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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻

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🪲 Professor 🪰 University of Northern British Columbia 🕷️ Insect ecologist 🐝 conservation, biodiversity, natural history 🐛 Opinions are my own. 🐞 https://linktr.ee/dezene 🦋

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 4d

Jasper is Canada’s 🇨🇦 best national park. And the fact it’s a dark sky preserve makes it even better

Last night, at Pyramid Lake.

Dark sky: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jas...

Moon over a peaceful lake. Some stars. Mountains. Fog rolling in. Nighttime.

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Robert Streit @robertstreit.bsky.social · 8h

Coral reef conservation is under pressure to act boldly in the face of climate-altered futures.

But how do we choose sustainable, responsible options?
Here, myself, @proftiffanym.bsky.social & David Bellwood introduce "MIMO". 👇

@cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 10h

Some really cool new insect and plant fossils from a ~112-million year old forest. Lots of neat pictures and analysis at the link. And it includes a fossil of one of my favourite insect orders, the caddisflies (Trichoptera). 🪲🪳🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Cretaceous amber of Ecuador unveils new insights into South America’s Gondwanan forests - Communications Earth & Environment

Cretaceous amber from the Ecuadorian Napo region provides exceptional evidence of a resinous forest ecosystem and diverse arthropod fauna in equatorial Gondwana, as revealed by integrated analyses of ...

www.nature.com

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MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 1d

THE @DODGERS HANG ON FOR A GAME 1 VICTORY! #NLCS

2025 NLCS presented by loanDepot
Final: Dodgers 2, Brewers 1
LAD leads series 1-0
Pictured: Freddie Freeman waves while rounding the bases after hitting a home run. He wears a road gray Dodgers uniform.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

whatever random allusions to whales he could anyways find in any book whatsoever, sacred or profane

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 1d

The outlet creek of Lac Beauvert, Jasper National Park, Canada. 🏔️

Sedges (yellow) in the foreground. Calm water. Flanked by conifer forest. Blue sky and white clouds. Mountain with snow in the distance.

Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 2d

Took a walk around Lac Beauvert (Jasper National Park) today. I’ve walked this route a pretty much once a year since… forever.

Lots of changes from the 🔥 last year. And already lots of changes from last autumn. Looking forward to watching this over the coming years.

(Pano, click to expand.)

Burned forest landscape. Charred trees. Green grass. Blue skies.

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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · 3d

In service of a Thing I have been mulling for a bit: what are your favorite and/or least-favorite journal article titles? Recent, classics, even your own (but I reserve the right to side-eye bragging and self-flagellation) — quote-post or reply with ‘em

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 4d

Hmm no idea. Jasper isn’t too far away though.

Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 4d

Jasper is Canada’s 🇨🇦 best national park. And the fact it’s a dark sky preserve makes it even better

Last night, at Pyramid Lake.

Dark sky: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jas...

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Emerald Ash Borer Network @emeraldashborer.bsky.social · 6d

Think about it: the trees cut for firewood often die due to insects or disease. Don't spread pests – buy firewood where you burn it.

For a complete list of sources, please visit: dontmovefirewood.org/octoberisfirewoodmonth

#FirewoodMonth #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology #firewood 🧪🌍🍁

OCTOBER IS FIREWOOD MONTH. FIREWOOD ISN'T DEAD: When 1,045 pieces of firewood were studied in Michigan, scientists found live wood boring beetles in 23%-- and another 41% had evidence of previous infestation. 77% of Americans live less than 10 miles from a wooded area. JUST GET OUT AND WALK: Taking a walk creates a 12.4% drop in stress hormones, a 1.4% drop in blood pressure, and a 5.8% drop in heart rate. 92% of Americans have at least 1 tree on their property. 65% of people use firewood: 53% for home heating, 49% for recreation, and many for both. TRANSPORTING FIREWOOD CAN SPREAD PESTS: Trees in ALL 50 STATES AND 10 CANADIAN PROVINCES ARE AT RISK of attack by invasive species if people move infested or diseased firewood. You can help: Buy local firewood. BUY IT WHERE YOU BURN IT. Learn more at DontMoveFirewood.org. For a complete list of sources, please visit dontmovefirewood.org/octoberisfirewoodmonth

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 6d

"Research shows wildfires are 4x more likely in areas w/roads than in roadless forests...and >90% of wildfires occur within 1/2 mile of a road. Even USFS's own research undercuts the argument that repealing the roadless rule would have a positive effect on fire mgmt."🌍 www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

The Trump administration’s latest attack on cherished public lands | Opinion

“For more than two decades, the Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of our national forests from industrial development.”

www.sacbee.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6d

‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🌎🦑🐠

‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations

New research finds 90% of marine fish sold by major US retailers are wild-caught, including threatened or endangered species

www.theguardian.com

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 6d

Applied ecologist / Field ecologist / Ecological modeler

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 11d

Patience is a Virtue
Rebecca Campbell
2013

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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 10d

I do love bees and stoneflies, but how about the Lake Emerald (Somatochlora cingulata), the Common Loon of dragonflies?

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 10d

Oh good pick. Odonata always remind me of sitting on a dock or fly fishing a stream. Very 🇨🇦-ian vibes.

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 10d

Of course! What amazing little creatures.

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Scott Gilmore @scottgilmore.bsky.social · 10d

If I could pick… why a click beetle of course.

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 10d

Yup. Standard time. Safer for kids walking to school (and all other pedestrians and cyclists) on winter mornings.

Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 10d

Macron (🇫🇷) 🔥 🧵 👇🏼

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 10d

"If we believe in democratic order, let us put science and knowledge back at the heart of things, let us put scientific authority back at the heart of things, let us put culture, education and learning back at the heart of things..."

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Egon Schiele @artistschiele.bsky.social · 11d

Quatre arbres, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/824058

"Quatre arbres" by Egon Schiele depicts four expressive trees set against a vivid, warm-toned sky that captures the essence of twilight. Known for his distinctive style, Schiele uses bold lines and contrasting colors to evoke a sense of emotional intensity and depth in this landscape.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 12d

And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds.

Toad, an accomplished musician, plays violin for his seeds.

From "The Garden"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Société d'entomologie du Québec @seq.ca · 27d

La SEQ souhaite vous présenter l’affiche de la 152e réunion annuelle. Nous vous invitons à l’afficher fièrement dans votre laboratoire ou centre de recherche. Nous pouvons imprimer des copies de l’affiche vous les expédier si vous le souhaitez. Il suffit d’en faire la demande au comité organisateur.

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 11d

I guess there's no Alberta oil or Saskatchewan potash, either
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News

Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

www.cbc.ca

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 11d

World’s first mushroom-powered toilet debuts at UBC

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

World’s first mushroom-powered toilet debuts at UBC

Tucked away in a forest in the University of B.C.’s Botanical Garden, a first-of-its-kind toilet is ready to turn human waste into nutrient-rich compost using the power of mushrooms.

www.ctvnews.ca

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