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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 1d

If you think that trudging 22 km through a peatland while watching for polar bears in order to collect science data is a good time then my undergraduate/graduate field course in August 2026 might be just for you!

[email protected]

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · 16d

Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!

Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!

ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 8d

It’s really fun birding in museums & galleries, but it can also teach us a lot about ancient cultures. Cool work by Birkhead & Montgomerie in Ibis 🧪🪶

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A Neolithic rock engraving apparently showing a Great Auk being captured

We evaluate whether a Neolithic engraved rock image at the Alta archaeological site in Finnmark, Norway – of a bird being held by a person – represents a Great Auk Pinguinus impennis. There are sever...

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 10d

But, a captive Whooping Crane in Wisconsin recently died of HPAI, a contagious and deadly virus. An HPAI outbreak in the wild population could render this species extinct. I’m privileged to be near this species’ annual migration route and to have met this bird. 2/2

#birds #birding #SpeciesAtRisk

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 10d

Whooping Cranes are an endangered species. Only ~500 individuals remain. The only self-sustaining population (~329 birds, less than 250 of reproductive age) in the world breeds in Wood Buffalo NP & winters in Texas. This flock has been increasing, which is great! 1/2

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#conservation #BirdTherapy

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Ontario Nature @ontarionature.bsky.social · 10d

"Sacrificing vulnerable species to address economic uncertainty is short sighted and ignores the many benefits ecosystems provide. We need economic solutions that operate in harmony with nature, not in conflict,” says Tony Morris, Ontario Nature.
🔗: nationtalk.ca/story/piping...

Piping Plovers are a Symbol of the Challenges and Triumphs of Endangered Species

Wasaga, September 23, 2025 – Recent legislative developments in Ontario and Canada have further jeopardized the already bleak future of endangered piping plovers. Ontario’s Bill 5 and Canada’s Bill C-...

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10d

It has been ten years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report and some feel the initiative is losing momentum.

Is reconciliation losing momentum? Depends on who you ask

Thousands of people attended events on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. Is reconciliation losing its meaning?

www.aptnnews.ca

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 11d

Peter Pitseolak spent his life preserving the knowledge of the traditional ways of the Inuit through his writing, sketching and photography.
Learning photography using borrowed cameras, he captured over 2,000 photos during a period of 20 years.
This is his story.

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A person wearing a thick fur coat and boots standing in a snowy landscape with mountains in the background, next to a tripod-mounted camera, with a small boat and other equipment visible nearby, in a black-and-white image.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10d

At the age of 13, Jennifer Wood remembers being in a car driving up to the Portage La Prairie Indian Residential School with her suitcase and not comprehending what was going on until her father said he would see her at Christmas.

She shares her story on the season premiere of Face to Face.

Residential school survivor Jennifer Wood believes Canadians are coming around

Residential school survivor Jennifer Wood says Canadians joining in marches in support of Indigenous Peoples is encouraging

www.aptnnews.ca

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Science Magazine @science.org · 14d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 16d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Dugdale Research Group @hannahdugdale.bsky.social · 22d

Come & work with us - fully funded 4 year PhD on Social Ageing: Social environment effects on senescence, using an epigenetic clock www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... @rug.nl @david-s-richardson.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @seychelleswarbler.bsky.social photo: @charlisdavies.bsky.social

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Coraline Bichet @coralinebcht.bsky.social · 22d

With @romain-pigeault.bsky.social and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship for a master student to test the effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Follow the link for more. @ecophycebc.bsky.social
@univ-larochelle.fr
@univpoitiers.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/corali...

Msc internship proposal | Coraline Bichet

With my colleagues Romain Pigeault and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student (2nd year) about the potential effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Check the atta...

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Laurence Jeanjean @laujeanjean.bsky.social · Mar 12

Our new paper is out!🐦
We replicated a paper by Gilles et al. 2024, and (surprise) replication studies are indeed very much needed!!
To discover what info is encoded in the preen oil of Pied Flycatchers, and why are replication studies key for robust science, follow the link😁
doi.org/10.1111/jav....

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 19d

Beautiful evening with Sandhill Cranes just south of Saskatoon 🪶🇨🇦

#Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #sunset #nature #migration #Saskatchewan

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 20d

#Paleontology 🪶

17-million-year-old fossil of large extinct songbird discovered in Australia

Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia's Boodjamulla National Park.

phys.org

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Dan Beaudet @danbeaudet.bsky.social · 19d

Northern Flicker…flicking.
#bird #photography #nature #OMSystem

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 20d

Alder Flycatcher in Saskatoon 🪶🇨🇦

#Birds #BirdTherapy #Birding #Saskatchewan #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Behavioral Ecology and Endocrinology Lab @behavecol-lab.bsky.social · 21d

Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦

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marilou boddé @mariloumercedes.bsky.social · 22d

Our paper Genomic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles funestus was published in Science today! It features inversions, selection in action, museum specimens and putative new ecotypes. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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USask @usask.ca · Jul 11

“The major question is, what does wildfire smoke mean for songbirds?”

Dr. Catie Ivy is leading a new #USask research project that will examine the physiological effects of smoke intake on songbirds.

#USaskResearch
news.usask.ca/articles/res...

USask research explores how wildfire smoke impacts bird physiology - News

Dr. Catie Ivy (PhD) doesn’t call the birds she studies “birds” — she calls them her friends.

news.usask.ca

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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 25d

Lots of Swainson’s Thrush were moving through Saskatoon last week. What would you rename them? 🪶🇨🇦

#BirdNamesForBirds #Birds #Birding #BirdTherapy #Saskatchewan

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 26d

Come and work with us! Three new academic posts (including Animal Behaviour) and superb facilities in the new Life & Mind Building

Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 26d

Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building

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Miguel A. Gómez-Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 27d

Shorebird species lose 1–10% of their total populations annually on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway in just 19 stopover sites in China, mainly by hunting and bird deterrence measures.Mortality rates are unsustainable for most species
In @natecoevo.nature.com #waders
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 29d

HEY!

Head and shoulders portrait of a bird with a bright blue crest and black neck ring. It is looking directly into the camera, crest erect and beak wide open showing the pink interior of its mouth.

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