🍁 Alex Smith 🍁
Assoc. Prof of #Biology at UofG, Guelph, ON, Canada. Inspired by the #Biodiversity in ACG, Costa Rica. #Ecology, #Evolution, #Entomology
Opinions my own & oh so rarely overlap with my employer.
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www.malexsmith.com
www.youtube.com/@Alex_Smith_Ants
- Reposted by 🍁 Alex Smith 🍁If convincing people to get the measles vaccine is ‘slow going’ this calls for a vaccine-PLUS approach. Kids/Educators/Bus drivers have the right to NOT get infected, especially those at high risk. Vaccine-PLUS means: +masks +air filtration +ventilation +more! globalnews.ca/news/1117224...
- Reposted by 🍁 Alex Smith 🍁Millions of parents who lost their shit during peak COVID in 2020/2021 because it became crystal clear how difficult it is to teach children didn't seem to gain more empathy and respect for their children's teachers.
- Reposted by 🍁 Alex Smith 🍁102 new species?! So important to get to know our community, including those of non-human form 🪲🐜🪳 #Diversity #GDFCF 🧪
- 🧪 New paper led by Jose Fernandez-Triana of #CNC, builds on decades of Janzen & Hallwachs #ACG @gdfcf.bsky.social collections; A description of 102 new species of the #parasitoid #wasp genus #Dolichogenidea in @zookeys.pensoft.net including this 1 for @rpuschen.bsky.social doi.org/10.3897/zook...
- I want this paper title on a t-shirt! #COVID-19 proved that #Universities could make #HigherEd more #Accessible; they are just choosing not to
- 📢New article: COVID-19 proved that Universities could make Post-Secondary Education more Accessible; They are just choosing not to #HigherEd 🧪🍁
- Reposted by 🍁 Alex Smith 🍁📢New article: COVID-19 proved that Universities could make Post-Secondary Education more Accessible; They are just choosing not to #HigherEd 🧪🍁
- 🧪 New paper led by Jose Fernandez-Triana of #CNC, builds on decades of Janzen & Hallwachs #ACG @gdfcf.bsky.social collections; A description of 102 new species of the #parasitoid #wasp genus #Dolichogenidea in @zookeys.pensoft.net including this 1 for @rpuschen.bsky.social doi.org/10.3897/zook...
- Reposted by 🍁 Alex Smith 🍁Did you know about these tiny shiny ants (red arrow) living with wood ants (blue arrow)? They are Shining Guest Ants (Formicoxenus) and we have recently discovered that a wood ant nest can be home to several genetically distinct colonies of these 'guests'! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... 1/5
