Non-destructive environmental DNA extracted from owl pellet contents: A valuable tool for monitoring mammalian species richness Environmental DNA (eDNA) offers valuable presence/absence data for populations and has been widely used in comprehensive biodiversity assessments. However, applying eDNA in terrestrial environments po...

Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).

Baby antechinus says hello!
#antechinus #wildoz

‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.

New technologies are revolutionising ecology, with more data than ever available at our fingertips. But what are the costs and perils of ecologists doing less field work?

Interviews with several BES members in this fascinating @nature.com article

A cute little Brown Antechinus trying its hardest to get my bait.

Remote camera trapping undertaken at Nightcap National Park #WildOz #antechinus

Premier's Science Awards 2025: Government Science Project of the Year Finalists Meet the 2025 finalists of the Premier's Science Awards: Government Science Project of the Year category.

So exciting our lab won the Government Science project of the year for 2025!
#WASciAwards
#2025PremiersScienceAwards
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Save the date - don't miss out!
The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety
- ECR workshops on 5th
- focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th
🦇🐾🐭🐨

An historic illustration of a (very elongated) wombat.

Happy #WombatDay! "This animal has not any claim to swiftness of foot". This is one of our favourite quotes from the historic literature ("An account of the English colony in New South Wales", David Collins, 1804) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45924805 via
#MuseumsVictoria #Wombat #ILoveBHL 📖 🧪

Sign the Petition Stop Forced Redundancies at QUT's Faculty of Science

The latest Australian University wanting to diminish science capacity and training. At least 18 academic staff in the science faculty threatened with job loss. A petition to save science at #QUT Queensland University of Technology here www.change.org/p/stop-force...

Sign the Petition Stop Forced Redundancies at QUT's Faculty of Science

As a previous staff member of this faculty I'm alarmed at the proposed forced redundancies!
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Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer‐based monitoring for terrestrial mammals Mammals play vital roles in ecological communities, but many are in rapid decline worldwide. Comprehensive monitoring of mammal populations is crucial for effective conservation, but large-scale m...

Is passive acoustic monitoring worth it for terrestrial mammals? 🎙️🐨

We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term.

Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

Finding a needle in a heath stack: A strategy to optimize the detection of a rare marsupial on the brink of local extinction Anthropogenic pressures are reducing species distributions and driving extinctions within ecosystems. As the urgency to address biodiversity loss inte…

Hot off the press. Using species distribution models to find species in landscapes where they are increadibly rare. Our adventures finding potoroo in the Grampians landscape.
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This #MarsupialMonday we bring you a trio of critters: the fat-tailed dunnart, the yellow-footed antechinus and the red-tailed phascogale.

On the hunt for an Antechinus arktos. Plus not a bad view.

Pinnacle Lookout, Border Ranges National Park

#WildOz #nature

Happy #MarsupialMonday! Have you met our little friend, the #SandhillDunnart?

Often called a “marsupial mouse” 🐀 the nocturnal dunnart is a carnivorous critter who likes to feed on invertebrates: think ants, spiders, termites, etc. In the rare periods when food is scarce, they can enter torpor.

3MT | Tiny mouse, big impact! YouTube video by UniSQ Students

It’s #3MT season, and #PhDstudent Abby talks about this important little mouse and its impact on the world. Head to the link to watch and vote (by simply liking the video on YouTube) to help raise awareness about the tiny mouse and help Abby win!

youtube.com/watch?v=L1NLxg-inQA

Yep, very grateful to have access! Super beautiful part of the world.

Beats the office…
Nightcap National Park
#wildoz

The first of many cameras set for my phd #antechinus

Feral-free zones spark small mammal boom in Australian desert A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic reshaping of desert small mammal communities.

Long-term evidence for the benefits of feral removal in our arid zone. New paper from Katherine Moseby et al. in Proc Royal Soc B - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #wildoz

4. Honours: Recovery of Springbrook NP small mammal populations post the 2019 drought, including the endangered Antechinus arktos.

- Antechinus!
- Small mammal trapping
- species recovery
- fieldwork in the beautiful gondwana rainforest @ Springbrook!

3. Honours: What is the best type of camera to use for detecting the threatened Julia Creek dunnart?

- white flash vs. infrared
- activity patterns
- automated detection strategies?
- desk based with opportunities for field work

2. Research MSc or PhD: Best methods for detecting the threatened Julia Creek dunnart.

- Diversity and abundance of small mammals in Qld grasslands
- Pitfalls, Elliotts, Remote cameras, eDNA
- new JCD populations?
- small mammal sympatry

1. PhD Project: Resource utilisation of the threatened Julia Creek dunnart.

- tracking home ranges and movement (drones?!)
- fine scale habitat assessments
- population dynamics
- dietary analysis

Keen interest in ecology? Enjoy fieldwork? Want to work on dasyurids?

The Baker Mammal Ecology lab @ QUT has a handful of PhD / MSc / Honours projects commencing 2026!

Contact: am.baker@qut.edu.au

#ecology #dasyurids #dunnart #antechinus

Some more details below:

It’s now time for everyone’s favourite sex-crazed marsupials, Antechinus!

- Cameron Charley

What affects their distributions in southeast QLD? #AusMamSoc25