This is how baby Five-lined Skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus) try to lure predators away from their bodies and focus on their bright blue tails #lizards #reptiles #skinks

An awesome mix of talks addressing impacts, genomic tools, cyber tools, quantitative tools for law enforcement. Including @bastianltc.bsky.social and Shyam Sharma of the Wildlife & Environmental Crime Res Hub. @counteringcrime.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB2025

💕Happy Valentine's Day!❤️ We got you a gift: Anilany karsticola, a #newspecies of miniaturised frog from Madagascar! 🧪 Published #OA today in Salamandra Read more and get the paper here: www.markscherz.com/archives/6117 Phenomenal 🐸 illustrations by postdoc & first author, @alicepetzold.bsky.social

How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

For folks in Brisbane, a cockatoo has a field marker stuck around its neck (looks like it has been out towards The Gap). Details below on who to contact if you see it

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

Work with me! AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks. nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

New Year, New Paper! We investigated the extent and magnitude of wildlife trade, and the potential risks it poses for biodiversity 🌎🧪 The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new paper, led by PhD student Luke Bonifacio, demonstrating that the Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider qualifies for listing as Critically Endangered. @monashbiol.bsky.social. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24048

Here, a summary of our previous work revealing evolution in action in #Chornobyl frogs. 🧪 #EvoBio theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl... (and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Had a fabulous afternoon with the Lab at #Lot100 in the beautiful Adelaide Hills 🥂

This Conservation Biology special issue is on #wildlifetrade beyond big grey/fluffy megafauna: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739... Papers on trade in cacti, carnivorous plants, birds, fungi, spiders, snails, crayfish, and more Edited with Alice Hughes & @jaredmargulies.bsky.social

A significant bust on the Sunny Coast. @bastianltc.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...