Benjamin Larue
@benjaminlarue.bsky.social
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Liber Ero Fellow Postdoc at Université Laval Collaborative caribou conservation research ❄️ Recherche collaborative sur la conservation du caribou ❄️
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✨ Even after 50 years of monitoring, wildlife population can hold many secrets! Our new study reveals four hidden life-history trajectories in♀️bighorn sheep 🐏

🌿 Why does this matter? Hidden life-history diversity could shape how populations respond to disturbances and conservation efforts.
Uncovering bighorn sheep life-history trajectories in multidimensional trait space | PNAS
Individual heterogeneity shapes ecoevolutionary processes at multiple scales. Yet, the scarcity of long-term life-history data and limitations in c...
www.pnas.org
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wildwoods.bsky.social
Advocacy in support of 'wild horses' in the West has become so strong that even in sensitive areas like the scenic Mono Basin, agencies are now more inclined (or forced) to let entire landscapes be chronically degraded by overgrazing. Another example where science-based mgmt has been steamrolled. 🌍
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y2y.bsky.social
Roadless areas are “incredibly important from an ecological standpoint,” says Leslie Weldon, former deputy chief of the US Forest Service and Y2Y board member.

But that's just the start of the impacts if the Roadless Rule is overturned. Read more in this opinion from @bengoldfarb.bsky.social
A road runs through it - The Boston Globe
America’s wild lands are already home to vast networks of paved and dirt roads. Now the Trump administration is about to expand their reach.
www.bostonglobe.com
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georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 The 2026 Hollings scholarship is now open until 1/31/26. During the U.S. Govt shutdown, the application will remain open, but staff are unavailable to answer questions or provide assistance. Learn more about the program and check out our resources for applicants: lnkd.in/eE2rfbr7
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robertgbjork.bsky.social
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
web103.reachmee.com
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buffalobillsnfl.bsky.social
Ornithology is all about the process.

#GoBills | #BillsMafia
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theijf.org
Environmental groups are warning that legislative and regulatory changes to fast-track majornational projects could sideline Indigenous rights, along with health and environmental protections. Read the new info we found in federal reports.

zurl.co/Z263e

#cdnpoli #FirstNations
benjaminlarue.bsky.social
Amazing fungi!
biographic.bsky.social
🍄🧪🚨GLOW-IN-THE-DARK TREE SCIENCE🚨🧪🍄

Scientists have identified 125 species of bioluminescent fungi, and there are likely many more. One of the latest discoveries is a species that doesn't just glow on its own -- trees interlaced with its filaments also emit an ethereal greenish light (!!)
Glowing from Within - bioGraphic
With more scientists and artists turning their attention to bioluminescence, new information about glowing fungi is coming to light.
www.biographic.com
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canjzoology.bsky.social
Now published: the Introduction to the collection "The Basis of Social Movement in Ungulates"

Social drivers of movement in gregarious ungulates

✒️ McShea and Shamon
🔗 buff.ly/nblLDeB #FreeAccess
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choosewild.bsky.social
Support the REUSE Act of 2025 - A bipartisan, commonsense bill that directs the U.S. EPA to study how reuse and refill systems can be expanded. Reusable packaging has the lowest carbon footprint of any packaging option. Join us and support: https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/v9QxUWSf9E6mejLqEbfQPA2
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libererofellows.bsky.social
La bourse Liber Ero offre 2 ans de soutien et d'incroyables opportunités d'apprentissage et de réseautage. Le dépôt de candidatures est ouvert jusqu'au 1er novembre. Consultez liberero.ca/fr pour plus de détails.
Accueil - Liber Ero Fellowship Program
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
The steadily growing population of rare lesser horseshoe bats in the shed (roughly 100) attests to the level of flying insect life in the forest outside, since each bat catches around 3,000 per night.

Healthy nature depends on healthy, wild, functioning *ecosystems*.

Rewilding delivers that. 🌏
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nadescha.bsky.social
Super excited to be advertising a #PhD position on how #marine #biodiversity affects #ecosystem functioning in the #Arctic at Aarhus uni . Pls apply and repost. I am looking forward to working with you.🧪🦑🦀🌍
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
Linking marine biodiversity to ecosystem function across scales in the Arctic
phd.nat.au.dk
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RIP Jane Goodall, who has died at 91.

She was a gentle disrupter who reshaped how we understand our place in nature. Her research with chimpanzees revolutionized science, and her boundless optimism touched the world.

buff.ly/5Hwx3Z7 🌎🩺
A photo of Jane Goodall, in her later days with a quote from her: "The greatest danger to our future is our apathy. 

Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other."
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stubearhop.bsky.social
Only a few days to go… please share!!!
stubearhop.bsky.social
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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danc-eco.bsky.social
We are seeking an ornithologist/modeller for a 2-year POST-DOC in Turin. Using archaeological remains, we will reconstruct past avian communities to understand the impacts of climate change and human pressure on birds through time. For details see cutt.ly/irN76QDZ PLEASE RT. #ornithology #AviArch
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methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
📖Published📖

Described in their applications paper, Missik et al. developed ECODATA, a suite of open-source tools to support exploration, analysis and visualization of animal movements and dynamic geospatial data layers 🐺 🦌 👇

buff.ly/nhPx7Nt

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Overview of the ECODATA Apps (blue boxes) in relation to the types of geospatial information they process. The apps can be used independently to visualize and manipulate data in preparation for geospatial analyses. The case studies detail workflows that use the apps together to create movement data animations, and that use these animations to support wildlife management.
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wildwoods.bsky.social
There is so much in the news cycle these days that the complete dismantling of the Forest Service -- so *our* forests can be auctioned off to Big TImber -- is unfortunately getting little air play. But if this happens, US landscapes may be almost unrecognizable in a decade, and never coming back. 🌍
motherjones.com
Using an emergency declaration, Trump’s timber production executive order would ease environmental protections so as to greatly expand logging in the national forests.

A report from our friends at @highcountrynews.org:
The dismantling of the US Forest Service is imminent
The public has less than a week remaining to comment on the administration's plans.
www.motherjones.com
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ekwo-tuktu.bsky.social
NWT and Nunavut add Peary #caribou and the Dolphin and Union herd to a an agreement on collaborative caribou management. New in our news section, www.northerncaribou.ca/news thanks @CabinRadio
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wishartae.bsky.social
For the #ungulates crowd! 🧪🌍 #wildlife
canjzoology.bsky.social
NEW in CJZ:
Harmless tags or hazardous ads? Investigating the potential for ear tags to increase predation on neonatal ungulates

✒️ Turnley et al.
🔗 buff.ly/7Dz1HN3 #OpenAccess 🔓
Two pronghorn neonates shortly after birth. Both are fitted with expandable tracking collars but only one fitted with a yellow eartag.