Do you know if it’s still expected to be a 50% success rate for shortlisted applications??

The two photos correspond to Garthia gaudichaudii and Garthia penai. Message me for a PDF.

What was being recently proposed as a single species is at the very least two old species and potentially a bunch of other species in there too. This shows the power of looking at the secrets DNA hides. A lot more work to do on this system for sure!

Happy to share our latest paper lead by my amazing Honours students (now PhD student) Kamryn Carter. We used modern genomics to look at the diversity of an old endemic gecko from the Chilean Atacama desert, and found very deep hidden diversity.

🚨🐸 Frog Nerds Assemble 🐸🚨

Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae.

Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm

What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers?
There's a whole bunch more names to use!

Let me explain ...

Seminar today at 12.30pm in 6-210 or online!

Join us for Prof. Kerri Pratt's seminar titled 'Atmospheric Chlorine Chemistry in the Winter and Links to Snow and Aerosol Chemistry'

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The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.

Join Us! Opportunities We are seeking PhD students in citizen science, insect conservation, or citizen science. We expect candidates to have some experience in fieldwork and ecological modelling and at leas…

Interested in doing a PhD on #insect #migration or #conservation at @monashuniversity.bsky.social i in #Melbourne, #Australia? If so, please feel free to email me. For international students, the application deadline is late March. shawanchowdhury.com/join-us/

Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project).

Applications close 25th March 2025!

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I found these what I believe to be lacewing larvae hatching from their eggs in my backyard. They were not more than 2 mm long. I think this is the sort of creature that would have inspired HR Giger.