Measuring a kangaroo's foot. Apparently I've done this 2679 times over the last 18 years. #LongTerm

For the Aussies, the zoologists and the architects out there. 💩🧊🧪 By @chazhutton.com

Roo933 (9yrs) asserts dominance over Roo1063 (8yrs) by showing off his size. Roo1063 submits by crouching and making a cough-like noise. Dominance in male roos is strongly related to body size and condition, but confers a surprisingly small siring advantage link.springer.com/article/10.1...

As one may expect given that fascism south of the border shows no signs of slowing either bbc.com/news/article...

As bushes are encroaching on the roo study area, we see many more swamp wallabies than when we started 18 years ago.

After final pouch exit at about 10 months, kangaroos nurse for another 6 months if the mother has a new offspring, 10-12 if she does not. Here is 5-yr-old 1291 nursing her 11-months-old son www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hiked up Mt Bishop.

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@picardonhealth.bsky.social nails it: "What we saw, once again, were self-centred claims that public-health measures that protect the larger population somehow oppress individuals who essentially think that laws they don’t like don’t apply to them." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

*NEW OPPORTUNITY* with the WISE Lab and Saugeen Ojibway Nation on "Community-Driven Mukwa (Black Bear) Conservation" - Please share!

Love this 🤣 see also academic project meetings

En entrevue à La Presse, François Legault ironise sur la destruction prévue d'habitats essentiels protégés du chevalier cuivré (voir l'extrait). Rappelons que le gouvernement Legault s'opposait à la protection de cette espèce en voie de disparition endémique au Qc: www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Antivaxxers win another one, and Canadians get to be sick some more. People will die.

NINA-Tromsø has an open job search for four research scientist positions working in arctic ecosystems, including freshwater, marine, and vegetation ecology. Application deadline 8 Dec 2025. @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/83-nina...

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Hooray! The Aussie Juice Media comes to Canada! Whether you're already familiar with their wonderful satirical takes or not, you shd take a look at this if you have Qs about the claimed benefits of LNG exports from the west coast, or, more generally, build-baby-build legislation. #abpoli #cdnpoli

Vegetation growth inside exclosures suggests a good spring for kangaroo forage.

[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions. Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed! www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

For a northern hemisphere type, emus need some getting used to.

Le budget déposé par le gouvernement Carney est venu confirmer que le Canada continuera d’appuyer le très polluant secteur pétrolier et gazier, même si les scientifiques répètent depuis plusieurs années qu’il faut réduire notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Hopping

My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin: Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author. Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.

The continuing mismeasure of people makes it to PNAS - and poorly applied genomics will not fix the confounding of family wealth, other environmental variables and genetics. A zombie idea likely popular with far-right types. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

I hadnt seen this particular take on this story till now. A minimalist apology. Not impressed. nationalnews.co.uk/news/shamed-...

These 2 wombats seemed mad at each other and showed it the way wombats do. By digging.

Update: The SRSR amended its motion to request anonymized, aggregated Tri-Council data — protecting researcher privacy, and scientific integrity while supporting accountability. Thank you to Canada’s research community for speaking up! #SupportOurScience

Found a corella tree.

Moonrise over the roo study area

In 'I can read with my eyes shut', Dr. Seuss suggested a cool kangaroo collar prototype. We make ours with material from Ritchey. The top layer is scraped away with a Dremel tool, exposing a symbol or pattern in the central layer. They are lightweight and long-lasting, especially on females.

As a Canadian researcher/academic, it's beyond discouraging that the federal gov't is rolling out the welcome mat for foreign assistant professors, doctoral students and postdocs, while *cutting* domestic research funding and doing nothing to support those of us who are already here, doing the work.

Tone-deaf federal gov't. Given the 2% cut and 5-year freeze in tri-council budget, are these talented researchers expected to panhandle? Someone should tell the feds that research actually costs money.

Yellow tail black cockatoos often fly over the roo study area, almost always even- numbered flocks: 2, 4, or 6. Beautiful birds.

🧪Now that the flaws in Ripple et al. (2025) are on record, it’ll be an interesting test of scientific integrity to see if and how that paper is used. This Science letter, for instance, cites Ripple et al. (2025) in calling for strict wolf protection across Europe. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐

🧪You may have heard that large-carnivore recovery in Yellowstone National Park triggered one of the world’s strongest trophic cascades. Our new open-access article explains why that story doesn’t hold up: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some birds construct fancy nests. Masked lapwings are minimalists.

Surprised that roo 558, at least 16 yrs old, has a pouch young. She weaned 5 young over her lifetime but didn't reproduce last year, possibly to rebuild body reserves. Reproductive senescence in roos stats at about 12 yrs. Male 1361 is 4 and his chances of mating are slim. #LongTerm

Une société formidable qui a beaucoup contribué à la recherche en écologie comportementale et évolution au Québec et ailleurs. J'ai manqué cette rencontre importante car je suis sur le terrain à étudier le comportement des kangourous.

As usual, Canadian gov'ts flaunt their own Endangered Species laws because industry, jobs, clearcuts, blahblahblah. Build an illegal bridge wrecking endangered trout habitat? Slap on the wrist, no fine. But hey, DFO investigated so that's all good. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

We find about half the roos that die, and recover collars. Survival of females aged 3-9 is over 90%, for males it is 75-85%. Declining drastically for roos aged 10+ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Other than using a picture of a B-bear, the article is good: the minister is fear-mongering, the 'volunteer' program does nothing to reduce conflicts and the BearSmart program, which works, is badly underfunded.

The son of roo 1058 is about 10 months old and nearly ready to be locked out of the pouch, but for now he still goes in and out.

Rutters!

Male roo 1435 was missing a digit when first caught as a pouch young 2 years ago. It did not grow back.

Private Eye nailing it.

🎓 Calling Canadian grad students & postdocs! #VoicesForScience is a new campaign to spotlight advocacy for fair pay and better research support. Whether you’ve collected data, organized events, or driven change on campus — your voice matters. Share: forms.gle/neeWyHyMt7Zi... #SupportOurScience

Impressive Pacific gulls. Being gulls, one was trying to steal my bait, the other was looking for garbage in a parking lot. About as large as a great black- back.

Happening SATURDAY! Learn about the status of caribou + wood bison conservation in AB from Pamela, one of AWA's conservation specialists🦌🦬 Register for FREE at the link — you can attend online, or if you're in Edmonton, come join us in person! albertawilderness.ca/product/albe...

Si vous êtes résident(e) au Québec, SVP signez cette pétition. C'est grace à mon médecin de famille que mon cancer a été découvert tôt. www.change.org/p/s-opposer-...

Wombats dig it in the dirt.