Missed this from last month: Emerald ash borer detected in the EU for the first time at a site in eastern Hungary near the border with Ukraine (gd.eppo.int/reporting/ar...) .

Fantastic talk about making fantastic talks, plus a link to a great book about making R graphics. #RStats #StatsSky #Statistics

When it's summer holiday week and you let the interns and summer students run the show while staff are all vacation.... #whatsTheWorseThatCouldHappen www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

Not sure if it's cool but there are a few Halluci Nation songs that would be awesome... Bread and Cheese, Electric Pow Wow.

Invasive wild pigs in Ontario. can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Petition to announce conferences dates/locations at least a year ahead? I'd have loved to attend the Pacific Seabird Group conf in Vancouver, but Feb 2027 is already in our planning & budget year so it's too late. Sigh.

Just published 📰 Ash population dynamics after two decades of emerald ash borer infestations in Canada🍁 ✒️Deschênes et al. Natural Resources 🔗https://ow.ly/yU1A50ZiGOJ 📷Fig. 3D #InvasiveSpecies #Forestry

It's as official as it can be: The Yoder Lab has been very lucky to receive NSF funding to develop our TARDIS method of modeling plants' flowering activity in varying environments. Watch for grad (MSci) opportunities in Fall 2027, and a postdoc position sooner than that 🌿 buff.ly/OHpbfB0

🧪 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 "Study finds number of insect species on Earth is more than double previous estimates" 🎁link to a wonderful article by @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social in the @theglobeandmail.com about our #OA PNAS paper doi.org/10.1073/pnas.... @gdfcf.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c231c7b...

"Springer Nature was nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95 until this story was published." ah, don't ever change Springer Nature. Don't ever change...

My dear friend John Acorn received an honorary degree last week. The first time I identified a bird, he made me sing a song with him. I don't know anyone who connects people to nature like John does. Congratulations! www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/...

As an interesting aside to this paper I learned that, apparently, my research career is now the same age I was when I began my research career. #getOffMyLawn

🧪Among ~64K scientists whose careers spanned ≥40 yrs, researchers found that the probability of producing a top 10% disruptive paper declines sharply with career age. The findings, in Science Magazine, suggest older scientists are less likely to overturn established ideas: https://ow.ly/3p7I50Z8R30

Crap. Apparently we are using #Evol2026. Anyway, come help me understand our data at the poster session tonight.

A new retraction for an influential evolutionary biologist is raising the question of whether scientific misconduct more than 20 years ago was just a blip in his impressive publication record or further proof, as some claim, that much of his work rests on a shaky foundation.

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpson’s GIF

From missing indicators to unclear baselines, #forestdegradation is difficult to define and measure. Submit your research to our upcoming collection on degradation in temperate and boreal ecosystems. More info ▶️ https://ow.ly/gwl650ZfhM5

I've spent a lot of time behind the wheel of both of these pickups. The one of the left is no less capable than the one on the right, but it's a heck of a lot easier to maneuver through a parking lot and a forestry road.

This thread. All of it. Every. Last. Post.

Not a bad idea. The goalie for the Leafs is usually not that busy come golfing season anyway...

Saw this and immediately wondered what wondered what the RStudio people had against birds...

Sadly, the folks who most need to hear this are same ones unlikely to take the advice. And also complain the loudest when their papers are long in review

Scientific journal editor here: If you're invited to peer review an article and you can't do it, please just click "no." That tells me "this person can't do it, I should invite someone else." Otherwise the system waits 3 weeks to tell me that you didn't respond and I should invite someone else.

Apropos of nothing in particular: This is an excellent book www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/665634...

Re-upping my rant from February, after having been asked to act as a new(!) reviewer on a revised manuscript that had already had !!__3 reviews__!!. The authors had made all the very minor requested revisions and the AE wanted me to review the !!revision!!. THIS IS NOT WHAT PEER REVIEW IS FOR!!!!

This is outrageous. When I hire KPMG to validate my priors I expect to receive the wildly overconfident lies of a 23 year old MBA, not those of some stinking robot.

wake up wake up new carabid phylogeny just dropped dez.pensoft.net/article/1896...

I've begun asking potential grad students if they read for pleasure. Not sure it's' a perfect metric but I think it's an indicator

One of my favorite days of the year: The day when I get to update the wall of team photos. Started a new column this year!

lunch break with the lads

Winnipeg's iconic urban forest has suffered the effects of disease in recent years. The city is now replanting trees by the thousands — but it's not a straightforward regrowth process. thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tre...

Classic successful pest control program. It works so well people forget it was needed in the first place. In the absence of vigilance, the insects will always win. Case in point...

Active fire in NE Ontario this evening. GOES-East geocolor shows a large plume from Timmins Fire -009. The mid-ir shows a very active fire (red and white areas)

I am hoping to attract (for photographing / posting to @inaturalist.bsky.social) some moths and other bugs at night in my yard. I have never done this so am looking for simple recommendations to how to do this including details on if special bulbs / lamps are useful. Thanks.

New publication! 🎉 🧬 eDNA signals continue changing post-capture We tracked DNA persistence across collection materials and showed: ⏰ time, 🌡️ temp, and substrate drive detectability A step towards more standardised and field-ready airborne eDNA! bit.ly/435t2Ez #eDNA

Ponce de León would like a word...

I think this was true 20-25 years ago but colleges have done an amazing job destigmatizing trades as a viable career. I hire 1-3 brilliant college students every summer. I dont understand why this idea persits. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sharing, only because how many times does the PM tweet a photo of one of your field sites? (That's approx. Ground zero for the discovery of emerald ash borer in Vancouver)

types of mutual on social media: * your buddy you riff with all the time * someone you used to riff with but are pretty sure has you muted at this point * person you admire who followed you back somehow and gives you a jumpscare every time they like a post * we interacted one time years ago

Beetle 🪲🐞 postdoc at the @museumofnature.bsky.social!!! nature.ca/en/our-scien... @canentomologist.bsky.social @entsocontario.bsky.social @entcollnet.bsky.social @coleopsoc.bsky.social

Just posted the fire weather outlook - May 30 - June 4 for Canada. Expect fire activity to pick up with the persistent upper atmospheric ridge over central Canada bringing hot and mostly dry conditions. www.tru.ca/wildfire/res...

Only ~100 papers in journals where you control the whole process? That's slacking off if you ask me...

How come nobody invites me to submit my low quality work to their journal? What am I supposed to do with all that?

Also applies in science, IME

Just published 📰Vulnerability of Canadian forests to invasive insects under climate change 🍁 ✒️Aubin et al. Natural Resources 🔗https://ow.ly/Stho50Z2nru 📷Aubin et al. Fig 3 (A) current insect distribution and (B) 2021–2040 climate habitat projections. #Forestry #ForestEcology #ForestResearch

I loved Kinsella's books when I was in High School and University. Though I'm not sure how well Dance Me Outside & The Fencepost Chronicles have aged.

Some lightning-caused fires possible (likely) in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and southern NWT. Lightning map below as well as the duff moisture code (DMC) - the higher the DMC the drier the fuel making it more likely to ignite.