A good use for AI, but its not LLM www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

There are mixed views about the royals, but you have to respect the commitment of The Princess Royal, Princess Anne. Dawn service at Gallipoli, Türkiye then a service in Hyde Park, London, later in the day. Presumably time zones, a RAF plane and NATO airfields helps but still, no slacker #ANZACDay

I got a bit teary listening to Pōkarekare Ana sung by an Aircraft woman from the RNZAF and Leading Aircraft woman from the RAAF at the closing of the ANZAC Dawn Service on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Just beautifully sung, thank you #ANZACDay26 #LestWeForget

Illegal plant trade may not be drugs or guns but along with wildlife it’s up there. Not good for the environment in country of origin or destination. Some Australian and international work here iucn.org/story/202603... invasives.com.au/news-events/...

The most fruitful area of kauri protection research to date. Get into it

A new study from the University of Tasmania's Fire Centre finds that logged forests burn more severely in a bushfire than old growth. Researchers used a natural experiment to provide the strongest evidence yet on a question with real consequences for how the state manages its forests: utas.au/lf

The value of published long term data sets

Funding nature conservation and environmental restoration are government duties & should not be subject to the whims of company investment. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Another case for maintaining collections

Emperor Penguins Are Now Endangered, a New Assessment Finds www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/c... Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals have also been downgraded due to marked declines due to climate change and avian influenza 🦭🌍🧪

If this is allowed to happen it will be a disaster, and yet another piece of evidence demonstrating that @albomp.bsky.social and Murray Watt have little regard for the environment and its many priceless values. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Twitch!

@lisacox.bsky.social with some cheering bilby news Bilby boom: breeding trial to reintroduce species to Mallee Cliffs national park shows signs of success

Very ‘modern’ reproductions of things like this should be best sellers in museum shops, especially cats, rabbits, dogs and foxes and ducks

Now that is a really big old oak tree!

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained. That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social

insidestory.org.au/bark-diploma... Here's a future for Australia's democracy.

The Fitzroy River catchment is one of the few unregulated rivers with natural dynamic flows. Some years it floods but many years it does not. Water extraction benefits few individuals - it should be protected www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

How long does it take for the Trump administration to decide that the population of about 50 Rice's whales should go extinct? Just 32 minutes. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... 📸: NOAA Fisheries/Laura Dias

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states under a reorganization plan announced this week, threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests.

A good news story.

The US Forest Service. This is madness. Illegal, obviously. But madness even if it weren’t. WTAF morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

Sounds like Bill would enjoy a visit to Australia’s riverine and inland delta eucalypt forests in the Murray Darling Basin. They are also threatened. Managed environmental flows are a crucial to connecting rivers to their floodplain.

Another way environmental offsets may fail. Challenge the law imposing them. floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/26/l...

Did you read our article in the spring edition of the Niche? This is just the beginning for the soil ecology group and we are working hard to build a global community of soil ecology researchers. Seminars: lnkd.in/eFaXZhuf Conference: lnkd.in/eibYFFW3 Newsletter: eepurl.com/hI5Dtb

Could become a bit of a worry for those who depend on satellites. A satellite going out might be manageable but debris may impact more www.scientificamerican.com/article/spac...

Big swell but better weather now on NSW South Coast

Surf still booming on the NSW South Coast

Lots of prancing ponies in the sea on the NSW South Coast and booming bomboras

Fencing off creeks and rivers from stock to protect erosion and damage caused by hard hoofed animals should be considered, same as fences are used between properties. Bank revegetation included, the amount of water saving & environmental benefit - profound. theconversation.com/climate-chan...

Is this a humanities perspective on plant blindness, invertebrate ignorance but fur and feathers are fine? Could be interesting. www.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/2026/03/cfp-...

Shifting the law to treat rivers as legal ‘persons’ rather than economic assets could offer a radical new way to hold polluters to account.

'Scientists have issued a dire warning that the widespread death of key eucalypt species in Australian ecosystems could be imminent, due to global heating. Scientists gathered at the Snow Gum Summit last week to discuss combating the loss of an iconic tree'. www.melbournefoe.org.au/media_releas...

An impressive bequest for an under appreciated field. Some say gifts to knowledge are the most enduring. We still know of Aristotle, Pythagoras, Newton & Humboldt but who knows what donors had sponsor’s booths at the Coliseum. Ok, the Medici’s helped a few artists www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

Survey here: forms.office.com/r/88viiedibj

📢 Check out our OA new paper, available now! 📢 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Towards an Everyday Nature Index for biodiversity in urban streets" 🌏🧪 #urbanNature Many city streets are dominated by trees and grass - and existing metrics for measuring urban greening reflect that narrow view.

How does holly become more prickly when grazed? The amazing world of epigenetics. youtu.be/6vtn54E-sdc?...

As a dried plant product, illegal tobacco is a biosecurity risk in its own right. With tonnes of it arriving undetected, these tiny pests may be hitchhiking in too.

Effects of climate change on species with small geographic - Bruce did his PhD when I was (an older) postdoc. his attention to detail is bar none.

Ruth does fantastic urban geology walks in London - can recommend - @gleadology.bsky.social has known her for years

This is a huge concern 🧪 A red imported fire ant nest was on 3 March found by a member of public in Lamington national park in the Gold Coast hinterland, a section of ancient rainforest that is internationally recognised for its extraordinary biodiversity www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I have heard comments from other scientists calling taxonomy 'stamp collecting' more times than I would like to count. In Australia, the budget for taxonomy of all species in Australia is $2m per year. For everything.

Some good in the world, it seems....

Timeline cleanse

Some high-end restaurants are turning to an uncommon practice to save money and hundreds of kilograms of beef.

The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid the UK sewage crisis