Niki Wilson
@nikiwilson.bsky.social
Journalist and Science Communicator. Host & Science Advisor #JasperDarkSky Festival. 🇨🇦 🇺🇦🌎
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hey #sciencejournalists! It's not too late to sign up for @wcsj2025.bsky.social. There's so much going on at this conference I may have to clone myself... www.wcsj2025.org
@wfsj25.bsky.social
@wfsj25.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hey #sciencejournalists! It's not too late to sign up for @wcsj2025.bsky.social. There's so much going on at this conference I may have to clone myself... www.wcsj2025.org
@wfsj25.bsky.social
@wfsj25.bsky.social
Great day of documentary shooting with the legendary @andrewmanske.bsky.social for Rotating Planet. Black bear den in the middle of a recently burned forest was a highlight!
September 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Great day of documentary shooting with the legendary @andrewmanske.bsky.social for Rotating Planet. Black bear den in the middle of a recently burned forest was a highlight!
#Science folks, I have an editor asking me to pitch Canadian wildlife stories. Watcha working on?
a small white animal walking through the snow
ALT: a small white animal walking through the snow
media.tenor.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#Science folks, I have an editor asking me to pitch Canadian wildlife stories. Watcha working on?
Science writers and journalists are often asked to moderate panels & other public conversations, but there are few training opportunities.
It's why @ljevanso.bsky.social & I are hosting Moderating for Impact at the World Conference of Science Journalists.
www.wcsj2025.org/programme/wo...#WCSJ2025
It's why @ljevanso.bsky.social & I are hosting Moderating for Impact at the World Conference of Science Journalists.
www.wcsj2025.org/programme/wo...#WCSJ2025
Workshops – WCSJ 2025
www.wcsj2025.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Science writers and journalists are often asked to moderate panels & other public conversations, but there are few training opportunities.
It's why @ljevanso.bsky.social & I are hosting Moderating for Impact at the World Conference of Science Journalists.
www.wcsj2025.org/programme/wo...#WCSJ2025
It's why @ljevanso.bsky.social & I are hosting Moderating for Impact at the World Conference of Science Journalists.
www.wcsj2025.org/programme/wo...#WCSJ2025
The flowers and mushrooms are still going strong in #JasperNationalPark. Hiked up Whistlers mountain this weekend. Glorious! Bonus: took the gondola down and saved the knees:)
September 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The flowers and mushrooms are still going strong in #JasperNationalPark. Hiked up Whistlers mountain this weekend. Glorious! Bonus: took the gondola down and saved the knees:)
@ljevanso.bsky.social and I will be hosting a workshop called Moderating for Impact. Pumped to be headed to South Africa! Woot!
Registration is open for the #WCSJ2025 which will be held from 1 to 5 December - in Africa for the first time. Our inspiring programme includes speakers from around the world. Don’t miss out, register today wcsj2025.org/registration/
#WCSJ2025
#WCSJ2025
September 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
@ljevanso.bsky.social and I will be hosting a workshop called Moderating for Impact. Pumped to be headed to South Africa! Woot!
Interesting nuances coming out of research by @gilbert-lab.bsky.social on the relationship between #ALAN and birds: "Overall, the birds that were most sensitive to light pollution in this study were the ones that had larger eyes on average for their body size." www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...
Artificial light has essentially lengthened birds' day
Millions of audio recordings of hundreds of bird species have revealed that artificial light is making the birds wake up earlier and go to bed later.
www.npr.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Interesting nuances coming out of research by @gilbert-lab.bsky.social on the relationship between #ALAN and birds: "Overall, the birds that were most sensitive to light pollution in this study were the ones that had larger eyes on average for their body size." www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...
Mushroom and Flowerpalooza on the #JasperNationalPark Skyline trail.
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Mushroom and Flowerpalooza on the #JasperNationalPark Skyline trail.
Community recovery from a #wildfire “looks a bit like the EKG of a heart being able to absorb a shock,” Michael Higgins told me.
Thanks @abihayward4.bsky.social at
@cangeo.bsky.social for your support as I wrote this essay about #Jasper 's recovery.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
Thanks @abihayward4.bsky.social at
@cangeo.bsky.social for your support as I wrote this essay about #Jasper 's recovery.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
The year of the fire
A year after the devastating Jasper wildfires, a reflection on the recovery process — and how disaster frays the fabric of community
canadiangeographic.ca
July 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Community recovery from a #wildfire “looks a bit like the EKG of a heart being able to absorb a shock,” Michael Higgins told me.
Thanks @abihayward4.bsky.social at
@cangeo.bsky.social for your support as I wrote this essay about #Jasper 's recovery.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
Thanks @abihayward4.bsky.social at
@cangeo.bsky.social for your support as I wrote this essay about #Jasper 's recovery.
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the...
I'm interviewing researchers about the impacts of artificial light on wildlife. Today, I learned that dung beetles roll their dung balls in straighter lines by orienting themselves with the Milky Way. THE MILKY WAY!!! This research first came out in 2013. #Beetlemania
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Dung Beetles Navigate by the Milky Way
They're the first known insects guided by starlight
www.science.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm interviewing researchers about the impacts of artificial light on wildlife. Today, I learned that dung beetles roll their dung balls in straighter lines by orienting themselves with the Milky Way. THE MILKY WAY!!! This research first came out in 2013. #Beetlemania
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
I had the pleasure of being out on a wildfire documentary shoot with this legend last week. If you haven't seen Leanne Allison's work, I highly recommend starting with her NFB film Losing Blue, free to watch here: lnkd.in/eWxbgwxM
May 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I had the pleasure of being out on a wildfire documentary shoot with this legend last week. If you haven't seen Leanne Allison's work, I highly recommend starting with her NFB film Losing Blue, free to watch here: lnkd.in/eWxbgwxM
Researchers recommend six strategies urgently needed to facilitate ecosystem and community resilience to wildfire. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
May 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Researchers recommend six strategies urgently needed to facilitate ecosystem and community resilience to wildfire. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
The call is coming from inside the house...A fabulous thread about a 2023 USO (unidentified seismic object) by @mikeachim.bsky.social
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The call is coming from inside the house...A fabulous thread about a 2023 USO (unidentified seismic object) by @mikeachim.bsky.social
My Canadian Wildlife Magazine article on wildlife in #JasperNationalPark following the July Wildfires. www.nikiwilson.com/portfolio/af...
After Burn: Wildlife Recovery and Fire Resilience in Jasper National Park — Niki Wilson
Discover the aftermath of Jasper’s devastating 2024 wildfire through the eyes of biologist and writer Niki Wilson. After Burn explores the science and stories of survival, regeneration, and ecological...
www.nikiwilson.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My Canadian Wildlife Magazine article on wildlife in #JasperNationalPark following the July Wildfires. www.nikiwilson.com/portfolio/af...
Life coming back in the burn. #JasperNationalPark
May 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Life coming back in the burn. #JasperNationalPark
April 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Do you study the effect of light pollution on wildlife and/or plants? Let’s talk! #ArtificialLightAtNight #ALAN #Wildlife #ScienceBluesky #Science
April 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Do you study the effect of light pollution on wildlife and/or plants? Let’s talk! #ArtificialLightAtNight #ALAN #Wildlife #ScienceBluesky #Science
What Canadian Science Communicators Need to Know About the Changing US Science Landscape organized by
@swc-can.bsky.social sciencewriters.ca/event-6143314
@swc-can.bsky.social sciencewriters.ca/event-6143314
Science Writers and Communicators of Canada - What Canadian Science Communicators Need to Know About the Changing US Science Landscape
sciencewriters.ca
April 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What Canadian Science Communicators Need to Know About the Changing US Science Landscape organized by
@swc-can.bsky.social sciencewriters.ca/event-6143314
@swc-can.bsky.social sciencewriters.ca/event-6143314
Here comes spring. And now we see what will grow up in the burn. #jaspernationalpark 🌱
April 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Here comes spring. And now we see what will grow up in the burn. #jaspernationalpark 🌱
Pumped to teach this #scicomm course at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre with Bob Holmes this summer: bamfieldmsc.com/education/pr...
Science Communication | Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
bamfieldmsc.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Pumped to teach this #scicomm course at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre with Bob Holmes this summer: bamfieldmsc.com/education/pr...
Stunning day out in the burn.☀️🏔️
January 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Stunning day out in the burn.☀️🏔️
Reposted by Niki Wilson
In light of what's going on in the world, I'm going to just start flooding my feed with beautiful pictures to take your mind (and mine) off of things. Something quite different from me, a black and white from Kootenay National Park in BC. Enjoy!
January 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In light of what's going on in the world, I'm going to just start flooding my feed with beautiful pictures to take your mind (and mine) off of things. Something quite different from me, a black and white from Kootenay National Park in BC. Enjoy!