Nicole Yu

PhD student at Concordia University in 🏙️ Urban Ecology | Concordia PhD candidate | HKU 22'
I research our non-human neighbors in the city 🌱🦋

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

‼️Calling Montreal balcony-owners‼️
Help study how balcony gardens can support urban pollinators this summer!
🪴 Get free plants
🐝 Feed bees (and other pollinators)
📸 Learn how to use a timelapse camera
🔎 Become a community scientist!
Info + sign-up: https://t.co/XSJUZPfl2l

[Timothy Bonebrake @bonebraking]

Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future - new review in @Biotropica - a fun and insightful (for me at least) cross lab collab @Lou_A_Ashton @dr_dingle https://t.co/kQ0HuCbz6x

[Tracey-Leigh Prigge 👩🏻‍🔬🧬🧪🇿🇦🇭🇰 @TraceyPrigge]

My kids seem to think I’m saving the world, no pressure 😝😋 May have to step up things a bit 😅🦸🏻‍♀️🤪

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

📣Recruiting balconies in Verdun, Rosemont, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montreal! https://t.co/Y6n0HbAbcn
Let's figure out how to turn balconies into Monarch butterfly breeding grounds/pollinator gardens.🦋 🐝
#montreal #communityscience #pollinators #balcony

[CityNews Montreal @CityNewsMTL]

#WATCH: Thousands of students from McGill, Concordia and Bishop’s universities are taking to Montreal’s streets Monday to protest Quebec’s decision to double tuition fees for out-of-province students starting next fall.

READ: https://t.co/skABBQWaOm

[CTV Montreal @CTVMontreal]

Quebec tuition hike: Concordia says it could lose up to 90% of out-of-province students. Click on the image below to read more ↓ https://t.co/KDgQBDx0DV

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

"As scientists, we are increasingly being asked to tell the public the truth ... in simple and direct terms. The truth is that we are shocked by the ferocity of the extreme weather events in 2023. We are afraid of the uncharted territory that we have now entered."

10/n

[Prof. Michael Sweet @DiseaseMatters]

How some snakes climb

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

A burgeoning body of data suggests some German roach populations in the U.S. have evolved resistance to pesticides, essentially rendering the chemicals useless https://t.co/ZgYtojE84m

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

@TraceyPrigge the good news is Portia got it on camera for all to see😃

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

Nothing like invading your kids’ privacy, inviting half the lab to join you, then staring at them for 40 minutes to mark when they’re done.
(Thanks everyone for dropping everything to share this moment with me😂)

[Timothy Bonebrake @bonebraking]

Proud parent @nieoleyu watches (with others from the lab) as her F1s (Mycalesis butterflies) mate with each other. What a moment!

[Mike Mahoney @mike_c_mahoney]

Why is it so controversial to say, “hey, free-roaming outdoor cats are very very bad for bird, small mammal, and reptile populations worldwide. If you want to help these critters, you should keep your cat indoors.”

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

@drjulie_b @franzanth but... what about the moths

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

@micheldongmo @bonebraking well that’s one way of putting what I said 😂

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

@micheldongmo haha glad my struggle brings joy 😂

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

Over the past month or so I’ve realized that “caterpillar” is just long a longer word for “cat” — little divas with personalities bigger than their appetites.

[Portia Wong @biotia99]

Our Christmas plans involve taking butterflies out for walks in the highly coveted winter sun🦋☀️

[Portia Wong @biotia99]

Merry Christmas/happy holidays! Here’s 3 adorable yet unfortunately commonly illegally traded animals wishing you a happy December to end this wretched year🎄✨

[Nicole Yu @biodiv_yu]

Sitting through presentations where people have too much content but too little tiime