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I'm so excited that our new whale lab (Cetacea) is done! Pre-pandemic, we only had a few dolphin and porpoise skulls and some pictures, plus a piece of baleen. Now, we have 3d printed, reduced-sized skulls for every Family and super realistic, hand painted toys for most families!

I wrote a rant about why biological collections are important and under threat! dantheclamman.blog/2024/02/27/the…

Every species in this food web has a thermal niche and therefore we should include temperature changes in fishery management. Read my article in this week's Fishing News: fishingnews.co.uk/features/fishe…

Such a great visit today at Stqeeye’ Learning Society in Xwaaqw'um (Burgoyne Bay, Salt Spring Island) with Q'shintul Mill Bay Nature School to learn about their ecological restoration work and land-based learning for youth. We saw dolphins! 🐬🐬🐬 stqeeye.ca

This applies to #zooarch comparative collections. Collections are truly priceless | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Once a companion for weavers, First Nations people continue to learn from — and honour — their adored ancestral pet indiginews.com/arts/long-afte… Story by Kayla Macinnis

There's still time to register for FREE for our Decade Dialogue at 12pm 🚨 Join us as we discuss how restoring traditional Indigenous #SeaGardens can transform people, place, and culture, and reconnect communities to tradition 🌿🌲🌊 REGISTER HERE 🔗tinyurl.com/4nfpjcf2

NSF Innovative Use of Scientific Collections nsf.gov/pubs/2024/nsf2…

Two Jamestown S'Klallam brothers are making #geoduck more accessible with their #Native-owned #seafood restaurant. nwtreatytribes.org/jamestown-fish…

How Indigenous communities in New Zealand are protecting their data | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Zooarch CARE and FAIR session discusses how CARE is part of project planning and about building relationships, FAIR, somewhat, is about solving technological and publication practice later in the project lifecycle.

Join Young Agrarians, Jared Qwustenuxun Williams, Tom Reid (NTBC, West Coast Conservation), Dr. Jennifer Grenz (UBC Indigenous Ecology Lab), & Kristen Miskelly (Satinflower Nurseries) for a field day at the Quw’utsun Estuary! Learn more & register: bit.ly/3yWyhej

kʷukʷscémxʷ Sierra Club & Marlowe Starling. sierraclub.org/sierra/ecologi… @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems UBC Media Relations #IndigenousPeoplesDay2024

Today was the last day of "Introduction of Biodiversity Specimens Digitalization" course organized by iDigBio. It is very useful and important to learn about digitalization collections - including basis of project management, georeferencing, photography, etc. I recommend

New entries in the comparative collection STARC - CYI. They enable more & reliable identifications of ancient animal remains through comparative osteology. Link to updated database will be posted soon. Unbelievable that collection now has 224 specimens (up 150+ in last 3 years!).

🌐 You can now switch languages on our site! Just scroll to the bottom for options in English and Spanish laparq.univille.br/bros/

Project SACHROFICS enabled me to expand my faunal reference collection to the point that it has become the first of its kind available at a Cypriot Institution STARC - CYI STARC - CYI. It's open to all who'd like to use it. Here's the latest database: sachrofics.cyi.ac.cy/reference-coll…

If it weren’t for the use of shell by Indigenous communities, many of the marsh islands of the GA coast would be underwater. These isolated uplands are KEY refugia for plants and animals and are linked to 45% of salt marsh ecosystem processes #archaeology #ecology

💪 DOIs > URLs 🙅‍♀️ Digital Object Identifiers enhance your digital citation practices and ensure long-term accessibility and credibility. 🌐✨ Watch the full video for more information: youtu.be/48Rth4IFGY4 #DOIsWithADS #DOIsWithIA #DataReuse #DigitalPreservation #Citations

Our new paper out this week is an important one- Mongolia and its natural history collections are critically important to the global human story, and Mongolia deserves investment and support for the amazing work of its students, scientists, and museums. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…