Canadian Journal of Zoology

The proofed version of our CJZ paper is now online! 🐟

We studied patterns of brook trout thermal habitat selection during peak summer temps in 3 Algonquin Provincial Park lakes 🏕️

With @tmiddel.bsky.social & @harknesslab.bsky.social

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dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2025-0087

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Submit your research to this Arctic Science Journal and Canadian Journal of Zoology collection on small mammal population cycles. Studies on population dynamics, ecosystem interactions, seasonality, and multi-scale ecological processes are welcome.

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📷 Fabrice Simon

Now Published 📰

Effect of chemical pollution representative of an industrial port on the embryonic success of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis: a metabolomic approach
🖋️Veillard et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/IYxn50YquRM

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Sticklebacks have taught us how evolution works in real time. The Canadian Journal of Zoology invites papers for a collection marking three decades of stickleback research.

Deadline: May 31, 2026 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/y0ic50YpIqu

#Stickleback #Evolution #Zoology

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Assessing mitochondrial quality in non-traditional animal models
✒️ Munro et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/LI5n50YquPo #OpenAccess

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NOW PUBLISHED 📰

Biology of feeding and digestion in the Talitroidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
✒️ David Wildish
🔗 https://ow.ly/GrhC50YquNO

Sub-zero body temperatures during early spring migration in blue-spotted salamanders (Ambystoma laterale) https://ow.ly/3FfW50Y9C06

Part of a collection from the 17th International Hibernation Symposium https://ow.ly/cHbf50Y9C08

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Bears hibernate for months and wake up without muscle, bone, or brain damage. Scientists are turning that into medicine for stroke, diabetes, and aging 🐻❄️🔬

Read the review: https://ow.ly/4oU550YoH6r

📸 cjz-2025-0055_con1 #Biomedicine #Hibernation

Reproduction, predation, and population decline in collared lemmings https://ow.ly/yZnZ50Y9AXu #OpenAccess

Part of a new collection on population cycling in small mammals. Submit by March 31 https://ow.ly/pz0F50Y9AXt

Adrenergic stimulation as a means to determine in vivo brown adipose tissue thermogenic capacity https://ow.ly/LfFj50Y9BZ9 #OpenAccess

Part of a collection from the 17th International Hibernation Symposium https://ow.ly/mwcm50Y9BZ8

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites stabilize following the transition of free-ranging orphaned wild polar bear cubs into human care Relocating free-ranging animals to human-care facilities can enhance survival when individuals are unlikely to survive in the wild. Between 2015 and 2017, six orphaned polar bear (Ursus maritimus Phip...

Happy #InternationalPolarBearDay!

Learn more about physiological responses in orphaned wild polar bear cubs when they transition into human care in this new paper published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology:

doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

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Ecological and physiological factors influencing the use of mineral licks by Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei)

🖋️Emery et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/gbUP50Y8Z5i #FreeAccess while featured

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Our most read article of 2025 shows grizzly bears at ecotourism sites are less likely to encounter human conflict. Read it now ▶️ https://ow.ly/7FQ950XWjGI

👥 Kate A. Field, Jason E. Moody, Chris T. Darimont, Taal Levi

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Now Published

Characterization of Dall’s sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) post-lambing habitat in Kluane National Park and Reserve based on four decades of population monitoring
🖋 Schoenhardt, Wong, and Danby
🔗 https://ow.ly/sUyw50Y9AIa

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An experimental test of food limitation and trophic interaction hypotheses on demographic parameters in a cyclic population of red-backed voles https://ow.ly/sYr850Y9ATe

Part of a new collection on population cycling in small mammals. Submit by March 31 https://ow.ly/LIrA50Y9ATg

Trail camera image of four Stone's sheep at and around a salt lick on a steep rocky hillside

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE⭐

Ecological and physiological factors influencing the use of mineral licks by Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei)

🖋️Emery et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/6v0j50Y8YLX #FreeAccess while featured

New Perspective 👀

Assessing mitochondrial quality in nontraditional animal models
🖋️ Munro et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/hBuE50Y9AFv

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Effect of chemical pollution representative of an industrial port on the embryonic success of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis: a metabolomic approach

🖋️Veillard et al. 🔗 https://ow.ly/BW9X50Y9AkH

Part of a collection on sustainable aquaculture and fisheries development

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New Article 📰

Biology of feeding and digestion in the Talitroidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
🖋️David Wildish
🔗 https://ow.ly/9SUW50Y9Ahi
#detrivores #digestion

Now Published

Spatial and temporal variation in spring diet of greater snow geese inferred from stable isotopes
🖋️Gauthier et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/WzZ450Y7QRm

Photo of small mammal with overlay text reading: Call for Papers: Small Mammal Population Cycles as Vital Pulses of Ecosystems

Submit your research to this Arctic Science Journal and Canadian Journal of Zoology collection on small mammal population cycles. Studies on population dynamics, ecosystem interactions, seasonality, and multi-scale ecological processes are welcome.

▶️ https://ow.ly/Gv8e50XC2xS

📷 Fabrice Simon

Trail camera image of four Stone's sheep at and around a salt lick on a steep rocky hillside

⭐EDITOR'S CHOICE⭐

Ecological and physiological factors influencing the use of mineral licks by Stone’s sheep (Ovis dalli stonei)

🖋️Emery et al.
🔗 https://ow.ly/T6rC50Y8Z2a #FreeAccess while featured