Srsly… all these photos that ppl are posting of the Aurora borealis this year… how uplifting and just… wow wow 🤯

Things just go from bad to worse over in the US.

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Indonesia legally harvests tens of thousands of freshwater turtles each year for export, even as many species edge toward extinction. A study finds the trade supports only a few hundred people at barely minimum wage and likely relies on illegal catch, raising doubts it should continue.

五福临门 (wu fu lin men) May the Year of the Fire Horse bring us all peace, love, joy and solidarity.

Wow.

This new paper in Nature Climate presents the results of a field experiment regarding what is the most effective social media strategy for climate communication, finding that "exhortations were more effective than requests." Read on for details: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The commodification of animals as trinkets is ethically questionable, whether or not they were captive-bred for commercial use or died naturally. And despite frequent vendor claims to the contrary, most animals in the ornamental trade are harvested in the wild. We can do better. c.org/x7FcXM2zVc

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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Lutnick, in a senate subcommittee hearing yesterday, said “I looked through the millions of documents for my name, just like everybody else.” Like everyone else ? I’ll bet you 47 dollars I’m not the only person who did not look thru the files searching for my name.

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We studied the ornamental trade in painted woolly bats in Ho Chi Minh City. We found: this bat is popular in trade, hunted in the wild in Vietnam, mainly sold to tourists and rare in the wild. The trade is illegal, but this bat needs stronger legal protections. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

In a terrible week of news, a shining ray of light from the better side of the border ! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Airline safety, food security, national security and disaster preparedness. All essential goals, no ? This article highlights how the loss of one NSF funded research centre could undermine them all. Illustrating perfectly why an attack on science is an attack on everyone.

What has been happening in the 🇺🇸 over the past year… We have travelled a lot, and on Sunday, my husband said to me : if a sitch like this broke out in a country we were planning to visit, we would cancel our trip. This 💩 would never occur in 🇨🇦 or 🇸🇬. But now we live here. And face daily 💔.

Srsly, I think there are so many big problems within your own borders right now, that maybe you can focus on those instead of trying to bully 🇨🇦. Which will not work, btw. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

No words can convey the horror of seeing another life snuffed out on the street by out-of-control ICE agents. I knew, moving to the 🇺🇸, about the gun violence problem. But govt-sanctioned extrajudicial killings are not at all what I expected. How many more murders before the public says : Enough ?

« C’est sans doute un des discours, sinon le discours les plus magistrales qu’un premier ministre du 🇨🇦 a prononcé sur la scène internationale. » youtube.com/watch?v=BI9z...

What intelligent & compassionate leadership and foreign policy look like.

Tomorrow people across the US will commemorate the 1-year anniversary of Trump's inauguration by participating the #FreeAmerica Walkout. Events are happening in over 1K events in every state. www.freeameri.ca @womensmarch.com @aclu.org @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social #Resist

Some good news amid the chaos. www.highereddive.com/news/senate-...

“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are: From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

At Réveillon last night, my grand niece, Lyvia, drew a witch / vampire / elf. So… out with Santa, in with chimeras ?

Wishing everyone out there a very merry Christmas 🎄 (or whatever you are celebrating) from snowy Montreal !

This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience. www.notus.org/health-scien...

How is this « gold standard » science, let alone « do no harm » ? Wrong on every level.

The wildlife trade includes the harvest and sale of fur bearing animals. And not all production comes from fur farms. Many wild fur bearers are trapped and snared, especially in the 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦.

My ❤️ goes out to all victims of gun violence, esp. in schools. Moving to the 🇺🇸 for an academic role, this is the thing that scared me the most having never lived anywhere where ppl could carry a gun legally. The number & capacity of firearms in the hands of the public is outrageous.

No clue what this flower species is, but holy mackerel, isn’t it spectacular ?!?!

Unfortunately, a proposal to list painted woolly bats, which are popular in ornamental trade, on CITES appendix 2 did not get submitted. But outcomes of discussions at the CoP make us very optimistic that we will achieve this protection at the next CoP. So, what are we doing in the interim ? 🧵

Speaking with my friend who attended CITES CoP20, I was struck by how many traders he said were in attendance. These powerful lobbyists ensure very hotly debated proposals and quite a few defeats. Reminds me of how delegates at the recent UNFCCC CoP28 were dominated by petroleum interests.

We are now living in a 1.5 degree warmed world—with no end in sight (at least not based on current policies or practices). www.ft.com/content/9e0e...

Anguillid eels were not among the taxa that gained enhanced protection at CoP20. A CITES Appendix II listing would not have banned all intl trade. It would have allowed for trade under a permit system and created a way to systematically monitor trade. www.fishsec.org/2025/12/05/p...

The trade in casques & whole birds is one of the top threats to hornbills everywhere. Note: for each breeding male taken, there are a female & their chicks in the nest hole, where they will be trapped and die. 😌 to see 7 African species added to CITES Appendix 2. e360.yale.edu/digest/cites...

CITES is the only treaty that regulates int’l wildlife trade. CoP20 ended Friday. This week, I will highlight one outcome per day. This one is great news. Way better protection for sharks & rays, apex predators, with a high rate of endangerment due to trade. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

As the world shifts to renewables… A country that invests massively in fossil fuels instead of green energy is not just exacerbating climate change, but also dooming its economy over the short and long terms. Good governance is forward thinking. www.financierworldwide.com/global-energ...

An authoritarian leader remains in custody, facing accountability for the thousands of extrajudicial killings he committed under the guise of the « war on drugs ». www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

This popped up on our smart tv YouTube this am, so my husband and I watched & were enthralled. So awesome to not only grow my appreciation for pronates, but also gain this insight into why they are so interesting to my colleague, @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social. youtube.com/watch?v=neEF...

Oh dear. thehill.com/policy/inter...

What are the most pressing questions about the status of #insects? Our survey is available here in multiple languages: bit.ly/insectquestions! #insect #entomology #biodiversity

🦇NEW REPORT! WCS Canada Western Bat Team & partners: Insuk, C., et al. 2025. Probiotic prophylaxis for white-nose syndrome – Testing use of a probiotic to reduce bat mortality caused by white-nose syndrome. 7 Nov. 2025, Synthesis Report. DOI: doi.org/10.19121/202...

Good to understand what we are dealing with if we are going to fight back. As we must. Because an attack on science is an attack on humanity. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Looking for a postdoctoral fellowship? Get in touch with me if you’re interested in joining my lab and applying to a Sintring 2-year fellowship. I’m particularly interested in developing applications on buzz pollination, floral evolution, and Mimulus eco-gen projects. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Interesting finding & clever methodology.

Not even political 💩 can get me down as we wait for LCD Soundsystem to take the stage at Queens Knockdown Centre ! So stoked !

« Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them. » theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

When the rainforests of the sea and the rainforests of the land are gone… I don’t want to finish that sentence. This could be our shining moment of courage and solidarity. Our time to show what great things humanity is capable of. Fight climate change now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

All elected officials, including heads of state, are public servants. Therefore, they should serve the people’s interests. It’s really that simple.

This is an easy action for people around the 🌍. weaintbuyingit.com