Free to download! “Beetle Diversity of a Canadian Prairie Homestead”. drive.google.com/file/d/1AX0Aa7…. The general observations and photos will appeal to anyone with a prairie connection. And then there are the many insights into the biology and diversity of #beetles Coleoptera. 1/2

Unfortunately the 2nd satellite image is a bit cloudy, but here is a Planet comparison of the confluence of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers btwn Aug 4 & 6 showing pretty substantial change due to the breach of the #ChilcotinLandslide dam. Look at that sediment!

Sentinel-2 captured the greater Jasper area on Aug. 4, showing the 340 sq km burnt area in brown and surrounding vegetation in green. Satellite imagery helps inform authorities about the extent of the damage, allowing for effective response strategies. Stay strong, Jasper!

You still have until Sept 3 to apply for my job, or one in plant ecology in Sherbrooke. A great place to work and live, excellent colleagues. Must be able to teach in French within a year of hiring. usherbrooke.ca/emplois/offre/…

'It's over': Victoria Gold board quits as Yukon mine goes into receivership, CEO says cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the The Linnean Society of London, the first public announcement of the theory. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

Earth's rotation visualized...

The Canada record is just insane

Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: scim.ag/8ch Science Visuals

Ambush! My brother Dick Richard Cannings and I were out for a stroll in the Okanagan Valley and he found this Jagged Ambush Bug sucking the life out of an unfortunate White-bowed Smoothwing (a hover fly, Scaeva affinis). We had been wondering why the fly was so motionless!

Endangered Vancouver Island marmot numbers get a boost cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

Scientists are asking the public to help track down more than 120 birds that no one has seen in years. They published a list of these lost birds in the hopes that people have taken photos or videos of the avian species. Read more here:

Great to hear this! cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

Congrats to Scott Loarie & Ken-ichi Ueda! 2024 #HeinzAward for Environment🍃iNaturalist is the world’s largest citizen science project. It connects millions of people to nature, crowdsourcing one of the most extensive biodiversity databases on the planet. bit.ly/3B0GzCq

After three years of exploration, the Royal BC Museum palaeontology team has unearthed a trove of over 90 dinosaur fossils in the Skeena Mountains! Read more at bit.ly/3B2k8g4 @cangeo @trebekinitiative

Excited to share the gorgeous cover of our next issue, Number 56! Thanks to @DougRutherford of Whitehorse for permission to feature his dazzling "Boreal Night"! And thanks again to Guiniveve Lalena for cover design. Yukon University #ComingSoon #CoverReveal

This unique Arctic ecosystem is under threat from climate change. Inuit want to save it. nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl…

‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds theconversation.com/breakthrough-d… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand