The first of more than two dozen endangered monarch butterflies tagged with toothpick-sized radio trackers this summer has made it to Mexico to overwinter. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #conservation #wildlife #environment #Lepidopterology #science #SciChat

Wildlife populations have declined 73% since 1970 – but many of the world’s animals still aren’t being counted. theconversation.com/wildlife-pop... via @uk.theconversation.com #conservation #wildlife #ecology #science #SciChat

Palaeontologists are still unraveling the secrets of the world’s most famous dinosaur, such as its outward appearance or the way that it hunted. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #palaeontology #biology #Science #SciChat

The life of Darwin and the science of clouds: Books in brief - Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. nature.com/articles/d41... via
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A rescued are red bat gobbled up mealworms. She was found at the beach struggling in the surf, but is now ‘feisty and active.’ popsci.com/environment/... #biology #science #zoology #science #SciChat

University of Alberta research: Millions of years ago, a dinosaur dropped dead near Drumheller. Cause of death unknown. Its death was insignificant; until now. edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta... #palaeontology #science #UAlberta #AbSci #Science #SciChat

Ancient South African rocks reveal how phosphorus recycling may have helped Earth hold onto oxygen more than 2 billion years ago, sustaining conditions that allowed life to thrive. scitechdaily.com/2-billion-ye... #geology #geochemistry #science #SciChat

What happens to language when machines start talking back? AI systems tend to focus on the person speaking – but the listener plays just as big a part in communication. theconversation.com/what-happens... via @ca.theconversation.com #AI #communication #science #SciChat

Giving zoo lions whole carcasses on a feast-and-fast schedule appears to bring out more natural behaviour. sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #zoology #biology #science #SciChat

Intestinal bacterium secretes a molecule that reduces cholesterol production, according to a mouse study. www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com #microbiology #biology #disease #science #SciChat

The “second-generation” world, predicted from telescope data, could be the first known planet of its kind, and it may shed light on the future of our own solar system. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/l... via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social #astronomy #astrophysics #science #SciChat

A remarkable fossil discovery from Alberta provides the first evidence that ‘raptors’—members of the dinosaur group known as dromaeosaurs—fed on a tyrannosaur. royaltyrrellmuseum.wpcomstaging.com/2026/10/07/f... via
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Two Canadian researchers may have discovered the source of the multi-decades-long changes in Earth's length of day. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/scie... via @weathernetwork.bsky.social #geophysics #CdnSci #Science #SciChat

For centuries, scientists have asked a deceptively simple question: when did animals first appear? The fossil record gives one answer. Chemistry whispers another. dailygalaxy.com/2026/10/perf... #palaeontology #chemistry #fossils #Science #SciChat

AI could help predict and explain water levels in the Great Lakes. The goal is not just to predict water levels, but to use AI to explain what causes them to vary. theconversation.com/how-ai-could... via @laconversationca.bsky.social #AI #Hydrology #environment #ecology #science #SciChat

A prehistoric cold case near Drumheller reveals either a small-time raptor scavenged on an apex predator, or a baby Albertosaurus engaged in a shocking act of cannibalism. www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202... #AbSci #UAlberta #palaeontology #science #SciChat

The croc family tree may be getting a new branch. Palaeontologists newly identified a crocodilian species that once roamed a shallow sea in what’s now Egypt about 45 million years ago. ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art... #palaeontology #history #biology #science #SciChat

Here’s how scientists aim to speed up drug development for treating new viruses - it meaningfully improves the odds of finding one quickly. theconversation.com/heres-how-sc... #virology #CdnSci #medicine #Science #SciChat

Scientists are using cell-free transcription and translation systems to synthesize proteins, design biology-based sensors and develop synthetic cells. nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com #technology #biology #Science #biotechnology #genomics #SciChat

Archaeologists have unearthed defensive walls in Morocco that are about 4,000 years old, the oldest structures of their kind in North Africa outside the Nile Valley. dailygalaxy.com/2026/10/nort... #archaeology #science #history #SciChat