🐝Such a beautiful day today! Went for a walk, admired the #bees 🐝, including this Mason bee (Osmia sp.). Can't wait for the opening of Bees: a Story of Survival @romtoronto.bsky.social May 15!

#butterflies Summer job in Cambridge Ontario www.cambridgebutterfly.com/employment/

I am convinced that the pandemic will lead to 2 paradigm shifts. The first, as described in this article, is a reconceptualisation of pathogens as not just common causes of acute illness, but also common causes of chronic illness. The second will be the end of droplet dogma time.com/article/2026...

Lie: Bike-lanes cause traffic congestion. Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion. Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking. Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does. Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much. Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.

Wonderful visit today @romtoronto.bsky.social with #WPY (Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highly Commended in 15-17yo category) award winning photographer & young entomologist, Beckett Robertson, a former volunteer & student. Such an amazing photo!

Here is the Cornell Chronicle article about our PNAS paper on the evolution of milkweed toxins (N,S-cardenolides), to which the monarch butterfly is sensitive, despite being co-evolved with milkweeds! @cornellentomology.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

😂 Forms, no form!!!😩

Spring clean your algorithm with this video of Crawford Lake! Enjoy a look at the beautiful animals you can find around Conservation Halton. You can watch the full video in ROM’s exhibition “Crawford Lake: Layers in Time,” which offers an engaging look at the record of human life on Earth.

What would it take for NDP support in a Liberal minority? Rabble asked every leadership candidate. We’re highlighting all who said proportional representation should be a condition. Here’s Avi Lewis’ response:

Seen this, @alexwild.bsky.social? www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away...if you truly care about other people, you'll put [a mask] on." We republished illustrator Gillian Levine's comic, "Reasons to mask in 2026" in @thesicktimes.org. Check it out 👀😷 thesicktimes.org/2026/02/27/c...

Agreed. 🍁🍁🍁🥞🥞

Chocolate plants may have parasitoid wasp pollinators!!! Wow!!!

"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Happy birthday to the only and only Charles Darwin. 🧪

Very cool!

New DNA metabarcoding results show the distribution of cavity nesting #bees & #wasps, & their food sources, from schools across 🇨🇦. This community science work, led by Sage Handler, reveals network links among plants, #pollinators, parasites, predators & prey doi.org/10.3897/mbmg... @mbmg.pensoft.net

#toronto, #snowstorm won’t be using the back door anytime soon! The front isn’t any better

The new dinosaur exhibit is open at the @romtoronto.bsky.social and it's very cool! My friend saw this picture and asked if the dinosaur on the left was licking the one on the right, and while it's actually his tail, tbh I like the idea of defeating your enemy with the power of being super creepy

The @uwofa1 - University of Western Ontario Faculty Association - is quickly becoming a leader in post-secondary education messaging about the equity implications and importance of masking as an integral layer of C19 and flu mitigation. Let’s show them some love, folks! ❤️🙏

This was before Christmas! Almost afraid to ask what it is now 😬🤧mask up 😷

1. Sometimes, the absurdity of the situation we're all in just hits me. Going forward, ongoing and continuous transmission of SARS-CoV-2 will lead to an ever-increasing percentage of the global population developing chronic illnesses due to sequelae of infection.

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

This. Thank you @ellecordova.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w...

I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.

The Fall newsletter is here! Check it out for info on society updates, events, and postings! www.entsocont.ca/uploads/3/0/... #entomology #outreach #bugday #eso

Thrilled for a former volunteer/summer student @romtoronto.bsky.social, Beckett Robertson, recognized in 15-17yo category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, for a whip spider photo www.rom.on.ca/magazine/rom.... Congrats! #arachnids #photography #WPY

🧪🐝 imagining beautiful #bee faces using the Keyence today. This one is Augochlora pura collected in #Toronto

"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse" "Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots." snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...

Flu season is here somewhat early. Be careful out there, masks in crowded indoor spaces are a good idea, and get your flu (and Covid) shots asap.

Imagine a drop of ancient resin. Inside is an insect, trapped for 53 million years, so well preserved it looks like it might twitch back into life. These amber fossils offer us a breath-taking glimpse into long vanished ecosystems. But there’s a catch

🧪🦋Found this really old book in the @romtoronto.bsky.social entomology collection. Probably from the 1800s. Looks like the draft of an early Canadian entomology textbook. Trying to figure out the author & year. Any thoughts?🪰🐛 (E.M. Walker was the 1st curator @ROM, might be his?)

🧪@romtoronto.bsky.social is hiring! Looking for someone to work with bird🦜& mammal🦇collections royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/0SYvkr...

🧪@romtoronto.bsky.social is hiring, yay! 🐦,🌱curators in our Deparment of Natural History. Come work with us! royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO... royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions t.co/sSU5efGhHr

Yes, thank you for putting it so simply. Wish my family understood this, they claim masks are too uncomfortable 😷

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.

The photography & videography is amazing! I was so pleased to play a small part in this impressive doc. Watch on a big screen if you can. 🐛🦋🧪@mmp-inc.bsky.social #insects #caterpillars #bugs

These are beautiful! 🐞🐝🐜Do you 3D print the entire manipulator?

This month, Third Tuesday Nights Free will be on Sept. 23! Ensure you book your free ticket in advance through our website to secure your spot. Presented by TD Bank Group Ready Commitment, visit us between 4:00pm - 8:30pm. www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/eve...

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

🧪🐛Honoured to be included in this amazingly visual documentary about caterpillars...includes Ecospark, Sam Jaffe (The Caterpillar Lab), Doug Talamy (Bringing Nature Home) & David Wagner (Caterpillars of eNA). Check it out Sept 11 @7pm on TVO #caterpillars #insects www.youtube.com/watch?v=weXW...

One of my favourite paintings of hers! (Not including the ones on my walls)

I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩 Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!

1. 'Overall, our findings raise compelling questions about the potential role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in accelerating or triggering neurodegenerative diseases linked to protein amyloidosis'. An example of such a disease is Parkinson's Disease (PD). pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

🕷️#Arachnews alert! 🦂 New Foelix (the definitive reference for general spider biology, a must-have for every arachnologist & arachnophile) just dropped. Now called Spider Biology, this is an completely rewritten & updated version of the Biology of Spiders (2011). link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Very obvious now that SARS-CoV-2 infection can be characterised as: AAA A: Acceleration (e.g. dementia, vascular) A: reActivation (e.g. EBV, LTBI) A: Aging (inflammation, telomere shortening) Longevity and / or healthspan cannot be fully addressed without understanding this.