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Marco Festa-Bianchet ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Emeritus ecology prof in Sherbrooke, Canada. Evidence-based wildlife conservation, mountain ungulates, kangaroos, ice fishing. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ elbows up!

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Carney cuts $192m from CBC at time when Canadian news, culture probably not important

Carney cuts $192m from CBC at time when Canadian news, culture probably not important

News In Photo:

06.03.2026 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 146 ๐Ÿ” 51 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
couverture du livre introduction ร  la statistique bayรฉsienne avec R

couverture du livre introduction ร  la statistique bayรฉsienne avec R

๐Ÿ“˜ Nouveau livre !

Introduction ร  la statistique bayรฉsienne avec le logiciel R

Dรฉcouvrez pas ร  pas la statistique bayรฉsienne et sa mise en ล“uvre dans R : thรฉorรจme de Bayes, MCMC, priors, rรฉgression, GLM/GLMM et comparaison/validation de modรจles.

Aux รฉditions Quae ๐Ÿ™

๐Ÿ“ท Crรฉdit photo : Yann Raulet

05.03.2026 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 45 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A triumph of genetic engineering - three Minions stand together, with one holding a guitar, smiling and posing for the camera.

A triumph of genetic engineering - three Minions stand together, with one holding a guitar, smiling and posing for the camera.

In light of the latest news from Colossal Biosciences, now is the perfect time to announce my laboratory's groundbreaking Minion de-extinction project, which depends on state-of-the-art gene editing at 20 key sites in the genome of the common banana.

07.04.2025 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 168 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Why would an RCMP boat have an American flag?

04.03.2026 21:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Economist is wrong on the Robin Hood state Taxing wealth transfers more would raise a lot from the rich and be good for democracy, writes Ray Madoff

True, vey true
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

04.03.2026 17:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Canuck translation of
ยกPobre Mรฉxico! ยกTan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!

04.03.2026 16:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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eBird Checklist - 22 Mar 2025 - Tewaukon NWR - 23 species Submitted by Karl Bardon.

Is this the biggest ever single species count on eBird? Gobsmacking photos of an estimated 2.75M Snow Geese in North Dakota (HT @evornithology.bsky.social)

ebird.org/checklist/S2...

03.03.2026 19:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 87 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Call for Applications: Doctoral Positions in the Life Sciences and Natural Sciences Ambitious candidates with a strong academic track recordย who wish to pursue their doctorate in one of the research areas listed below.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Call for Applications: The University of Vienna invites applications for more than 40 fully funded doctoral positions across a broad range of disciplines in Life Sciences and Natural Sciences. ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ #PhDSky #PhD #univie
๐Ÿ“… Application period: 2 March โ€“ 27 March 2026, 12:00 CET

More information: โคต๏ธ

03.03.2026 11:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Meet The Fellows - Liber Ero Fellowship Program We are pleased to announce the 2026 Liber Ero Fellows! ย  ย  Mirjam Barrueto Project:ย Toward one hundred quiet zones: predicting, locating, and managing wolverine reproduction, connectivity, and source-...

Congratulations to the 2026-28 cohort of Liber Ero Fellows: Mirjam Barrueto, Madison Earhart, Rosemary Hohnen, Sage Raymond, and Hannah Watkins!

liberero.ca/meet-the-fel...

#LiberEroFellows #CdnSci

03.03.2026 01:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grossglockner manslaughter case sends ripples through climbing community A woman's death during a climbing trip has sparked debates about personal responsibility and risk.

Some interesting points here. My main concern has always been for those who will risk their lives to rescue people who've done something stupid www.bbc.com/news/article...

01.03.2026 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A serene forest stream flowing over moss-covered rocks with text inviting applications for Co-Editor-in-Chief at FACETS.

A serene forest stream flowing over moss-covered rocks with text inviting applications for Co-Editor-in-Chief at FACETS.

FACETS Journal is seeking a Co-Editor-in-Chief! If your research spans evolutionary ecology, conservation, biodiversity, or environmental sciences, apply today.

More info โ–ถ๏ธ https://ow.ly/6yBN50Y7QzQ

#CallForApplications #EditorInChief

28.02.2026 20:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Changes in age-related sexual selection in a humpback whale population recovering from exploitation Using epigenetic aging, Eichenberger et al. showed that the age structure of male humpback whales shifted over 19 years, indicating signs of recovery from past exploitation. Concurrently, there was a ...

Eichenberger: young male humpback whales have higher relative mating success at low population density, suggesting lower sexual selection. Older males increase their relative share of matings as population age structure and density recover from whaling ๐Ÿงช www.cell.com/current-biol...

27.02.2026 17:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Friday Bonus Cartoon!

27.02.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 726 ๐Ÿ” 283 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62 ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
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All books from CMU Press | booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!

It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!

www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021

27.02.2026 02:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 401 ๐Ÿ” 198 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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Signes religieux ร  lโ€™รฉcoleย : les licenciements commencรฉs Loi sur la laรฏcitรฉ : des dizaines dโ€™employรฉs dโ€™รฉcoles au Quรฉbec portant un signe religieux ont รฉtรฉ licenciรฉs, des centaines dโ€™autres pourraient suivre.

Your occasional reminder that Malala could not work as a teacher in Quรฉbec, because bigotry
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/223...

26.02.2026 17:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup, get people to do for free what was previously a paid position.

Iโ€™ve done this remote type parks work, it requires training and experience.

26.02.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marie-Philip Poulin releases a statement to all the fans following the conclusion of the #MilanoCortina2026 Olympics, where the womenโ€™s Team Canada took home the silver ๐Ÿ™Œ

25.02.2026 22:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 155 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

I am old enough to remember a time when AEs made decisions based on first reviews. Have done several re-reviews recently where I only had minor style comments, the paper should have been accepted and the AE made those minor comments. Waste of my time and delay in publication.

25.02.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A mathematical exploration of some increasingly worrying trends in peer review. Some sensible recommendations, including encouraging AEs to STOP sending out just about everything for re-review after the first round. It's become systematic and annoying. Editors should make decisions.

25.02.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿงช

25.02.2026 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Professeure, professeur en biologie รฉvolutive Selon la convention collective en vigueur. Les personnes intรฉressรฉes sont priรฉes de soumettre leur dossier de candidature incluant un CV, une proposition de programmation de recherche (max 5 pages)โ€ฆ

2 postes de prof ร  l'UQAR!
Biologie รฉvolutive www.uqar.ca/emploi/profe...
Chaire de recherche en Rรฉsilience et adaptation des organismes et รฉcosystรจmes nordiques www.uqar.ca/emploi/appel...

24.02.2026 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How did they not call a penalty when the entire USA team was on the ice?!!!?

22.02.2026 15:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 42 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The ad by Bombardier equating skidoos and quads to athletes is just sick. #GoCanada๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

22.02.2026 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The disconnect between a Canadian fed gov that is trying to absorb hundreds of international (American) researchers while the provinces underfund universities is wild.

21.02.2026 16:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Image of a Soay sheep lamb. See source, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Image of a Soay sheep lamb. See source, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

This research demonstrates how feral Soay #sheep translocated from the rugged landscapes of the remote Scottish Island of St Kilda to be managed in flat pastures in England exhibit significant changes in bone morphology: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

21.02.2026 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was pretty loud on my plane to Vancouver as well.

20.02.2026 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you to all for posting real evidence of our Premier's hypocrisy while she seeks to vilify immigrants and place the blame for the province's budgetary challenges on anybody but her own administration and her decision-making.
#abpoli

20.02.2026 05:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 63 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shorthand!

19.02.2026 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because cutting social programs, science, education, public transportation and environmental programs is so much right in principle?

19.02.2026 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Actually an ibex, but close enough.

19.02.2026 17:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0