What do leaf endophytes and koalas have in common? They co-occur in our native ecosystems! If you are keen to learn more or come and study with us, check out our programs 👇 unisq.edu.au/study/degree... 📷@unisq.bsky.social Master of Research student Fiona Stone captured this fab footage 💚

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

Come join me at @unisq.bsky.social and teach into the animal and wildlife majors. Applications close in three weeks usq.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...

Species have a right to exist regardless of what humans think theconversation.com/yes-spectacl...

Is it ethical for academic institutions to actively try and discourage students from using genAI to do their assessments while also encouraging academic staff to use genAI to write assessments and content? #AcademicSky

It’s #3MT season, and #PhDstudent Abby talks about this important little mouse and its impact on the world. Head to the link to watch and vote (by simply liking the video on YouTube) to help raise awareness about the tiny mouse and help Abby win! youtube.com/watch?v=L1NLxg-inQA

Happy #WorldLizardDay! In Australia, we have lots of lizards 🦎 to celebrate—and they’ve been appearing in works on Australia since scientists started describing our species. These images by Sarah Stone come from 1790's Journal of voyage to New South Wales.

Reminder this is tomorrow at 12pm AEST! Will be great to chat about all the wildlife you might have around you, and importantly how to identify them! For example, do long nosed bandicoots really have long noses?

Three #mammal PhD opportunities - understanding the physiological, behavioural and genetic resistance of vertebrate pests to 1080 - Contact Katherine Moseby (UNSW) [email protected]

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Social cohesion, @tonyburkemp.bsky.social? "The refusals came amid reports in the AFR that the immigration minister, Tony Burke, had denied dozens of visas on the basis of social cohesion." Pathetic, and still the Special Envoy for Advance can spout her bile! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📣 New Paper 📣 We looked at how native #wildlife responded to the presence of a live cat or it’s cues in the environment, and found varying responses. Also shout out to wonderful reviewers who made the whole process super pleasant. Onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.70105

On July 31st Israeli settlers demolished the Palestinian National Seed bank in Hebron. It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.

A British doctor, recently returned from Gaza, explained in a UK SkyNews interview, how her colleague in Gaza was followed home by an Israeli drone. The drone's operator made the decision to wait until he entered his tent, then killed him and his 3 children. #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide

Very excited to see this launched and proud to have helped shape the list. www.abc.net.au/news/science... What’s Australia’s most underrated animal? Get voting!

More on dingoes, led by @drcairns.bsky.social. "Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris." www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...

Love this example of behavioural thermoregulation, posted on Kgalagadi Sightings page.

24 July is #EarthOvershootDay. That means humanity has used up Earth’s yearly natural resources budget in just 7 months. In 2024, the date was 1 August. The date keeps creeping earlier—but the trend can be reversed: www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...

Join @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social in August for our National Science Week webinars as she talks about the wildlife you might find in your neighbourhood, and how to identify them! Join here: unisq.zoom.us/j/88291112520

As if the news that #dogs have been trained to sniff out #platypus burrows whilst riding paddle-boards wasn't good enough, @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social has done a cartoon about it 😍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Join @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social in August for our National Science Week webinars as she talks about the role soil biota plays in shaping plant responses in variety of ecosystems. Join here: unisq.zoom.us/j/85618797119

Ongoing academic position lecturer in terrestrial animal ecology at JCU Australia. Deadline 8th August 2025. careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Conservation actions should always be evidence-based and the outcomes, successful or not, made public. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with failure but the risks vs. rewards and reasons why sometimes things don’t go to plan should always be made clear. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fieldwork is always made better when you find your target species 🦎🦖 One day they’ll let me take a natural photo of them before they scurry off!

Calling all early-career ecologists 🐨 Mentee registration is NOW OPEN for ESA’s July Speed Mentoring Week! 🔹 Book up to 3 one-on-one sessions with experienced ecologists 🔹 Get answers to your biggest career questions 🔹 Flexible, impactful, and designed for YOU 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/bderjjxj

And then there were three...kultarr species! @kultarrcam.bsky.social ‬was also recently awarded @ausmammals.bsky.social's Adolph Bolliger Award australianmammals.org.au/awards/adolp... at #AusMamSoc2025. Crushing it! Well done, Cameron and team. theconversation.com/australias-c...

Anyone still in sunny Toowoomba- the #ausmamsoc25 fabulous organising committee made this handy guide! See you around the traps!

Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social conference was held in Toowoomba this week chaired and organised by our wildlife lecturer Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social The conference was a huge success with attendees donning their coolest ecological fashion 🤩🦘🐨🐭

Fashion off the field! The final day bought a gaggle of gliders with three of our fabulous mammalogists wearing various iterations! #mammalfashion #ausmamsoc25 #dangerfield #princesshighway #greaterglider

Final talk of #ausmamsoc25 from conference organiser extraordinaire Meg Edwards- we might be smarter than bandicoots, but definitely not cuter!! 🐾🐾

Asking the important questions at #AusMamSoc25 in the final session today. Honoured to have been able to organise the conference this year and can’t wait until Canberra next year!

Where are Queensland Pookila? Not sure! #AusMamSoc25

Kelly Dixon kicking us off with her plenary outlining collaborative recovery efforts in the NT for the #brushtailedrabbitrat #ausmamsoc25

It’s now time for everyone’s favourite sex-crazed marsupials, Antechinus! - Cameron Charley What affects their distributions in southeast QLD? #AusMamSoc25

What are the impacts of invasive species on the broad-toothed rat 🐀? - Sally Fuik-Burgemeestre #AusMamSoc25

Do Leadbeater’s possums use carved hollows? Yes, they do! Dr Jo Isaac #AusMamSoc25

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...

Liz Gould of Connect4Conservation and Birdlife demonstrates the power of community engagement, intel, and private properties for the conservation of a threatened (and adorable), legless lizard in SEQueensland: Delma torquata 🥹. @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB2025

"Extinction is a choice and one we don't have to accept." Arabella Eyre gives us a powerful reminder that 1% of Aust GDP would achieve this and highlights the extensive work undertaken to try to save the Leadbeater's possum #ICCB2025

These penguins are seriously unimpressed by your recent approval of the North West Shelf Gas Project (climate bomb), @albomp.bsky.social & Senator Watt. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Did you know we offer a variety of Student Travel Awards to get to the conference? There's still time to apply for our upcoming conference in Toowoomba! #ausmamsoc25 australianmammals.org.au/awards/stude...

Final registrations will close 13th June so register now!!

Wombat Wednesday

Incredible, wonderful news: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...

📢We have a new initiative! 📢 Ecological Society of Australia Plant–Soil Ecology: ECR Spotlight series Are you an ECR working on plant-soil ecology across diverse ecosystems in Australia – from seagrass beds to deserts? Fill in the form below to be featured in our series! forms.gle/YDfqXvnFEzMxju…

🐸 Did you know female frogs call too? This new review highlights the overlooked vocalizations of female frogs in 112 species (1.4% of all described anuran species)! 🧪🌎 👩‍🔬 #ecoevo doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Proud of Honours student Rylie who just had her paper published! We looked at the potential for bettongs 🦘🦖 using gateways to move between fenced reserves. Read here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Pint of Science is back this year! CSAS researcher Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social will talk about "Studying the underloved and underappreciated wildlife". Tix are selling fast! Get yours here: pintofscience.com.au/event/tiny-t...

Very fortunate to take part in Zoos Victoria’s annual monitoring for Pookila a couple of weeks ago - a #threatenedspecies of rodent that we are also studying up here in Qld.