National Climate Change Risk Assessment out now 👇🏽 Risk to current ecosystems VERY HIGH. Rick by 2050 VERY HIGH to SEVERE

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We've got to stop the assault on dingo populations, in the A.C.T., in Victoria, and elsewhere. There are far better ways to protect livestock than barbaric trapping, shooting and poisoning of dingoes. Comments from me in this article by @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social au.news.yahoo.com/warning-cont...

The final boss of Earth has just hunted a kraken and is having snax

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink! Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back. https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

My latest! I wrote about a newly-discovered land crocodile the size of a siberian tiger, part of a larger story of competition between galloping crocodiles and predatory dinosaurs in South America that lasted well into the Cenozoic

Friends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon. All information can be found in this link: www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑

Dingoes are NOT domestic dogs, and we show why in theconversation.com/dingoes-are-... @aunz.theconversation.com. Research www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052 published today in Australian Mammalogy (@ausmammals.bsky.social) and led by @drcairns.bsky.social.

"Sanctions on Israeli ministers could be widely expanded, restrict visas, trade embargoes...[to pressure Israel] and prevent this unfolding genocide" Helen Clark calls for government action on the #GazaGenocide that Albanese and Wong have cowardly avoided. #auspol www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

As part of eastern quoll translocation work, we use supplementary feeding stations that are meant to exclude Tasmanian devils. The devils disagree…

Good to see that you're *finally* starting to get it, @albomp.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07.... Now, more importantly, it's well past time for you to ACT! Ed Husic is spot on and on the right side of history, you and Penny currently are not www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....

🌱 Can fake meat help real change? A new review asks if plant-based meat alternatives can support healthier, greener diets in the UK and Ireland. The answer? They might help, but they are no silver bullet. 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S002... #SciComm #FoodSystems #Sustainability 🧪

Right, ok, @albomp.bsky.social, this is open corruption, if true. What are you going to do? Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?

“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”

PM @albomp.bsky.social, you issued strong words yesterday Will you back words with ACTIONS today❓ Will you #SanctionIsrael❓ Stop selling them weapons/weapon parts❓ End economic investment❓ Expel the Israeli ambassador❓ Or continue to talk in order not to ACT❓ #EndTheGenocide #Gaza #Palestine

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

I mean why would we be silly enough to think our government would keep us safe, @albomp.bsky.social? It’s Woodside, Santos and other Labor mates that’ll be taken care of, right? This is so cooked, literally. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Happy Shark Awareness Day! I want people to be aware of 5 things: 1 Sharks are awesome 2 Sharks are not a threat to your safety 3 Sharks are ecologically important 4 Sharks are highly threatened 5 We can still save them- but it matters what we do, don’t reinvent the wheel, follow experts!

Spent the last month helping to catch endangered badgers for the Badger Connectivity Project in Kamloops! We've been putting GPS harnesses on them to look at their movements around highways and see if we can reduce roadkill

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First postdoc paper published! Featuring carnivores, climate, and land use change www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hats off to these authors for the title.

📄 Our paper has been recognised as among the 10% most read articles in Conservation Science and Practice in 2023. Emerging from a collaborative effort of many dingo scholars, it frames 'conflict over values' and 'conflict over evidence' in polarised wildlife management. doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Bluesky scientists/historians! Interested in writing weird creative non-fiction, essays about your research, or the sorts of popular sci-com pieces you’d pitch to The Conversation? I’d be interested in potentially commissioning you for our newsletter HEAT DEATH. (And crucially, we’d pay you!)

As a mammalogist I'm fascinated by 💩 because it can help us to answer important questions, like who eats more livestock, dingoes or foxes, and how many threatened or near-threatened species are eaten by cats and foxes? New paper, by PhD student Rachel Mason theconversation.com/farmers-fear...

Greens, Teals and sensible Independents have the strongest, evidence-based environmental policies biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/major-p... #AusVotes25

A wee favour? Please read this, then remember it when you vote. A healthy environment = a healthy economy and society. We can't afford _not_ to invest much more in the environment. rsv.org.au/truth-for-bi... #AusVotes25

Grab a cuppa & have a listen. We discuss the state of support for science & the environment in Australia, & why we must do better! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Please vote for a party or candidate that will genuinely listen to & act on advice from experts. Hint, green & teal shades #AusVotes25.

It’s your call, but the Greens are clearly the best choice for a safer more sustainable and biodiverse world. Fun fact, the economy depends on a healthy environment. #AusVotes25

There’s antechinus, & there’s ANTECHINUS!! Antechinus are small (usually…) relatives of the Tasmanian devil. This chonk of a male was caught at Inala Jurassic Garden, for quick samples to help out with vaccine research for Devil Facial Tumour @wildimmunity.bsky.social Pic- @catmyoung.bsky.social

#AusVotes25 Prepolls are open & neither Labor nor Liberals can be arsed to have any meaningful environment policies Utter contempt for the 96% of Australians who believe more action is needed to look after the environment (👀 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/20...)

So, just noting that all the attention given to Katharine Deves for her anti-trans views last election, that the Libs had to pretend didn’t represent them, is now quietly embedded in their official statements. Too bad if you’re a gender-questioning kid in a family that denies you exist.

In addition to unquestioning support for Israel's genocide, fealty to fossil fuel & mining corps, largesse to landlords & investors, contempt for public service & racism towards non-white people, the Coalition manages to score a pathetic 1/100 for environment & climate policies Slow👏 #AusVotes25

Eating salmon? You're killing Tasmania. This Parliament has gutted our environment laws to protect an industry selling salmon from diseased pens & sending the Maugean skate extinct. Our research shows what needs to be done: theaus.in/fix_enviro_l... Watch + share our TV ad with Richard Flanagan ⤵️

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...

Finally out our paper 'Continuing recovery of wolves in Europe' published yesterday in PLOS Sustainability & Transformation. Very grateful to have been active part of this article and worked with LCIE-IUCN members. I hope it gets red & shared widely! journals.plos.org/sustainabili... ©Miha Krofel

The Australien Government has made an ad to announce the 2025 election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol

This is a useful (but day-ruining) post on the current situation (it’s a self-coup), including a list of likely outcomes (civil war is possible, but unlikely). Also, @liberalcurrents.com is clear-eyed and becoming part of my daily reading rotation. www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup/

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

This article has solid, actionable tips for minimizing the damage caused by social media collecting our personal data - without having to delete profiles or burn it all down.

Trapdoor spiders are the best. 📍Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Badimia Country

A recent NRM Regions Australia webinar about dingoes, featuring ecological, livestock grazing, and First Nations perspectives www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch5z...

Read this about research on non-violent protests and their ability to topple an unjust regime. The end is the most interesting part.