SFU ScienceApr 17, 2024
I've you've visited #SFU Burnaby campus recently you may have noticed that the AQ Reflection Pond fish are back from their annual health checkup! Thanks to the #SFUBioSci Aquatic Research Centre staff for taking such good care of them. #SFUScience #koi
SFU ScienceApr 17, 2024
#Ticks, and the diseases they carry, are a constant concern for anyone enjoying the outdoors. #SFUBioSci researchers developed a repellent that uses ant pheromones to repel ticks.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10425628/ant-pheromones-tick-bites-sfu #SFUScience #pestcontrol #BritishColumbia #hiking #LymeDisease #insects
SFU researchers say ant pheromones could help prevent tick bites

Researchers at Simon Fraser University have discovered that ant pheromones may be the key to warding off ticks.

Global News
SFU ScienceApr 12, 2024
Warm weather means many of us will be spending a lot more time outdoors. Unfortunately it also means a higher risk encountering #ticks, which can carry #LymeDisease. #SFUBioSci researchers are exploring new solutions to repel these harmful critters. https://ow.ly/GBmM50ReCHe #SFUScience #pestcontrol #BritishColumbia #hiking
Ant pheromones may help protect hikers and campers from ticks

The use of ant pheromones as a topical repellant may help protect hikers and campers from ticks, new research from Simon Fraser University suggests.

SFU ScienceApr 8, 2024
Congratulations to #SFUBPK student Erin Williams and #SFUBioSci student Soobin Yim for winning first place and runner-up at the #SFU Three Minute Thesis competition! #SFUScience #3MT
SFU ScienceApr 2, 2024
Help scientists track butterflies with your smartphone! #SFUBioSci professor John Reynolds explains how community science projects like Butterflies in My Backyard and #iNaturalist help conservationists understand where #butterflies gather and how to protect them. https://www.abbynews.com/local-news/butterflies-in-my-backyard-began-in-bc-but-going-national-for-2024-7336272 #SFU #SFUScience #conservation #communityscience #biology #ecology
Butterflies in my backyard began in B.C. but going national for 2024

The 2024 BIMBY season is about to kick off, and they’re asking everyone to take part this summer

The Abbotsford News
SFU ScienceMar 27, 2024

There's something berry exciting about the prospect of growing fresh, local #BC #blueberries throughout the winter. #SFUBioSci professor Jim Mattsson is developing new varieties of blueberry plants suitable for vertical farming to extend the growing season year-round for farmers and consumers.

https://www.sfu.ca/science/news/2024-news/sfu-research-to-bring-fresh--local-blueberries-to-b-c--markets-i.html #SFU #SFUScience #agritech #BritishColumbia #agriculture #biology

SFU research to bring fresh, local blueberries to B.C. markets in winter

SFU ScienceMar 26, 2024

Congratulations to the winners of #SFU Biological Sciences' fourth annual poetry contest! Read their prize-winning biological poems here: https://ow.ly/xBNI50R2Ksn

#SFUScience #SFUBioSci #biology #scicomm #poetry

Fourth Annual Biology World Poetry Day Contest

SFU ScienceMar 8, 2024
The silent extinction threat to deepwater #sharks and #rays https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2024/03/07/the-silent-extinction-threat-to-deepwater-sharks-and-rays/?sh=5cfad49f65bc #SFUBioSci #SFU #SFUScience #sharks #MarineConservation #biology #fisheries
The Silent Extinction Threat To Deepwater Sharks And Rays

One in seven deepwater sharks and rays are on the brink of extinction, according to a new study.

Forbes
SFU ScienceMar 7, 2024
One in seven #sharks and rays are at risk of extinction due to overfishing, according to a major new international study. Sharks and #rays are often bycatch in commercial fisheries but are kept due to the value of their liver oil.
https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2024/02/one-in-seven-deepwater-sharks-and-rays-at-risk-of-extinction.html #SFUBioSci #SFU #SFUScience #sharks #MarineConservation #biology #fisheries
One in seven deepwater sharks and rays at risk of extinction

Sharks and rays are often caught as bycatch in fisheries targeting more commercially valuable species but are kept due to the value of their liver oil.

SFU ScienceFeb 6, 2024
As glaciers melt, they expose new habitat for #salmon, but they also attract interest from mining companies. #SFUBioSci prof Jonathan Moore's research tracks this emerging conflict.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2024/02/melting-glaciers-salmon-threat-mining-companies-pollution/ #SFUScience #SFU #climatechange #ecology #fisheries #conservation #aquaticecology #watershed
As glaciers subside, salmon face a new threat: mining companies

"We need to do what we can to ensure that those areas are protected."

Mother Jones