🐭 Cryptic Kultarr 🏆 @kultarrcam.bsky.social studies hidden biodiversity in carnivorous marsupials, uncovering strong genetic and morphological evidence for multiple distinct species of kultarr across Australia🧬🏜️🐀 6/11 @reneecatullo.bsky.social @kennytravouillon.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social

Meet Bettongia haoucharae, a new species of extinct bettong from the Nullarbor Plain and Great Victoria Desert. doi.org/10.11646/zoo...

I was horrified to hear a member of the public calling a dibbler ‘a rat’ but then looking at the sign at Perth Zoo, there is nothing explaining that it’s a carnivorous marsupial. Come on Perth Zoo, you can do better than that!

Finding those photos is a great discovery. There are so few specimens of that species and so little known of its biology.

As a side note, I was also bemused to be characterised as a ‘xenophobic eco-nativist’.

Hugely excited for our work on the Nullarbor Caves to be featured on the ever excellent First Dog on the Moon. Oh yeah... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theconversation.com/australias-c... @kultarrcam.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social @reneecatullo.bsky.social

What's the first thing you like to do when you arrive in a city? Me, I go to the local #museums' warehouse - they never fail to blow your mind. Big thanks to @kennytravouillon.bsky.social for showing me the Western Australian Museum's collections in Perth.

The kultarr is officially three species! So proud of this work and a big thanks to Australia's amazing museum network and my great supervisor team @kennytravouillon.bsky.social @reneecatullo.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social bakerecologylab.wordpress.com onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Big congratulations @kultarrcam.bsky.social for winning the Bolliger award for the best student talk and @palaeontolucy.bsky.social for winning a Travel award!!!! #AusMamSoc2025

Presenting today at the Australian Mammal Society Meeting about our work on Diprotodon in the Pilbara #ausmamsoc25

Attending the Australian Mammal Society meeting in Toowoomba. Great work from my two students Lucy and Cameron presenting their work yesterday!

Who's excited to head to sunny Toowoomba this weekend!? Have a look at the conference program - looks amazing! australianmammals.org.au/files/1580_c...

A day well spent at the Queensland Museum describing the skull of one of the earliest shortfaced kangaroos and comparing it to its larger descendant!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... New podcast about mammal extinction in Australia which I was lucky enough to participate in amongst many other experts.

I’ll be presenting our work on species discovery on Tuesday 3:10pm in P4 at #ICCB2025

Enjoying ICCB in Brisbane this week!

Australia’s common brushtail possum has long been neglected in terms of its taxonomy. My amazing PhD student Shelby Middleton along with a stellar supervisor team has attempted to resolve this species. Check it here: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...

A reminder to get your abstracts in for the Australian Mammal Society Conference in Toowoomba this year! Abstracts close May 2nd

Fieldwork is always rewarding with seeing amazing animals in the wild such as this echidna and these thorny devils.

Yesterday, we had a striated pardalote hover in front of our window. When we opened the door, it flew in and started visiting the house. Very curious visitor.

Hello friends! CAVEPS (#Conference on #Australian #Vertebrate #Evolution #Palaeontology & #Systematics) to be held in Adelaide Nov 24-30th 2025 first circular is out! If you haven't received it via email you may not be on our mailing list, but access it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Xm1w...

Molecular Geneticist ( #Entomology) position in #WesternAustralia! #WAMuseum, The University of Western Australia #UWA and #UCBerkeley collaboration. #Pilbara #beetles. Molecular phylogenetics expertise first and foremost. Details at search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag... Please repost!

Leafy sea dragon at AQWA.

And here is a short article from @theconversation.com that gives a bit of an explainer 🧪 theconversation.com/from-glowing...

Fluorescence Friday or Forensic Friday? A bit of fun with @kennytravouillon.bsky.social, @cecooper.bsky.social ans colleagues from a couple of years ago 🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

FRONT COVER of February Dev. Dynamics! 📸Caleb McElrea "Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem

OMG everyone!! You won’t believe what I just caught! After 9 years on our property, the holy grail animal that I thought we had no chance of seeing just entered my cage trap that I use for rats. Meet the Chuditch (Western Quoll). Released safe and unharmed this morning. I am still in shock.

Our giant check-list of Australasian mammals is out! All your favourite amazing mammals in one spot!

Today, I’m finishing the description of this beautiful skull. Can you tell what type of animal this is?

The best part of having a meeting at Perth Zoo, is to see some magnificent mammals on the way.

Today, got to work on marsupial moles. They are such fascinating marsupials. Would be nice to see one in the wild one day, but chances are pretty low.

First post on here. Please follow me if you want to see post about science, nature, mammals, and lots of bandicoots and bilbies.