Truffle oil is where it’s at if you want to increase detection duration at camera traps! Well done to Georgia for getting her first publication out, completed as part of her undergraduate studies! #australianmammalogy #wildlife @ausmammals.bsky.social
connectsci.au/am/article/4...
Academic workload expectations are moving from unsustainable to truly absurd
New email signature just dropped 💃🏻🥂
How good is this poster from our master's student Genavieve Jurd ?! 👇🎉☺️
If you are attending @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference next week, please support ECRs like Genavieve during the Barbara Rice memorial poster session on Monday evening!
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
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Short eared possum
Fawn footed melomys
Yellow footed antechinus with pouch young
A successful week last week teaching students all things fieldwork, including safe trapping and handling of our native wildlife
Just ONE WEEK to go until the Aussie Bird Count kicks off! 🐦
From 20–26 Oct, Australians everywhere will spend 20 mins counting the birds!
One in six Aussie birds faces extinction – which means every bird counts!
👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au
#AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeAustralia #BirdLifeOz
As I argue in #PlatypusMatters, Australia has the world's best mammals, but is sadly the worst place on Earth to be a mammal, with the planet's worst #extinction rate.
The Christmas Island shrew is now the latest species to be officially declared extinct.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!
theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make" - Jane Goodall
We’re heartbroken to learn that Dr Jane Goodall has passed away, aged 91.
Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it.
Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚
What do leaf endophytes and koalas have in common?
They co-occur in our native ecosystems!
If you are keen to learn more or come and study with us, check out our programs 👇
unisq.edu.au/study/degree...
📷@unisq.bsky.social Master of Research student Fiona Stone captured this fab footage 💚
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
Come join me at @unisq.bsky.social and teach into the animal and wildlife majors. Applications close in three weeks usq.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...
Species have a right to exist regardless of what humans think theconversation.com/yes-spectacl...
Is it ethical for academic institutions to actively try and discourage students from using genAI to do their assessments while also encouraging academic staff to use genAI to write assessments and content? #AcademicSky
Stunning!
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
Happy #WorldLizardDay! In Australia, we have lots of lizards 🦎 to celebrate—and they’ve been appearing in works on Australia since scientists started describing our species. These images by Sarah Stone come from 1790's Journal of voyage to New South Wales.
Reminder this is tomorrow at 12pm AEST! Will be great to chat about all the wildlife you might have around you, and importantly how to identify them! For example, do long nosed bandicoots really have long noses?
Three #mammal PhD opportunities - understanding the physiological, behavioural and genetic resistance of vertebrate pests to 1080 - Contact Katherine Moseby (UNSW) k.moseby@unsw.edu.au
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Social cohesion, @tonyburkemp.bsky.social?
"The refusals came amid reports in the AFR that the immigration minister, Tony Burke, had denied dozens of visas on the basis of social cohesion."
Pathetic, and still the Special Envoy for Advance can spout her bile!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📣 New Paper 📣
We looked at how native #wildlife responded to the presence of a live cat or it’s cues in the environment, and found varying responses. Also shout out to wonderful reviewers who made the whole process super pleasant.
Onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.70105
On July 31st Israeli settlers demolished the Palestinian National Seed bank in Hebron.
It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.
A British doctor, recently returned from Gaza, explained in a UK SkyNews interview, how her colleague in Gaza was followed home by an Israeli drone. The drone's operator made the decision to wait until he entered his tent, then killed him and his 3 children. #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide
Very excited to see this launched and proud to have helped shape the list. www.abc.net.au/news/science... What’s Australia’s most underrated animal? Get voting!
More on dingoes, led by @drcairns.bsky.social.
"Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris."
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...
Love this example of behavioural thermoregulation, posted on Kgalagadi Sightings page.
