Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻
@dezene.me
🪲 Professor 🪰 University of Northern British Columbia 🕷️ Insect ecologist 🐝 conservation, biodiversity, natural history 🐛 Opinions are my own. 🐞 https://linktr.ee/dezene 🦋
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It's always fun to explain to people that my undergrad university (and hometown) has signs warning people not to approach moose or bears.
This exceptional #UNBC student is waiting right outside my office at the moment.
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's always fun to explain to people that my undergrad university (and hometown) has signs warning people not to approach moose or bears.
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They were trying to catch a bus last week!
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
They were trying to catch a bus last week!
This exceptional #UNBC student is waiting right outside my office at the moment.
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This exceptional #UNBC student is waiting right outside my office at the moment.
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
So I might as well use this opportunity to advertise our Wildlife and Fisheries B.Sc.
🔗 www.unbc.ca/programs-and...
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I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
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Hey, you know what other sector what has been decimated by a hostile government's actions that has yet to be given a bailout?
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hey, you know what other sector what has been decimated by a hostile government's actions that has yet to be given a bailout?
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Baby crab alert. 🦀
There are so many that they form the base of a lot of food webs, including filter-feeding whale sharks who swallow them by the thousands.
Those that survive a few months will return to forage in the forests until they're about 3 yrs old & reach sexual maturity, ready to join Crab Spring Break.
Those that survive a few months will return to forage in the forests until they're about 3 yrs old & reach sexual maturity, ready to join Crab Spring Break.
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Baby crab alert. 🦀
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So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
From what I've been able to read in the media, it isn't simply that BC is refusing to participate.
Neither BC nor First Nations were *even asked* to participate in bitumen pipeline and oil-tanker-on-the-north-coast discussions up to this point. 🌎
Neither BC nor First Nations were *even asked* to participate in bitumen pipeline and oil-tanker-on-the-north-coast discussions up to this point. 🌎
Ottawa et l'Alberta devrait annoncer jeudi une entente concernant le projet de pipeline de la province.
Mais le spécialiste de l'énergie Yvan Cliche constate déjà un échec du projet dans le refus de la Colombie-Britannique d'y participer.
Entrevue: youtu.be/E9gQIhBBKCQ?...
Mais le spécialiste de l'énergie Yvan Cliche constate déjà un échec du projet dans le refus de la Colombie-Britannique d'y participer.
Entrevue: youtu.be/E9gQIhBBKCQ?...
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
From what I've been able to read in the media, it isn't simply that BC is refusing to participate.
Neither BC nor First Nations were *even asked* to participate in bitumen pipeline and oil-tanker-on-the-north-coast discussions up to this point. 🌎
Neither BC nor First Nations were *even asked* to participate in bitumen pipeline and oil-tanker-on-the-north-coast discussions up to this point. 🌎
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Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
The energy poverty trap
Will more oil and gas production in Canada help alleviate energy poverty in the developing world? Of course not — but that hasn't prevented Danielle Smith and other industry champions from pretending ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world.
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...
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ICYMI: I have a new commentary out in MongaBay about important new shark conservation research and what it means for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The CITES COP starts today.
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...
news.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ICYMI: I have a new commentary out in MongaBay about important new shark conservation research and what it means for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The CITES COP starts today.
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
@wcs.org 🌎🧪🦑🐠
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
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Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
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Wow… other eco metallers available here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ecometal: Could Ozzy Osbourne's legacy be helping save the planet? - BBC News
Global environmental activism by metal bands can be traced back to Black Sabbath, an academic says.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Wow… other eco metallers available here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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1/3 ❄️🐻❄️ Mammal Monday: The Polar Bear (𝘜𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘴)
A highly specialized mammal adapted to life in the Arctic and optimized for long-distance travel, efficient thermoregulation, and reliance on energy-dense marine prey.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: ©mickeydylan, peterkennerley
A highly specialized mammal adapted to life in the Arctic and optimized for long-distance travel, efficient thermoregulation, and reliance on energy-dense marine prey.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: ©mickeydylan, peterkennerley
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1/3 ❄️🐻❄️ Mammal Monday: The Polar Bear (𝘜𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘴)
A highly specialized mammal adapted to life in the Arctic and optimized for long-distance travel, efficient thermoregulation, and reliance on energy-dense marine prey.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: ©mickeydylan, peterkennerley
A highly specialized mammal adapted to life in the Arctic and optimized for long-distance travel, efficient thermoregulation, and reliance on energy-dense marine prey.
🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍
Photos: ©mickeydylan, peterkennerley
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Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
$270-million SINAA agreement funds Nunavut conservation | The Narwhal
The SINAA agreement aims to protect nearly 800,000 square kilometres and build a conservation economy in the Qikiqtani region
thenarwhal.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Funded by Canada and philanthropic partners, the SINAA agreement will protect almost 800,000 square kilometres of land and water in the ecologically critical Qikiqtani region while building a strong, Inuit-led conservation economy. thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-in...
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OK so as a bit of a metal head myself, I had to check this out. And it turns out, not just Death Metal, but some pretty epic eco-Death Metal, if you want to go really niche.
(Warning: uncensored eco-catastrophic content)
youtu.be/9w-kQaslGwY?...
(Warning: uncensored eco-catastrophic content)
youtu.be/9w-kQaslGwY?...
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
OK so as a bit of a metal head myself, I had to check this out. And it turns out, not just Death Metal, but some pretty epic eco-Death Metal, if you want to go really niche.
(Warning: uncensored eco-catastrophic content)
youtu.be/9w-kQaslGwY?...
(Warning: uncensored eco-catastrophic content)
youtu.be/9w-kQaslGwY?...
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I witness my students undergo major transformations as they learn to see past the basic ways their sense of the world has been framed by human exceptionalism. As the wool is pulled from their eyes, they come to experience Nature as more alive, animate, and aware. (1/2)
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I witness my students undergo major transformations as they learn to see past the basic ways their sense of the world has been framed by human exceptionalism. As the wool is pulled from their eyes, they come to experience Nature as more alive, animate, and aware. (1/2)
“Ma jeunesse ne fut qu'un ténébreux orage,
Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils ;
Le tonnerre et la pluie ont fait un tel ravage,
Qu'il reste en mon jardin bien peu de fruits vermeils.”
Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils ;
Le tonnerre et la pluie ont fait un tel ravage,
Qu'il reste en mon jardin bien peu de fruits vermeils.”
this actually looks pretty good on him, I would take this man's French poetry class.
quite a look for Trump today
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“Ma jeunesse ne fut qu'un ténébreux orage,
Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils ;
Le tonnerre et la pluie ont fait un tel ravage,
Qu'il reste en mon jardin bien peu de fruits vermeils.”
Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils ;
Le tonnerre et la pluie ont fait un tel ravage,
Qu'il reste en mon jardin bien peu de fruits vermeils.”
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Forge Ahead
Billie Rae Busby
2017
Billie Rae Busby
2017
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Forge Ahead
Billie Rae Busby
2017
Billie Rae Busby
2017
A little #Caturday repost gift for everyone. 💕
The little Holiday Treats are warming up so well, we’re all purring and even seeking pets after just a couple days. I think it’s been the long kitten season and seasonal depression, but I am still just not sure what their names should be. But they’re real cute & sweet and gonna be good cuddlers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A little #Caturday repost gift for everyone. 💕
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@uarctic.bsky.social story about my recent trip to London 🇬🇧:
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
UArctic x Lloyd’s Register Foundation Research Fellows Visit To Headquarters in London
The Research Fellowships is a partnership between the Lloyd's Register Foundation and the University of the Arctic. The Fellowships aim to support researchers that use historical perspectives and appl...
www.uarctic.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@uarctic.bsky.social story about my recent trip to London 🇬🇧:
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
www.uarctic.org/news/2025/11... @lrfheritage.bsky.social
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I'm tellin you.... don't ever count pigeons out! 🪶
An electric discovery: Pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear
In 1882, the French Naturalist Camille Viguier was among the first to propose the existence of a magnetic sense. His speculation proved correct. Many animals—from bats, to migratory birds and sea turt...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm tellin you.... don't ever count pigeons out! 🪶
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Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM