Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better.
My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thrilled to see our paper out in @nature.com! Huge thanks to @cegrueber.bsky.social @katefarquharson.bsky.social & the core team for a mammoth effort over 6yrs! Privileged to work with 57 scientists who spent many hours screening papers & more. Missing the late Mike Bruford-who helped inspire it all
The Tasmanian tree frog (Litoria burrowsae), a now rare frog that breeds in isolated pool deep in the heath. So awesome to find! #WildOz
@annacresswell.bsky.social is convinced I use the 100’s of tea strainers I buy to capture pygmy possums. This photo suggests it might just be possible!
New research! Authors examine camera trapping trends in Australia, finding strong taxonomic, geographic, and analytical biases, but also new ways to meet big conservation objectives. Great stuff! Glad to play a very small part. Congrats Tom and WildObs! ⚡️
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Love Blackbutt, but it's certainly no Wondai
First paper of 2025 — the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually at least three different species:
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@flindersuniversity.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
Very cool, I'll look out for them next time I'm in the east!
Um, we don't do soy here Dylan
One of the best things about Perth is that you can normally order an oat flat white <150m from a weedy seadragon #WildOz
How good are WA Christmas Trees/Moojar (Nuytsia floribunda)? These ones near Denmark just left me in awe at their fiery otherworldly brilliance.
Although not too bad
Yeah. I've actually found they don't work as well for WRTP. Too much fur I reckon.
I've recently been trialling some thermal binoculars to help with creature tracking. Pretty impressed so far, picking up lots of things that are often tough to get eye shine out of, like this chuditch (western quoll) #WildOz
First post here.
I’ll unpack our new paper @science.org highlighting the loss of old animals and calling for ‘longevity conservation’
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Two red-necked stints walk towards the camera (a third bird exits from the top left corner) with determined looks in their eyes, on the hunt for small crustaceans in the grey rippling surface of a salt lake. From the front they are mostly white, with delicate grey speckles on their heads and backs. Their dark beaks and eyes are focused ahead. Despite being photographed in the Australian summer sunshine, these birds are in their winter plumage!
Happy New Year everyone!
Hope you are all safe and happy 💕
Had a bit of a break from the socials for the last two weeks but now coming at 2025 with the determination and focus of these red-necked stints!
🌏🪶 #wildAus
I think you've just answered your own question there @eddyc.bsky.social. Few non zoologists have heard of them, let alone seen them!
How much cat control is this yard copping MJ? My guess is a fair bit
Yes I wish there were more. This one was detected in the south-west jarrah forest. We see them quite a bit here
Brush-tailed phascogale has got to be up there as one of Australia's most underated fauna species. Don't @ me invertebrate people #WildOz
Wildlife restoration in fragmented agricultural landscapes: trialling wild-to-wild translocation with two common reptiles #ESAus2024
Looking for a PhD? Check out the Gulbali Institute PhD prospectus. Our team is looking to fill three positions, centered around improving biodiversity outcomes of fire management. All projects include close collaboration with government and First Nations groups.
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Bad day to be a termite. This Christmas numbat wasn't taking prisoners
Congratulations to Kate Rick ans team for winning best student paper in Heredity in 2024! 🎉
www.nature.com/collections/...
Widespread resilience of animal species, functional diversity, and predator–prey networks to an unprecedented gigafire 📈
Suggests that interventions could instead focus on the subset of species that are vulnerable to severe fire 🔥🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/3Zep4bx
Had a great time at #ESAus2024 poster night! Lots of discussions about architectural and functional traits, sparking new ideas for my PhD. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! 🌱✨
Jules @julesfarquhar.bsky.social convinces the audience that collecting data from (keen) snake catchers is the go for studying snakes, which are inherently difficult to study! At #ESAus2024
1 of 6 reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus) we saw taking advantage of the smorgasbord of bats roosting in this Balinese cave
