Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲 Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet. 🧵1/5

We’re looking for another ecologist here in SA. Please share widely and check if out yourself. Happy to chat to anyone interested and suitably qualified. Come join the team! nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

New in the shop! Physical copies of my SKINKS! Zone blackmudpuppy.myshopify.com/products/pre...

Non-native cane toads accumulate PFAS and legacy metals that impact metabolic pathways. A new paper led by @lettsgetsnakes.bsky.social looks at what this means for their health and how it can guide managing urban pollution and impacts on biodiversity. 🧪🌏🌐 #bioinvasions doi.org/10.1016/j.en... (OA)

Great piece on our new research highlighting the severe impact of using second generation anticoagulant rodenticides. We are killing quolls snd Tasmanian devils when we poison rats. www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

Thrilled to announce Dr. Hiral Naik @hiralnaik.bsky.social as our new Research & Conservation Manager on #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! Hiral, whose work you may know from South Africa, will lead our global conservation efforts after completing her PhD. Learn more ⬇️

Despite what some folks claim, Nebraska does have venomous Copperheads—but only in the far southeast corner of the state. They’re ambush predators, relying on camouflage rather than aggression, so most bites happen when someone steps on or grabs them by accident, though bites are extremely rare. 🐍

I'm contractually obligated to regularly post this picture of the smallest known jumping spider species in the world (Neonella camillae) on the head of a pin; so, here we are. #EmotionalSupportSpood Goodnight y'all 🖤

Here’s a long-nosed potoroo from Bruny Island in Tasmania 🥰 #WildOz

High altitude echidnas in Tasmania are so fluffy and friendly! A top tier Aussie native 😍 #WildOz

High altitude echidnas in Tasmania are so fluffy and friendly! A top tier Aussie native 😍 #WildOz

The INCREDIBLE Pipe Snake!🧡🖤 These COLOURS on this snake are just so mind-blowing, it is by far the most stunning snake I've ever seen!🐍 Even with intense colouration, the Pipe Snake is a non-venomous snake that is mimicking a coral snake in the rainforests of South America!🌳

Young Cyclodomorphus (this one is C. casuarinae) often act like little snakes! Very convincing! 😰

The Tasmanian tree frog (Litoria burrowsae), a now rare frog that breeds in isolated pool deep in the heath. So awesome to find! #WildOz

Young Cyclodomorphus (this one is C. casuarinae) often act like little snakes! Very convincing! 😰

The Tasmanian tree frog (Litoria burrowsae), a now rare frog that breeds in isolated pool deep in the heath. So awesome to find! #WildOz

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

The Frog 🐸 of the Week is the Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) from southern Africa. The frog comes in a variety of colors from black and brown to yellow and green with stripes, spots, or blotches. 📸 Gavin Falck, Bart Wursten, and Jessica Myburgh learn more at https://buff.ly/4fVsyF0

Went searching for a now rare Tasmanian frog and was surprised seeing this tiger in ambush at night, hunting the same frogs we were! #WildOz

Extinction of experience among ecologists dlvr.it/THHFk2

Cape Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus), venomous. #snakesofsa #snakesofza #snakesofsouthafrica #herpingsa #herpingza #reptiles #snakes #wildlifephotography #africa #animalphotography #herps #snaketheworldsmarter #herpingtheglobe #africawildlife #africanwildlife #southafrica

One of our resident #backyard lizards that likes to hangout behind the big clay sun face. I don’t know if this weather confuses them or if they are just enjoying. Half an hour later, it’s plenty warm to go out exploring. #herps Western Fence lizard SoCal

Skinks on a Plane! For invasive species to be successful, they must be able to cope with transportation. Third-year student Jaclyn (@jaclynharris.bsky.social) exposed invasive delicate skinks to air and car transport to see if it impacted their behaviour. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A #platypus works her way through a couple of natural dams made by fallen trees, foraging as she goes. The first one looks like a perfect platypus water-slide. #Tasmania ##MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses

The last paper coming from my #PhD thesis has just been published in the Journal of Morphology! 🐸 We use #diceCT and @fountainscholar.bsky.social 's GoodFibes package to examine how muscle fibre architecture varies across #frogs specialising in jumping, walking and swimming: doi.org/10.1002/jmor...

The family dog had an unfortunate run in with this small Western Diamondback Rattlesnake the night before we were called out. Dave was able to find the snake, and the dog made a full recovery.

✅ Do you use R or Python? ✅ Are you an ecologist/biologist? Then you might find our website ALA Labs useful! ALA Labs is full of how-to articles to visualise or analyse biodiversity data. Some are for beginners, others are advanced/experimental 😀 labs.ala.org.au 🧪🌏 #rstats #python #quartopub

We're used to seeing holly leaves depicted as exclusively spiny, but most wild holly plants have spiny and smooth leaves Common holly (I. aquifolium) *changes its gene expression* to produce spines in response to damage by herbivores. Each pair here is from the same plant 📷 Herrera & Bazaga 2013

What a cool paper! 🤩 Using @inaturalist.bsky.social observations, Mayer et al. found that there are more melanistic snakes in colder regions than in warmer ones AND that melanistic snakes are more abundant with ⬆️ avian predator density 🐍🐦 Have look at it here: doi.org/10.1111/jbi....

Let's talk lizard tail regen! www.iflscience.com/how-many-tim...

Are Carnac Island tiger snakes really a persisting population from an introduction event ~100 years ago? We don't think so... rswa.scholasticahq.com/article/1260...

Punching out two quick reruns on some frog tissues for #untargetedmetabolomics before the year ends!

I still love seeing this huge print out of my tiger snake pic on the education wall at the Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre 🐍

Nice start to the morning hearing Tom’s first PhD milestone - keen to see the data from this study as it progresses!

My 1st herper starter pack reached its limit of 150 people and I’m putting together a new one. Let me know if you want to be included on this one. go.bsky.app/9e5s1ek #herpetology #addherper #reptiles #amphibians 🦎🐍🐸🐢

Been waiting for this one! Follow the fellow herpetologists 🐍🐸

Copperheads were high on my list in Texas, and so got to see a few! With no pit-vipers in Australia they’re a super novel snake to see and appreciate 😍

Maps of pesticide use may be consulted online : bjnnowak.quarto.pub/exposition_p... Rasters of pesticides use may also be downloaded for use in future studies (impact of pesticides on human health, evolution of animal populations, etc.) : zenodo.org/records/1420...

I was in Texas recently for the #SETAC conference and got to see my first Anole!

What I currently spend half my time studying! Fighting cane toads with cane toads. www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2024/11...?

Hey, ecotoxicologists! Check out this new starter pack for us to unite to chat about #ecotoxicology. Please message me to add you to this list. go.bsky.app/Sj5Dc3F

Beautiful but deadly! 🧡🖤 This absolutely STUNNING Annellated Coral Snake snuck into the dining hall at Manu Biostation last week! 🤭🐍 Sliding through the leaf litter, they feed on any other reptiles they encounter! I still can't get over how attractive this snake was! 😍

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/...

Not all collaborations are equally successful

A couple gems of the #mallee. #spinytailedgecko #growlinggrassfrog #commonscalyfoot #redtailedwormlizard #coralsnake #snake #gecko #herpetology #WildOz #WomenInSTEM #fieldwork #ecology #science

#WildOz is back! This is the first Western blue tongue I’ve seen in the Perth region. They are much shyer than their eastern cousins and are much less abundant in the ‘burbs compared to bobtails and easterns…

Catch of the day: a sweet little coral snake (Brachyurophis australis) #calperum #wildoz

A stunning strap snouted brown snake 🐍 (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) in one of our pitfalls yesterday here at #Calperum. Fingers crossed for a few more #WildOz

Just some “happy” #wildoz babies for your feed