Happy to share our latest paper lead by my amazing Honours students (now PhD student) Kamryn Carter. We used modern genomics to look at the diversity of an old endemic gecko from the Chilean Atacama desert, and found very deep hidden diversity.

🚨🐸 Frog Nerds Assemble 🐸🚨 Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae. Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers? There's a whole bunch more names to use! Let me explain ...

Seminar today at 12.30pm in 6-210 or online! Join us for Prof. Kerri Pratt's seminar titled 'Atmospheric Chlorine Chemistry in the Winter and Links to Snow and Aerosol Chemistry' buff.ly/gF8Q46T

The total Australian Research Council budget is $1bn.

Interested in doing a PhD on #insect #migration or #conservation at @monashuniversity.bsky.social i in #Melbourne, #Australia? If so, please feel free to email me. For international students, the application deadline is late March. shawanchowdhury.com/join-us/

We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project). Applications close 25th March 2025! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

I found these what I believe to be lacewing larvae hatching from their eggs in my backyard. They were not more than 2 mm long. I think this is the sort of creature that would have inspired HR Giger.