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

Nice feature on our recent work on neandertals (led by @nikulinaav.bsky.social) and their effects on their environment👣 deephistory.substack.com/p/the-neande... #neandertal #neanderthal #archaeology #anthropology #wilderness

Organic fertilisers have long been a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, helping recycle nutrients & improve soil health. But, these chemicals, which weren’t traditionally monitored, are now raising environmental concerns. 👇 medium.com/globalfoodle... #Soil #Farming #SustainableAgriculture

Here’s a good news story. This is the head of a catchment so if the survive, good chance they will spread, maybe even to the Lower Molonglo and even Murrumbidgee region.com.au/the-frog-bou...

Canberra domestic violence victims charged, jailed, have children removed before deaths: review. Haven’t seen much on this outside the Canberra Times. It’s ACT local but the AFP do the policing. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/916651... www.act.gov.au/__data/asset... www.act.gov.au/__data/asset...

A pair of Gang Gangs happy to drink from a bowl in the shape of a sleeping cat on a hot day

Why is India’s Nipah virus outbreak spooking the world? https://aje.news/d73gzp

This candled egg is a living breathing beacon of hope to conservation scientists. A new life, an ancient lineage thriving despite it all. This is what we work towards.

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Giant water monitors persisting in the world's most visited city! 🌆🦎 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

If anyone wants to see a livestream of a #kakapo on their nest, then Rakiura is back on her nest NOW. #kakapo2026 #conservation www.youtube.com/live/BfGL7A2...

Minimal human contamination yet still 'half a tray pallet of debris including long lines' and '150kgs of loose surface asbestos' 💔

Today, the world has made history - the #BBNJ Agreement has officially entered into force. Hear from ministers, ocean advocates, and High Seas Alliance members urging all nations to keep global momentum toward universal ratification high. #HighSeasTreaty #60ToGlobal

Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies

New paper with many smart people, led by Nico Eisenhauer & Marie Sünemann @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social, surveying the state of literature on the effects of soil biodiversity on ecosystem functioning www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Enjoyable piece in the Coversation today: "How the myth of ‘aqua nullius’ still guides Australia’s approach to groundwater" https://theconversation.com/how-the-myth-of-aqua-nullius-still-guides-australias-approach-to-groundwater-270374

Give nature some help this summer? Some tips...keep 4WDs off beaches/riverbeds, keep dogs out of conservation areas, keep your distance from wildlife, mow your lawn less, contain pets, keep your yard dark, have a (clean) water bath for birds... & loads more tips...🧪🌎

Just caught this on SBS. Find it or catch it before it goes. Let the River Flow. A well made, small scale Norwegian film about the treatment of the Sami and unsuccessful efforts to preserve the Alta as a wild river in the 1970s.

Mass mortality event in grey headed fruit bats- bad on so many reasons: any loss of wildlife is tragic; greyheaded fruit bats pollinate our big trees, often migratory along the east coast & fruit bats are mammals, so when one species reaches its upper thermal limit it’s a major warning for MAMMALS 😬

And to these risks can add weed seeds caught in your tent, fungal spores on tents, tarps & tonneaus if camped under an infected tree and any number number of invertebrates if moving firewood about. Camp clean. au.news.yahoo.com/caravaners-a...

Why rock pools matter 🌊 They’re early warning systems for coastal health. Join our FREE marineLIVE with Dr Ben Holt @therockpoolproject.bsky.social) on Tue 10th Feb 2026 to see how citizen science protects biodiversity. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976620250... @dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social

A good initiative. It would appear that improving public understanding and respect for the environment is critical to better managment especially the difficult trade offs arising from development and growth pressures

Only in Australia ?

Greatest danger is surely invasives, notably introduction of one or more larger predatory species, native or exotic. How do you protect against that? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky. John Masefield Sea Fever

CBD information webinar on “Advancing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to support the full enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to health and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment” 21 January 2026 www.cbd.int/doc/notifica...

Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.

Australian cockroaches are pretty. This is Balta spuria, which I've found in various indoor and outdoor settings in Victoria.

Work offsites actually work. Research shows retreats help people form new connections and get more collaboration opportunities afterward. buff.ly/eJNcj5f

How do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others.

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“A Christmas lesson from plant ecology: why plants like holly and mistletoe may not be as well defended as we think” - pleased to have been involved in this project jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/12/24/a...

Great season of magnificent Illawarra Flame Trees this year. This one of a number in Sydney’s Hyde Park #sydneytrees #publicsydney

Here is a good news story for Christmas. Sharp teeth is a euphemism for very bold, game and bity. If you have them protect the nest. They eat baby feral mice like lollies. Aussie family finds rare 'colony' living in Christmas tree box after noticing 'strong smell' - Yahoo News Australia

Don’t give up on John Scalzi. Red Shirts I thought good, the Constituent Service Series lost me but Dispatchers is top crime fi. Have to read more. Who cares if people don’t die. Other writers pitch ghost spies, werewolves as spies, Kim Philby’s dad was a fox & star eating bugs. #scalzi.com

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

At the BES I have permission to make 3 videos: getting a PhD, getting a job, making the most of conferences. Welcome input from anyone with thoughts. Here is today’s video discussing the ecology of deserts. youtu.be/JmZFz4gjoLs?...

In case you have not caught these. Bill Sutherland is a very well respected ecologist

All ready for summer. New arrivals from many countries are unfamiliar with the sea and get themselves or rescuers in bit of strife. education.nsw.gov.au/news/latest-...

Exploring the lynx's ancient landscape with the remarkable Tom Lord youtu.be/rHTy2tJUamE?...

Preserving another almost dinosaur tree www.botanicgardens.org.au/discover-and...

I got tired of studies saying historians were one of the top professions that could be replaced by AI. It just didn't sound right to me. Librarians, curators, and teachers all score as much less "replaceable", and lawyers score much, much lower still. And I think I figured out why. /1

Worth a read if you are contemplating participating in the nature repair market

It’s no accident that foreign streaming services do little to promote Australian music and podcasts to Australians…and it’s no accident that our governments have chosen not to do more to fix it. Local content matters more in the digital age than ever thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...