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Benjamin Larue
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Liber Ero Fellow | Université Laval
Collaborative caribou conservation research ❄️
Recherche collaborative sur la conservation du caribou ❄️

https://www.larue-wildresearch.com/

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 10d
Wildlife deserves more than minimum viable populations.
Conservation should aim for ecosystems where species can thrive, not just survive. 💥🦬🌲

👉 Read more:
Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species
Current laws that deem species safe from extinction ignore their ecological role, geographic range and genetic diversity, as well as their relationships with people.
theconversation.com

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 1d
This is an interesting, complex interaction.

An *introduced* moth affects fruit characteristics, causing more animals to eat it. That could mean more seed dispersal, and it could also mean more seeds getting eaten and destroyed.

🪲🪳🌎🧪

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Bruised but popular: insect damage boosts fruit appeal in the Mediterranean dwarf palm
Raquel Muñoz-Gallego, Anna Traveset, Jose M. Fedriani This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Animals such as birds and mammals eat the fl…
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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 2d
A powerful reminder that even the smallest migrants depend on places we’re still putting at risk!
sierramagazine.bsky.social Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 5d
This long-distance trekker has relied on a slimy goop to fuel its global journey between North and South America. Now, a shipping container port threatens this delicate balance between life and death. 🌎
Is It Too Late for the Western Sandpipers of Roberts Bank?
A major expansion of a British Columbia port threatens the sandpipers' feeding grounds
www.sierraclub.org

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 2d
Seems like a great opportunity for early career conservationists in California and New England!
adammarkham.bsky.social Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 4d
Applications are now open for the 2026 Switzer Fellowships. It's a brilliant program with a strong alumni follow-up element, and open to graduate students in California or New England. Focus is on interdisciplinary environmental problem-solving and social equity. 🌎
Become a Fellow | Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation
www.switzernetwork.org

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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 4d
Applications are now open for the 2026 Switzer Fellowships. It's a brilliant program with a strong alumni follow-up element, and open to graduate students in California or New England. Focus is on interdisciplinary environmental problem-solving and social equity. 🌎
Become a Fellow | Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation
www.switzernetwork.org

Reposted by Ryan K. Brook, Benjamin Larue

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 4d
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years. #cdnpoli 👇

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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 5d
This long-distance trekker has relied on a slimy goop to fuel its global journey between North and South America. Now, a shipping container port threatens this delicate balance between life and death. 🌎
Is It Too Late for the Western Sandpipers of Roberts Bank?
A major expansion of a British Columbia port threatens the sandpipers' feeding grounds
www.sierraclub.org

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Dominique Berteaux, Ryan K. Brook , and 1 more

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 6d
[8 Nov 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦.

All postings include salary. I am not involved in these positions.

Please share to help others — working to conserve nature is rewarding and needed!

www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

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WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · 6d
“We need the world to be serious about tomorrow.” — Annie Buckle, Gwich’in Elder, N.W.T

For Annie, living on the land is tradition & survival but shifting seasons, unpredictable fish runs & fires are changing everything. She shares why protecting the land & passing on traditional knowledge are key.
LPRC 2025: 'We need the world to be serious about tomorrow,' Annie Buckle, Gwich'in Tribal Council - WWF.CA
WWF's Living Planet Report Canada 2025 shares the knowledge and perspectives of Indigenous people across the country, like Annie Buckle.
wwf.ca

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 7d
Beautiful storytelling on an important (and complex) conservation issue!

Reposted by Anthony Ricciardi, Benjamin Larue

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 7d
Brilliant story-telling and visuals, despite the tragic impacts of feral cats www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Revered and reviled, cats in the crosshairs on Christmas Island
On a speck of land in the Indian Ocean, one of the world's most ambitious wars is being waged against feral cats. But not everyone is celebrating.
www.abc.net.au

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 8d
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 8d
Wow, super interesting study on snow, wolves, and cougars!!!
animalecology.bsky.social Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 8d
🐺 Advantageous snow conditions – in terms of snow depth and density – are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy.

Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/pXSMNRK

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 8d
Sorry, but a lack of support for autonomous vehicles is not among Sec Pete's biggest missed opportunities at USDOT.

For instance:
🔹 Failure to stop Tesla from lying about Autopilot, FSD, etc
🔹 Failure to curb car bloat
🔹 Continuing to spend fed $$ on highway expansions that won't fix congestion
Pete Buttigieg Admits Biden Administration Should've Done More To Grow Autonomous Vehicles — Says DOGE-Like Department 'Makes Tons Of Sense'
Biden-era Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says that the Biden administration could've done more to drive growth in the adoption of autonomous vehicles in the U.S. Autonomous Driving Tech Is Sa...
finance.yahoo.com

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 8d
🐺 Advantageous snow conditions – in terms of snow depth and density – are among the most important features of the winter landscape for two apex predators, regardless of hunting strategy.

Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/pXSMNRK

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Joe R. Feagin, Philip Nel , and 8 more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 8d
Mammals with large home ranges, low reproductive rates & small body sizes are most vulnerable to roads: A meta-analysis 🛣️🌎🧪

Proposes that we should maintain low road densities & install small-mesh mitigation fencing along roads 🧱

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Reposted by Benjamin Larue

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Wildlife Biology @wildlifebiology.bsky.social · 8d
Ungulate substrate use in fauna passages vist.ly/4daj3 #FaunaPassage #CameraTrapping

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 8d
Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social

#ONpoli

thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 9d
Will add that, though the study below deals specifically with megafauna’s role in regulating earth’s systems, biologists have told much the same story about the loss of diadromous fish, critical transporters of nutrients whose movements and populations modernity has thrown terribly out of whack.

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 10d
Sounds super interesting!
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10d
Excited to read the book based on Berkeley's Sense and Sensibility and Science course (sensibility.berkeley.edu/index.php?ti...).

If you enjoyed Calling Bullshit, you'll find this a real treat.

Thanks, Saul!
Cover of Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell, and Robert MacCoun

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10d
Excited to read the book based on Berkeley's Sense and Sensibility and Science course (sensibility.berkeley.edu/index.php?ti...).

If you enjoyed Calling Bullshit, you'll find this a real treat.

Thanks, Saul!
Cover of Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell, and Robert MacCoun

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 10d
Great idea! I sent it to Elie and Bill already, but will send to Qianru directly too 🙂

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Benjamin Larue @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 11d
Looking forward to seeing what gets published here!
animalecology.bsky.social Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 11d
Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. 🌨️
Read more and submit your proposal here:
buff.ly

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 11d
Our newest Special Feature, "Implications of Changing Snowscapes for Animal Ecology", is now accepting proposals. It aims to highlight the importance of changing snow conditions in animal ecology. 🌨️
Read more and submit your proposal here:
buff.ly

Reposted by Tara G. Martin, Benjamin Larue

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WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · 11d
⚠️ Ontario’s new Species Conservation Act could strip away protections for 106 at-risk species — incl the piping plover, monarch butterfly & yellow-banded bumble bee.

🗣️ Add your voice: wwf.ca/endangered-species-are-not-red-tape
Tell ON to protect species, not weaken the laws meant to safeguard them.

Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Jesse R. Lasky, Chhaya M. Werner , and 2 more

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Rachel Germain @gerlame.bsky.social · 12d
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15

Please share far and wide 🚀

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 12d
Heads up that the Field Museum is hiring a vertebrate paleontology collections manager: www.fieldmuseum.org/landing/care...
Collections Manager-Vertebrate Paleontology Department: Gantz Family Collection Center Location: Chicago IL

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Jesse M. Shapiro, Simon J. Greenhill , and 8 more

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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 12d
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting

I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14d
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.