Conservation genetics and eDNA. Loves parasites, pathogens & ecology. Also backpacking, running, photography, & learning languages if I can't be outside
Please say no to garden poisons such as pesticides and weedkillers, to help keep them out of the food chain. Hedgehogs, for example, can hoover up over 100 invertebrates every night!
#wildlife#gardening#nature
@drjulie_b Just thought - some of the bigger Carrefour stores also have a decent electrical goods section that might have it. Good luck and safe travels (I'm sorry the trip isn't under better circumstances)
The fish is using a rock as a tool to help it break open its hard-shelled prey ๐จ 15 wrasse species have been observed using tools to date ๐ Help us discover new species! Report your observation of this behavior at https://t.co/aXXoVkIE7F or contact me.
Today is the anniversary of the United Fruit Company massacre against striking workers on the Colombian Caribbean coast in 1928. Between 1000 and 2000 banana pickers were killed in a bloodbath. The company responsible is known today as 'Chiquita.'
We found that tick-borne encephalitis virus has likely been introduced on multiple, independent occasions in NL and that there are a few places in the country where the virus actively circulates in ticks and wild mice. See https://t.co/qcWkvbi0sX
Want to know more about the effect of alphavirus co-infections on transmission by Aedes aegypti? Meet me today at poster 130! #TropMed22#TropMed2022@ASTMH@ACME_ASTMH
Look closely. A little closer. That's right, you're looking at thousands of winter ticks piled up and waiting for a host! ๐ฑ These larvae hatch out in late summer and fall, measuring only 1 mm.
๐ท courtesy of Cheryl Frank Sullivan
WHAT KILLED THE CRABS?
The official story is something like โa billion snow crabs disappeared.โ
If that sounds fishy to you, keep reading. Letโs dive into the ecology, oceanography, & geopolitical history of the Bering Sea.
A science thread on crabs, corruption, & collapse: ๐ฆ
Today is #WorldMosquitoDay to raise awareness about the impact that mosquitoes can have on our lives and to invest in new tools and technologies to tackle vectorborne diseases. The @OneHealthEnto team works in various projects to reach these goals