Marco Festa‐Bianchet

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 21h

ChatGPT fake citations in a 1.6M$ report! Absurdly unprofessional by Deloitte, NL gov't should sue for a full refund. I expect in a few years this too may be seen as 'normal'. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.L. asks Deloitte to carry out review after 'incorrect' citations found in $1.6M provincial health plan | CBC News

The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it's been in contact with the private company responsible for a new report meant to guide the province into the future, which was found to contain fake ci...

www.cbc.ca

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 2d

It was, although my main job was to trap ground squirrels.

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 2d

Back in 1976 I helped Dave Moyles trap dippers on this river using a mistnet strung across it.

Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

While most songbirds have left the Rocky Mountains for the freezing times ahead - one special exception remains. The antics of American Dippers are so enjoyable, they make up for the lack of many other #birds.

Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

While most songbirds have left the Rocky Mountains for the freezing times ahead - one special exception remains. The antics of American Dippers are so enjoyable, they make up for the lack of many other #birds.

Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 3d

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology url:

academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 3d

Probably not

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 3d

This is horrible and very unusual, apparently the G-bear attacked a large group of people. Still very little known of what happened, I hope all those injured will recover. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Officials to speak after grizzly bear attacks elementary school group in B.C. | CBC

www.cbc.ca

SNAP Québec @snapquebec.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️ Plus d'un an après l'annonce de projets pilotes, le gouvernement du Québec n'a toujours aucun échéancier de prévu.

Alors que nous attendons une stratégie complète pour la protection du caribou forestier depuis 2016, les coupes forestières continuent dans des zones prioritaires pour le caribou. ⚠️

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 4d

Ord: interesting comic-book approach explaining evolution using the hunting-induced decrease in horn size of bighorn sheep at Ram Mountain 🧪
www.ordlab.unsw.edu.au/sites/defaul...
For the data, see onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 4d

Nzombane: half of elephant bulls shot by hunters near Gonarezhou Park are killed within 1 km of the bounday, apparently creating a 'barrier of fear' so that 🐘 are unlikely to exit the park. A common issue with protected areas, good to see some data 🧪
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Trophy Hunting of Elephants Close to the Park Boundary of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, Deters Elephants From Using Adjacent Hunting Areas

Trophy hunting of elephants may influence their habitat utilisation, which might have cascading impacts on resource availability and their dynamics. The effects of elephant trophy hunting were invest...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Cole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · 4d

There are 3 exciting postdoctoral openings to work on biodiversity research, monitoring and conservation with us at UBC - check them out!

2 positions: biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and...

1 position: science-bcbiodiversitynetwork-2025.sites.olt.ubc.ca/opportunities/

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...

biodiversity.ubc.ca

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 5d

U.S. CDC C.D.C. Changes Website to Reflect Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism. A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/h... via @nytimes.com

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 5d

La tique d'hiver menace les populations d'orignaux au Québec et Nouveau-Brunswick, en partie car les changements climatiques avec des hivers plus doux lui permettent d'augmenter sa distribution vers le nord. theconversation.com/des-hivers-p...

Des hivers plus doux, des parasites plus présents : l’orignal est-il en péril face à la tique d’hiver ?

Un petit parasite profite du réchauffement climatique pour faire de grands ravages : la tique d’hiver décime les jeunes orignaux.

theconversation.com

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 6d

Johansson: snow leopards select prime-aged ♂️ ibex, likely because of lower agility. No evidence that ♂️ mostly selected after rut. Kids,♀️ selected in spring. Average mass of prime-aged ibex ♂️ more than twice that of snow leopards. 🧪
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Snow leopard prey selection on the mountain‐adapted ibex: seasonal switching between prime‐aged males and newborn kids

We examined seasonal prey selection by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) on different age and sex categories of Siberian ibex (Capra sibirica) in the Tost Mountains of Southern Mongolia. Large solitary ....

zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 6d

Worth a look.

I found three of mine - not sure I'll will go through with this, but if I do it will be mostly to do something about the massive plagiarism that is going on.

Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 7d

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Dr Tara Martin @taragmartin.bsky.social · 6d

NEW RESEARCH ALERT: Deer are destroying B.C. island ecosystems. Indigenous hunting could be the solution: thenarwhal.ca/bc-gulf-isla...

Indigenous deer hunt could restore B.C. Gulf Islands | The Narwhal

Research suggests Indigenous-led hunts may be the best way to reduce deer populations, restore ecosystems and support communities on the Gulf Islands

thenarwhal.ca

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting initiative.
Indeed, "G-bear does NOT attack" is a headline we seldom see.

Sarah Elmeligi @elmeligisarah.bsky.social · 7d

Let's tell the truth about bear encounters and coexistence. If you've had a bear encounter this year, it was amazing and nothing happened, tell me about it. Email your story (3 sentences or less) and 1 photo to [email protected]. post it on your socials too and tag me and the Minister.

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 6d

There are many things we still don't know about CWD in deer. What WE DO KNOW is that game farms spread it. UCP doing for CWD in deer what it did for measles in people?

Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · 6d

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading fast — and now the government wants to legalize Cervid Harvest Preserves? Protect Alberta’s wildlife and oppose canned hunting by sending a letter HERE: albertawilderness.ca/send-a-lette...

Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · 6d

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is spreading fast — and now the government wants to legalize Cervid Harvest Preserves? Protect Alberta’s wildlife and oppose canned hunting by sending a letter HERE: albertawilderness.ca/send-a-lette...

Peter Moffett @moffettpeter.bsky.social · 6d

The department of biologie #usherbrooke is hiring. Faculty position open in the area of #Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology.

www.usherbrooke.ca/emplois/offr...

Professeure ou professeur en biologie moléculaire végétale

Offre d'emploi : Professeure ou professeur en biologie moléculaire végétale, Sherbrooke, Campus principal, Université de Sherbrooke

www.usherbrooke.ca

Sarah Elmeligi @elmeligisarah.bsky.social · 7d

Let's tell the truth about bear encounters and coexistence. If you've had a bear encounter this year, it was amazing and nothing happened, tell me about it. Email your story (3 sentences or less) and 1 photo to [email protected]. post it on your socials too and tag me and the Minister.

Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 7d

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

Submit a Claim

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 7d

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Fabrice Jean-Pierre @fabricejpierre.bsky.social · 7d

We're hiring! My dept. is looking for a candidate with a research program focusing on plant systems. All areas of molecular and cellular biology research will be considered. Not sure if you'd fit? Reach out to me. Please share! #microsky

Fabrice Jean-Pierre @fabricejpierre.bsky.social · 7d

We're hiring! My dept. is looking for a candidate with a research program focusing on plant systems. All areas of molecular and cellular biology research will be considered. Not sure if you'd fit? Reach out to me. Please share! #microsky

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 9d

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

Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 11d

For the Aussies, the zoologists and the architects out there.

💩🧊🧪

By @chazhutton.com

Wombat architecture critics.
Two wombats see a cube-shaped house and one comments: Well that looks like shit.

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 11d

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...

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 11d

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

Canadian boycott of US travel shows no sign of slowing

October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.

bbc.com

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 12d

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

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 12d

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...

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