Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻
@dezene.me
🪲 Professor 🪰 University of Northern British Columbia 🕷️ Insect ecologist 🐝 conservation, biodiversity, natural history 🐛 Opinions are my own. 🐞 https://linktr.ee/dezene 🦋
Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃
Spiders 🕷️ aren't scary, of course, but one of their "ecosystem services" is providing a bit of spookiness 🕸️ to this evening.
Here are a bunch of other great things that our little eight-legged friends do for us:
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
🪲🪳
Spiders 🕷️ aren't scary, of course, but one of their "ecosystem services" is providing a bit of spookiness 🕸️ to this evening.
Here are a bunch of other great things that our little eight-legged friends do for us:
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
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October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃
Spiders 🕷️ aren't scary, of course, but one of their "ecosystem services" is providing a bit of spookiness 🕸️ to this evening.
Here are a bunch of other great things that our little eight-legged friends do for us:
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
🪲🪳
Spiders 🕷️ aren't scary, of course, but one of their "ecosystem services" is providing a bit of spookiness 🕸️ to this evening.
Here are a bunch of other great things that our little eight-legged friends do for us:
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
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Doing some lobbying work at Yankee Stadium.
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Doing some lobbying work at Yankee Stadium.
And then there’s this little tidbit.
If/when the funding dries up, or if things get better in the 🇺🇸, or if a better offer comes up elsewhere — what then?
And what does it say to the rest of us who make things work here despite the mediocre funding environment because we believe in 🇨🇦? (3/3) 🧪
If/when the funding dries up, or if things get better in the 🇺🇸, or if a better offer comes up elsewhere — what then?
And what does it say to the rest of us who make things work here despite the mediocre funding environment because we believe in 🇨🇦? (3/3) 🧪
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
And then there’s this little tidbit.
If/when the funding dries up, or if things get better in the 🇺🇸, or if a better offer comes up elsewhere — what then?
And what does it say to the rest of us who make things work here despite the mediocre funding environment because we believe in 🇨🇦? (3/3) 🧪
If/when the funding dries up, or if things get better in the 🇺🇸, or if a better offer comes up elsewhere — what then?
And what does it say to the rest of us who make things work here despite the mediocre funding environment because we believe in 🇨🇦? (3/3) 🧪
…you get the real goods.
It’s great that a few fancy research programs are being lured to (or back to) Canada. But that doesn’t support most Canadian research scientists or their students. 🧪 (2/3)
It’s great that a few fancy research programs are being lured to (or back to) Canada. But that doesn’t support most Canadian research scientists or their students. 🧪 (2/3)
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
…you get the real goods.
It’s great that a few fancy research programs are being lured to (or back to) Canada. But that doesn’t support most Canadian research scientists or their students. 🧪 (2/3)
It’s great that a few fancy research programs are being lured to (or back to) Canada. But that doesn’t support most Canadian research scientists or their students. 🧪 (2/3)
Read the first half of this story and you’d think everything is just fantastic in Canadian science. 🧪
But when you (hopefully) read on through to the second half… (1/2)
🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
But when you (hopefully) read on through to the second half… (1/2)
🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Read the first half of this story and you’d think everything is just fantastic in Canadian science. 🧪
But when you (hopefully) read on through to the second half… (1/2)
🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
But when you (hopefully) read on through to the second half… (1/2)
🔗 www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
The outlet creek of Lac Beauvert, Jasper National Park, Canada. 🏔️
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The outlet creek of Lac Beauvert, Jasper National Park, Canada. 🏔️
Took a walk around Lac Beauvert (Jasper National Park) today. I’ve walked this route a pretty much once a year since… forever.
Lots of changes from the 🔥 last year. And already lots of changes from last autumn. Looking forward to watching this over the coming years.
(Pano, click to expand.)
Lots of changes from the 🔥 last year. And already lots of changes from last autumn. Looking forward to watching this over the coming years.
(Pano, click to expand.)
October 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Took a walk around Lac Beauvert (Jasper National Park) today. I’ve walked this route a pretty much once a year since… forever.
Lots of changes from the 🔥 last year. And already lots of changes from last autumn. Looking forward to watching this over the coming years.
(Pano, click to expand.)
Lots of changes from the 🔥 last year. And already lots of changes from last autumn. Looking forward to watching this over the coming years.
(Pano, click to expand.)
Jasper is Canada’s 🇨🇦 best national park. And the fact it’s a dark sky preserve makes it even better
Last night, at Pyramid Lake.
Dark sky: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jas...
Last night, at Pyramid Lake.
Dark sky: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jas...
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jasper is Canada’s 🇨🇦 best national park. And the fact it’s a dark sky preserve makes it even better
Last night, at Pyramid Lake.
Dark sky: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jas...
Last night, at Pyramid Lake.
Dark sky: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jas...
Applied ecologist / Field ecologist / Ecological modeler
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Applied ecologist / Field ecologist / Ecological modeler
“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved”
- Jane Goodall
- Jane Goodall
October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved”
- Jane Goodall
- Jane Goodall
One more day to collect data for the UNBC 2025 BioBlitz! 🌎
So far:
🪲 467 observations
🌲 195 species
🐻 34 identifiers
🍄 12 observers
Even if you're not at UNBC, you can still help with IDs! 🔍
Check it out and join in here:
inaturalist.ca/projects/fal...
So far:
🪲 467 observations
🌲 195 species
🐻 34 identifiers
🍄 12 observers
Even if you're not at UNBC, you can still help with IDs! 🔍
Check it out and join in here:
inaturalist.ca/projects/fal...
September 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One more day to collect data for the UNBC 2025 BioBlitz! 🌎
So far:
🪲 467 observations
🌲 195 species
🐻 34 identifiers
🍄 12 observers
Even if you're not at UNBC, you can still help with IDs! 🔍
Check it out and join in here:
inaturalist.ca/projects/fal...
So far:
🪲 467 observations
🌲 195 species
🐻 34 identifiers
🍄 12 observers
Even if you're not at UNBC, you can still help with IDs! 🔍
Check it out and join in here:
inaturalist.ca/projects/fal...
If you spend time on the UNBC campus and you use @inaturalist.bsky.social, you should join the Fall 2025 UNBC BioBlitz project (September 18-25).
One day in, and we've already recorded >100 species!
Including this little friend... 🐸
🔗 www.inaturalist.org/projects/fal...
🌎
One day in, and we've already recorded >100 species!
Including this little friend... 🐸
🔗 www.inaturalist.org/projects/fal...
🌎
September 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you spend time on the UNBC campus and you use @inaturalist.bsky.social, you should join the Fall 2025 UNBC BioBlitz project (September 18-25).
One day in, and we've already recorded >100 species!
Including this little friend... 🐸
🔗 www.inaturalist.org/projects/fal...
🌎
One day in, and we've already recorded >100 species!
Including this little friend... 🐸
🔗 www.inaturalist.org/projects/fal...
🌎
Or, because this 🛰️ is not going to happen anytime soon, why not invest all that money in maintaining and improving the beautiful habitats all around us? 🌎
(P.S. – this is an urban forest a block from my house 👇🏼)
(P.S. – this is an urban forest a block from my house 👇🏼)
September 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Or, because this 🛰️ is not going to happen anytime soon, why not invest all that money in maintaining and improving the beautiful habitats all around us? 🌎
(P.S. – this is an urban forest a block from my house 👇🏼)
(P.S. – this is an urban forest a block from my house 👇🏼)
Here’s a theoretical drive from Saskatoon to Winnipeg. It requires two charging stops totalling 55 minutes.
September 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Here’s a theoretical drive from Saskatoon to Winnipeg. It requires two charging stops totalling 55 minutes.
STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING
here are my cats
here are my cats
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING
here are my cats
here are my cats
Here is a pretty substantial northward range expansion for a mosquito (detected by several authors, including @mannamacdonald.bsky.social & @stephenbheard.bsky.social). 🪲🪳🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
But don't worry, this one won't bite you. It only seems to feed on... wait for it... (1/2)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
But don't worry, this one won't bite you. It only seems to feed on... wait for it... (1/2)
September 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Here is a pretty substantial northward range expansion for a mosquito (detected by several authors, including @mannamacdonald.bsky.social & @stephenbheard.bsky.social). 🪲🪳🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
But don't worry, this one won't bite you. It only seems to feed on... wait for it... (1/2)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
But don't worry, this one won't bite you. It only seems to feed on... wait for it... (1/2)
Beautiful.
Crazy thing is, my university has a place a lot like this (but smaller), and hardly anyone know about it. 👇🏼
Crazy thing is, my university has a place a lot like this (but smaller), and hardly anyone know about it. 👇🏼
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Beautiful.
Crazy thing is, my university has a place a lot like this (but smaller), and hardly anyone know about it. 👇🏼
Crazy thing is, my university has a place a lot like this (but smaller), and hardly anyone know about it. 👇🏼
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Absolutely! It was my first time there, but definitely going back.
August 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Absolutely! It was my first time there, but definitely going back.
Sampling whitefish at War Falls on the McLeod River (British Columbia) for a population genetics study.
One of my favorite work days this summer! 🧪 🌎
One of my favorite work days this summer! 🧪 🌎
August 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Sampling whitefish at War Falls on the McLeod River (British Columbia) for a population genetics study.
One of my favorite work days this summer! 🧪 🌎
One of my favorite work days this summer! 🧪 🌎
And so are the raspberries. It all makes for a tasty afternoon walk around the UNBC campus.
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And so are the raspberries. It all makes for a tasty afternoon walk around the UNBC campus.