I went on a solo hike today at Bronte Creek Provincial park with the goal of witnessing the beginning of the salmon run. The salmon haven’t made it this far west yet, but I was blessed to find this beautiful Cambarus robustus who had recently molted.

That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 4/4

That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 3/4

That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 2/4

That’s a wrap on field season 2025! Check out some highlights from the 9 weeks spent on the St. Lawrence & Ottawa Rivers! 1/4

A reminder: There is no analogy in the fossil record for the magnitude & scale of the modern bioinvasion event. Driven by human activities, species are moving faster, farther, and in greater numbers than at any time in the history of life.

Blessed to find this beautiful electric blue Faxonius virilis while sampling the St. Lawrence for my doctoral work! This is a fairly rare phenotype for this native North American species!

Sampling in the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers for @vanmierlo.bsky.social’s fieldwork, targeting invasive spinycheek crayfish #invasivespecies #crayfish

Check out our new paper "Bioclimatic, terrain, and specific peatland composition are major drivers of woodland caribou winter habitat suitability in northern Ontario". I am grateful to have worked on this important topic with this amazing team! cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

Follow our students for posts about invasive freshwater fish, crayfish & mussels: (clockwise in photo below) Victoria @vanmierlo.bsky.social Kate @katest0rey.bsky.social Brielle @briellecomartin.bsky.social Emma @emmaschubert.bsky.social Ty @tjcolvin.bsky.social Ivana @ivanakomendic.bsky.social

New paper alert! How do biodiversity offsets, nature positive, and biodiversity credits fit together? @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social Open access (non-downloadable): rdcu.be/ebGtr Paywalled (downloadable): lnkd.in/ghv6zSRp #BiodiversityOffsets #NaturePositive