

Blown away by this paper on body size variation among 11,264 (!!!) measured plethodontid salamanders over an elevational gradient. Super surprised to see that it is not temperature that has the main explanatory role, but mostly humidity and precipitation 🧪🦎 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

With the federal election approaching, it’s time to demand evidence-informed leadership. That’s why we’re launching The Vote Science Campaign 2025: a non-partisan campaign to put science at the heart of decision-making. 🧵⬇️

I will be away election day and will miss the advance polls, so I voted this morning at the Election Canada office - apparently the second voter for the riding, after my wife! Voting is both a duty and privilege - we should not take it for granted.🇨🇦