Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My latest paper! A group project with fellow Liber Ero postdocs 042
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My first turtle paper! www.herpconbio.org/Volume_21/Is... 051
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caDevastated bat world in N.B. offers a bit of optimism | CBC NewsKaren Vanderwolf has spent her summer criss-crossing New Brunswick, hunting for bat poop. 000
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I like logtags (the model with the replaceable battery). HOBOs are good but expensive. I don't like iButtons due to the failure rate and the fact the batteries can't be replaced 010
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 07/05/2026New paper! I had fun with this side project working with captive naked mole rats. Very interesting (weird) animals! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCaptive naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) have the highest skin pH among mammalsSkin serves as a barrier against the external environment and is a primary defense against pathogens. Cutaneous pH is part of that defense as pH affec… 000
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026ICYMI, last year I wrote an essay for American Scientist magazine defending funding basic research, even research that sounds silly when presented out of context. 🧪 www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%...americanscientist.org“Why Are We Funding This?”Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research. 25223
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 10/12/2025could you expect any less from fellow biologists? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCanada's best beer winner brewed by a pair of bat biologists in northern B.C. | CBC NewsPrince George's Deadfall Brewing hopes to put northern B.C. on the craft beer map after Canada Beer Cup win. 120
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfS Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Thank you to all the wonderful people and groups we met to make our @libererofellows.bsky.social training transformational: Michelle LeBaron, Chief Hugh Akagi, Adam Wilkins, Kim Davies, Laurenne Schiller, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Whale Institute, & NB Museum. So many thanks!! 1101
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025For those who asked: this article is now temporarily open access for everyone. 315782
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 04/06/2025A nice postdoc opportunity just came across my desk for ecologists interested in doing policy-relevant science - please share! "The Wilderness Society is hiring a 2-year ecological modeling specialist post-doc to help advance research on caribou response to roads in the Arctic." 🧪🌎thewildernesssociety.careers.hibob.comCareers 13526
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.orgstandupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone. 6404399912016
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help! We are collecting *specific, clear* examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter. Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol 25412336
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfClayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...ctvnews.caSaving species 'not rocket science,' but few faring better than long ago: researcherResearcher Laurenne Schiller says 'it’s not rocket science' that recovery for threatened or endangered species in Canada is driven by stopping the primary cause for their decline. 042
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfClayton T. Lamb @claytontlamb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025NEW PAPER: The @libererofellows.bsky.social team led by Dr. Schiller looked at what's working for species recovery in 🇨🇦. Species recovery wasn't affected by human or financial capacity provided but was possible when the primary cause of decline was alleviated. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.... 0139
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfAerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Terrific list of conservation-related funding opportunities, made by @society4conbio.bsky.social: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please share! #ConservationFunding #Conservationdocs.google.comAward, Fellowship and Grants OpportunitiesAward, Fellowship and Grant Opportunities Below is a list of some of the ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. Use the hyperlinks to ju... 15934
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 29/01/2025A webinar about bats I gave last week to a New Brunswick, Canada audience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8lS...youtube.comBats in New Brunswick (webinar recording Jan 23, 2025)YouTube video by New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners 000
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAfter years of a brutal killer fungus, bats in N.B. are showing signs of resilience | CBC NewsNearly 14 years after white-nose syndrome began devastating bat populations in New Brunswick, researchers see signs the fungus is receding and bats are becoming more resilient against the disease. 010
Karen Vanderwolf @kjvanderwolf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025New paper! White-nose fungus decreases in Maritime Canada caves esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comPseudogymnoascus destructans environmental reservoir decreases 11 years after an outbreak of white‐nose syndromeYou have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader. 000
Reposted by Karen VanderwolfAerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 02/01/2025JOB: Conservation Scientist – Research Priorities, Partnerships & Monitoring at "rare Charitable Research Reserve" in southern Ontario * Full time * Hybrid in-person/work from home * Salary $50k-65k/yr + benefits * Apply by January 15 * Details: www.raresites.org/about/career... #ConservationJobsraresites.orgCareers | rare Charitable Research Reserve 01720