Ever wondered how animals might fight diseases as the climate continues to change? Check out this article in @theconversation.com with Brian Dixon @uwaterloo.ca #comparativeimmunology #wildlife @westernsydneyu.bsky.social theconversation.com/heat-and-col...

Check out how #citizenscientists have helped #wombats in this new @TheConversation article: theconversation.com/what-weve-le... #wildlife #Australia #conservation

Please vote for 'Diary of a Wombat' to win best Australian children's picture book and donate to our research too! #WombatWeekend #wombat #research #australia #wildlife www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

#wombat #wildlife #conservation #Australia

#CitizenScience #wildlife #wombat

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from the #WomSAT team! ✨🎄 Thank you for your incredible support throughout the year💚 Here’s to a 2026 dedicated to #WombatConservation! Stay safe on roads & be mindful of wildlife🐾🚗 #SafeTravels #WildlifeAwareness #FestiveSeason #WombatWatch #HolidaySafety #MindfulTravel

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #comparativeimmunology

Brian @uwaterloo.ca on @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social about our @frontiersin.bsky.social paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... #comparativeimmunology but getting the message out about #vaccines is crucial: www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

👃🐾 Wombat noses under the microscope! A wombat nose review highlights the marsupial’s snout as a powerhouse organ💚🌱✨ doi.org/10.1071/AM25... #WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #WombatBehaviour #Snout #Marsupial #wombats youtu.be/tpqY8Evco4U

Launching in September 24, #Course 2: ‘Treating Wombats with Sarcoptic Mange’ has been completed by over 200 passionate participants! 🎉Join the #community of #wombat protectors and take the FREE online course today. www.womsat.org.au/womsat/train... Registration instructions: youtu.be/NQQyXMJQFZA

📖🐾 New Research Alert! E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT. 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...

#WombatWednesday - the power of #citizenscience #wombat #disease #distribution #conservation

Australia has no woodpeckers, but striped #possums are tropical #marsupials that do the same job: their big ears detect beetle grubs tunnelling in wood, which they chip out with large incisors, then use their elongated 4th finger to hook them out of the tunnels (just like aye-ayes do in Madagascar).

Risk of avian influenza to animals that scavenge on infected carcasses url: connectsci.au/wr/article-a... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @utas.edu.au #wildlife #avianinfluenza #AIV #australia #disease #conservation

I visited Brian Dixon's lab @uwaterloo.ca Our #comparativeimmunology paper in #FrontiersinImmunology is out now. #Spoileralert #behaviouralfever might just improve #immune defence, but has some caveats. doi.org/10.3389/fimm... & video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDR... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

🚨🐾 #Conservationists are raising the alarm as off-leash #dogs have been spotted entering #wombat #burrows along the coast. 📖 Read more: ab.co/4o8wYwR Image: #ABCNewsVic #ABCMelbourne www.facebook.com/share/p/1BeD...

As Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most accomplished wordsmith ever - said, "When a man is tired of #wombats, he is tired of life". #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz

.@JackNunn talking #citizenscience #australia

theconversation.com/whiskers-for... #WombatWednesday #wombat #wildlife #mammal #conservation #australia #burrow #warren #whisker #anatomy #behaviour @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

. @jacknunn.bsky.social will be presenting our work @ #citizenscience #australia conference in Melbourne next week #wombat #conservation #science #policy @womsat.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

#Wombat noses #anatomy #behaviour #australia #wildlife #comparativeimmunology doi.org/10.1071/AM25...

Interesting this is occurring in the UK. Think it is likely true here too? #australia #education #fieldwork #mammal @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social

Proposed amendments to the Australian EPBC Act - to accelerate approval processes. i.e. weaken the act Comment deadline 5 pm 15 Sep 2025 engage.pc.gov.au/page/make-a-... Under 'Productivity Commission’s interim report Investing in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy and the Net‑Zero Transformation (2025)'

Get involved #wombat #conservation #Australia

🚧🐾 Testing wombat gates along the M12! 🐾🚧 Designed by WPSA, these gates aim to give #wombats and other wildlife freedom of movement through the #landscape — complementing #underpasses and #overpasses 🌿. But we need to be extra vigilant for wildlife when driving. 🚗🐾

#WombatWeekend #ThreatenedSpeciesDay #FathersDay #wombat #Australia

🐾 PhD student Sujatha Mayadunnage from our School of Science is leading vital research to protect #wombats from road collisions and disease. Her project is using data from the #WomSAT platform to make a difference. 🔗 Read her story and get involved: tinyurl.com/4s52z6xc #PhDAtWestern

Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited. www.wacimmuno.com @wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au

I don’t know who needs to hear this But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.

#WombatWednesday - update on #wombat status

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on wombats...these are a few of our favourite things! Check out this new paper in our journal #australianmammalogy! www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025

Who doesn’t want to know more about #wombat whiskers #wildife #anatomy #Australia @ausmammals.bsky.social @womsat.bsky.social Australian Mammalogy 47, AM25025 doi.org/10.1071/AM25...

Happy #NationalScienceWeek Green Debate: AI Good or Bad? It requires a #balanced view of benefits for the #environment & its #impact. #AI can contribute positively to #sustainability, but can contribute to #climatechange. Your #thoughts? #ScienceCommunication Pros&Cons: bit.ly/4lWaMVe

#WomSAT is a platform where members of the #community can #engage in #CitizenScience and #WombatConservation. Yes, YOU can help protect #wombats by #reporting wombat #sightings, wombat #burrow locations, wombat #treatment for #mange. Every report counts!

Great to see #wombat #mange information & @womsajib.bsky.social msg getting out to the broader community @citscicz.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...