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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · Aug 23

Freshwater Ecology position!!! careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Aug 14

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify!

We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝

Applications are due October 6 2025.

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#AcademicJobs #EvoBio

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Only a few days left to submit abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference #GSB2026 @thegsbi.bsky.social Don't miss out: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/. Deadline is Aug. 15th. venuewest.eventsair.com/Presentation... #SoilBiodiversity

Abstract Submission Portal

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Soil biodiversity is key to human health! Show us how your research links soil ecosystems with One Health outcomes. #OneHealth #SoilBiodiversity #HumanWellbeing Abstract submission closing date for the #GSB2026 is only days away globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open! Submission deadline is ...

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · Aug 13

What’s the value of soil biodiversity? We want your research on ecosystem services, natural capital, and economic insights! #NaturalCapital #SoilBiodiversity #EcosystemValuation Submit your abstract today for the #GSB2026 Conference globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open! Submission deadline is ...

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · Aug 12

JOB: Tenure track position in Freshwater Ecology at the U of Calgary: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1652277...

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera!

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Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · Jul 17

The summer newsletter is now available

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission deadline is in 5 DAYS 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱

Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️

Submit an abstract 👇

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Are you an early career researcher (ECR) with exciting soil biodiversity work to share? This is your global stage! Submit your abstract for #GSB2026. Check the box for ECR and you might be profiled at the conference! globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open! Submission deadline is ...

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Justin Chan @justinchan.bsky.social · Jun 26

Some recent herps from here in BC! Great Basin Spadefoot, Western Tiger Salamander, Pacific Chorus Frog, Northern Pacific Rattlesnake

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Scott Gilmore @scottgilmore.bsky.social · Jun 4

A great radio interview with Eric Larson on the newly named Okanagan Crayfish

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The origin story of the Okanagan Crayfish; and why scientists are worried about its future

Eric Larson is the co-author of a new study that found a new species of Crayfish in Okanagan Lake. He warns that the new species is already at risk. He's an associate professor in the Department of Na...

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Thomas CK Hall @baeussupremacy.bsky.social · May 19

After 3 years of procrastination, my bachelor's thesis is finally published in The Canadian Entomologist! We present the first record of the native beetle (Mordellina ancilla) 🪲 feeding on the invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) 🌿. doi.org/10.4039/tce....

Stacked microscope image of the lateral habitus of Mordellina ancilla (Mordellidae). The beetle is amber coloured with smoky brown markings. The image shows the prominent black tarsal and tibial ridges used for keying out species in this family. It also has a pointy ass :3

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · May 19

For #MayflyMonday, check out this great new paper from Dave Funk (Stroud) on Ameletus Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae) of the Eastern Nearctic www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · Apr 29

Seeking contributions for the upcoming issue of the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (biologicalsurvey.ca/publications...). e.g.s include articles on aspects of Canada's biodiversity, collecting trips, photos, announcements, etc. Please send items to giberson(at)upei(dot)ca by 19 May

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · Apr 29

Call for nominations to the Board of the Biological Survey of Canada. To run, you should be a member of the BSC. Send a brief bio including your background in Canadian Biodiversity studies to [email protected] by mid-May. The slate of candidates will be voted on at the AGM in late June.

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · Apr 7

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The Stiletto Flies (Diptera: Therevidae) of British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska | Zootaxa

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Apr 7

Join the Bumble Bee Project on April 8th from 12 - 1 pm to hear about project and other exciting results and how you can join Team Bee for one day of surveys, learn about bees and their threats, and help survey bumble bees during the summer of 2025. entsocbc.ca/bcs-communit...

Join Us Online! April 8, 2025 12 - 1 pm PST. There are approximately 37-39 bumble bee species in British Columbia, and most are wide-ranging and live in a variety of habitats across the vast provincial landscape. This project aims to collect quantitative data that can be used to assess the conservation status of all bumble bees in the province. Data collection involves establishing long term (> 10 years) bumble bee monitoring routes throughout the province, and concurrently build a community of trained volunteers who, once per year, would survey these routes within the areas they live and work. In 2022, 2023, & 2024 we asked government staff to participate in this community bumble bee monitoring project. Join us to hear about these and other exciting results and how you can join Team Bee for one day of surveys, learn about bees and their threats, and help survey bumble bees during the summer of 2025.

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Apr 7

Come join ESBC at the Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge on Saturday Apr 26, from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. We'll be exploring the forest surrounding Beaver Lake in Stanley Park while logging sightings on the iNaturalist app. Full details below:

Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge - Events - Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES)

Drop by to participate in this citizen science challenge with our BioBlitz at Beaver Lake!

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Marcus Stensmyr @marcusstensmyr.bsky.social · Apr 7

We are looking for a PhD student! If you are interested in Drosophilids, systematics, bioinformatics, fiddling with museum specimens of old/weird flies, and chemosensation, then maybe this is for you! Please rebutterfly(?)! Apply below.
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Thomas Barbin @thomasbarbin.bsky.social · Mar 22

Sleeping Coelioxys bees.

I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island

#bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · Mar 7

New book: A checklist to identify all known species of flies in Canada! doi.org/10.3897/ab.e...

"This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species."

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Cover of "Checklist of the Flies (Diptera) in Canada" featuring two fly images, with contributors and publisher details below.

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Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · Mar 7

For the first time in over 100 years we have an up-to-date checklist of Canadian Diptera. Really proud to have been a part of this effort!

Pensoft @pensoft.net · Mar 7

New book: A checklist to identify all known species of flies in Canada! doi.org/10.3897/ab.e...

"This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species."

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · Mar 5

Just heard a great #SciArt story on As It Happens:
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How a Yukon entomologist's fascination with beetle genitalia inspired an art project | CBC News

A retired Yukon-based entomologist is finding artistic inspiration in the tiniest and most private of places: beetle genitalia.

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Entomological Society of Canada @canentomologist.bsky.social · Mar 5

New record of Calliphora stelviana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at low elevation in southern Canada doi.org/10.4039/tce....
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New record of Calliphora stelviana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at low elevation in southern Canada | The Canadian Entomologist | Cambridge Core

New record of Calliphora stelviana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at low elevation in southern Canada - Volume 157

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