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/...

The Eastern Red Bat’s (Lasiurus borealis) main threat wind energy, accounting for 38% of deaths. 🦇 With current death-rates, models predict the North American population will decrease 90% in 50 years. 📉 This underscores the importance of listing it on CMS Appendix II: www.cms.int/sites/defaul...

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Sad news for Australian mammals..Australia's only shrew officially declared #extinct. theconversation.com/and-then-the...

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. Read more here ⬇️ www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

A 15-Year Time Series Shows Major Declines in Whale Sharks in Southern Mozambique 🦑🧪🐟🦈 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Sometimes biology just blows your mind. If you have not seen the new paper "One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants " in @nature.com or some of the posts or commentary about it. Do yourself a favor and marvel in the wonders of nature... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And that’s a wrap! Great to be back in #CapeYork with @drnicolubitz.bsky.social and BridgetNolan to showcase our research into the secret lives of threatened #sharks and #rays.

Interesting insights into the reproductive biology of #sharks and #rays #MarineResearch #UniSC

By combining the information storage capabilities of DNA with a design inspired by a cassette tape, researchers have created a storage medium that can hold 36 petabytes of data

Crab Island is a small uninhabited island at the tip of #CapeYork peninsula that is home to Australia’s most significant flatback #turtle colony. Every year dozens-hundreds of estuarine #crocodiles make the short swim across the sea to feast on this predictable food resource

The hmmTMB paper is finally out in the Journal of Statistical Software! An R package for hidden Markov models with random effects, flexible spline-based covariate effects, and fast inference using TMB or Stan. Check out the GIthub repository for more examples. doi.org/10.18637/jss...

A great write-up of our grey nurse shark research program by @imos-aus.bsky.social on #NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay.

This Sunday is #NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay 🦈 We’re highlighting the grey nurse shark, critically endangered on Australia’s east coast. Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/4p61LeH #NCRISImpact @drrossdwyer.bsky.social

In Hong Kong’s dried seafood stalls, shark fins no longer dominate. But rhino ray fins, which are rare, valuable, and from species now on the brink, still fetch fortunes. Conservation hinges on outpacing this growing trade. More in Demian Chapman’s blog: saveourseas.com/update/as-th...

Marine research scientist positions in WA!

New paper out! We found that a climate change-driven warming off Sydney has increased the amount of time bull sharks spend around Australia's biggest city. #sharks #climatechange #sydney #bullsharks @jcuofficial.bsky.social @drrossdwyer.bsky.social @imos-aus.bsky.social @saveourseas.bsky.social

What are the chances of a tag making its way back to a scientist from a deep sea shark? Higher than one might think, demonstrated by the return of three tags to Brit Finucci and team following the tagging of gulper sharks off of New Zealand. More below. saveourseas.com/update/groun...

Did you know? Sharks have some of the most diverse life histories. Even within shark species, life history traits vary dramatically! Some, like the Spiny Dogfish, can take up to 36 years to mature, while fast-growing species like the Australian Sharpnose Shark only take a year.

Where giants roam: The importance of remote islands and seamount corridors to adult tiger sharks in the South Pacific Ocean 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis. Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r... #MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs

Read more about our recent publication on #crocs here in @aunz.theconversation.com

Climate-induced shifts in crocodile body temperature impact behavior and performance: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...