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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 1d

Read this month's Editors' choice, Marine iguanas have lower metabolic rates during El Niño, by Shahar Dubiner and colleagues

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A Galápagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on a volcanic rock with a wave crashing in the background. Photo credit: Kenneth J. Lohmann.

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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 7d

The Wildlife Society has picked up over 30 manuscripts left hanging by the decision to cut funding for the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management and will publish them in the Journal of Wildlife Management.

JWM adopts 'Orphaned' Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management papers - The Wildlife Society

When federal budget cuts came for a longstanding wildlife journal, TWS offered a home to pending papers

wildlife.org

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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 1d

Is MDPI Predatory? www.predatoryjournals.org/news/is-mdpi... [if the question needs to be asked....]

Predatory Journals - Is MDPI Predatory

Is MDPI Predatory?

www.predatoryjournals.org

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

All of this is to say that I've work so hard to get into vet school & succeed. It's disheartening that money is the barrier between me achieving my dream of becoming a veterinarian.

If you have the means, please donate to my fundraiser. If you can't, then please re-post this.

Thanks!

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to all of this, I've work as a Veterinary Assistant at 2 veterinary hospitals in Manitoba, I've done 6 field seasons in a research lab (catching bats) and I've worked on a dairy farm

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I've participated in 12 high quality/high volume spay & neuter clinics in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada and North Dakota/ South Dakota, USA with various rescue organizations.

In total, I have aided in over 700 surgeries and the vaccination of an additional 400 animals.

#vetmed #vetmedsky 🐶🐈

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I've been a peer-reviewer for multiple journals, including the Journal of Thermal Biology (@thermal-biology.bsky.social), Conservation Physiology (@conphysjournal.bsky.social), Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social) & Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (to name a few)

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I've given over 35 outreach talks (on bat conservation and veterinary medicine) to many classrooms and groups (in person and on-line) with about half of them through Skype A Scientist (@skypeascientist.bsky.social)

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

For 4 years, I've held a position as a Science Journalist at the Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social) where I've authored articles (16 in total!) highlighting new & exciting studies

I've also contributed to Conservation Physiology (@conphysjournal.bsky.social)

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

For 2.5 years, I held a position as Student Associate Editor for the Journals of the AVMA (@avmavets.bsky.social) - JAVMA and AJVR (@avmajavma.bsky.social and @ajvroa.bsky.social).

With this, I've managed 57 articles through the peer-review process.

@academic-chatter.bsky.social

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I've held NSERC funding during my MSc & received scholarships/grants in every single year I've attended university for all of my degrees.

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

From my degrees, I've published 5 articles in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Experimental Biology (@jexpbiol.bsky.social), Physiology and Behavior & the Canadian Journal of Zoology (@cdnsciencepub.com)

I have a couple more currently in the works

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I completed my B.Sc. (Hons) studying the pre-hibernation behaviour of little brown bats & my MSc in Bioscience, Technology & Public Policy at the UWinnipeg
(@uwinnipeg.bsky.social) studying big brown bats

I received high grades in all of my courses & defended my MSc with Distinction.

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

To give everyone of what I've achieved so far in my career and to give reasons as to why I'm a student that you should consider helping to put back into school - read below ⬇️🧵

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I am sharing this again with the hopes that I can go back to school. Vet School is expensive and I never anticipated the tuition increases during my degree, that would lead me to leaving the university.

Please donate and share!

#VetMedSky #MedSky #AcademiaSky #VetMed 🌎🧪🦇🪶👩‍⚕️📸🦋

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Donate to Help Kristina with Veterinary School, organized by Kristina Muise

Hi everyone! As many of you know, becoming a veterinarian has always been a dr… Kristina Muise needs your support for Help Kristina with Veterinary School

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 2d

#OctoberForBats 🦇 Together, we can make a difference for bats! This month, let's rally behind bat research and outreach programs by fundraising and spreading awareness. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps us, help bats. Learn how you can participate and donate at www.albertabats.ca 💡

Text reads Happy Bat Month! Support Bats! DIY Fundraising! for more info visit www.albertabats.ca Collage of bat images (all by Jason Headley) including top left - Long-eared myotis, top right - hoary bat held in a black gloved hand, bottom left Little Brown Myotis on a cave wall, and bottom right close up of the face of a Little Brown Myotis.

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Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social · 1d

I am sharing this again with the hopes that I can go back to school. Vet School is expensive and I never anticipated the tuition increases during my degree, that would lead me to leaving the university.

Please donate and share!

#VetMedSky #MedSky #AcademiaSky #VetMed 🌎🧪🦇🪶👩‍⚕️📸🦋

gofund.me/2fb9ce397

Donate to Help Kristina with Veterinary School, organized by Kristina Muise

Hi everyone! As many of you know, becoming a veterinarian has always been a dr… Kristina Muise needs your support for Help Kristina with Veterinary School

gofund.me

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Ted Stankowich @tedstankowich.bsky.social · 1d

It’s National Badger Day! 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠, the European #badger, is a nocturnal omnivore known for its powerful digging and complex social structure. #Badgers live in setts and play key roles in soil turnover and ecosystem health. #NationalBadgerDay #Wildlife #Mammalogy

a badger looks out of a hole in the ground

ALT: a badger looks out of a hole in the ground

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 6d

🦇The fungus behind white-nose syndrome continues to spread across Alberta. Our latest detection, near Fort McKay, marks the northernmost detection yet. Thank you to our partners at the Wood Buffalo Wildlife Research Institute for collecting this sample. See maps at www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/white_nose_s...

A map of the spread of Pd (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, across Canada from the CWHC https://www.cwhc-rcsf.ca/white_nose_syndrome_reports_and_maps.php

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Ted Stankowich @tedstankowich.bsky.social · 7d

It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝐴𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑣𝑎, the red avadavat. This small, brilliantly colored estrildid #finch is native to open fields and grasslands of tropical South Asia. They have rounded black tails and the bill that is seasonally red. #Systematics #TaxonomyTuesday Photo: Shantanu Kuveskar

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 9d

What do you do when you find a publication which you reviewed gets published with clear errors which you pointed out in your review? 🧪 #science #peerreview

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 21d

Unlike other birds, penguins moult all their feathers at once. In their recent article, Enstipp & co show that, while this moult might be more costly for juveniles, adult king penguins still pay a price for keeping their plumage perfect

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A group of king penguins moulting. Photo credit: Manfred Enstipp.

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 13d

By looking at mice living near the Chornobyl reactor, Zbyszek Boratyński & co reveal how metabolic downregulation may provide an effective shield against radiation damage in contaminated environments

journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Screenshot of the PDF of the research article, Linking bioenergetics and radiation dose in Chornobyl rodents, but Zbyszek Boratyński, Anton Lavrinienko, Philipp Lehmann, Timothy A. Mousseau, Eugene Tukalenko, Andrii Vasylenko, Phillip C. Watts, Tapio Mappes and Katja Nowick. The publishedin information states: © 2025. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2025) 228, jeb250829. doi:10.1242/jeb.250829

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 18d

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social 🙌we are so proud to see your ICB paper featured on @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ‘s bsky👏👏👏👏

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 16d

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches.

This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists!

Archaeologists! Please volunteer
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

Alt: a woman is smiling and holding a cup that says help me .

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Ted Stankowich @tedstankowich.bsky.social · 14d

It’s #TautonymTuesday! Meet 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑎, the bohor reedbuck. This medium-sized #antelope thrives in moist grasslands and savannas across sub-Saharan Africa. Known for its shy nature and whistling alarm calls. #TaxonomyTuesday #Systematics #Wildlife Photo: Bernard DUPONT

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