A monograph of the Nectariniidae, or, Family of sun-birds London: Published by the author, 1876-1880. (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113608) #nature #illustration #art

For today’s #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Baudin's Black-Cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), found in south-western WA. These cockatoos can live for over 50 years and have a narrower and longer bill than the Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo, which they are sometimes mistaken for! 📷 Keith Lightbody #WildOz

Large old trees sustain avian communities and critical plant-bird interactions in highly urbanised environments | www.sciencedirect.co... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology 🪶

Australia is one of the sunniest places on earth. Cover every car park with solar panels. Provide shade and cool the cars at the same time as producing electricity.

3 x Master’s by Research projects: Artificial Habitat Optimisation for Fauna - here at Curtin University Perth WA (not Sydney despite link!) Closing date for applications 30 November 2025 www.ecolsoc.org.au/opportunitie...

A young male Rhinoceros Hornbill turned up in Singapore this week. It is huge compared to the local Oriental Pied Hornbills, and it oozes charisma. This is the first time in 200 years that this species has been seen in Singapore, despite populations in neighbouring Malaysia.

Universities across the world seeing this: "its only wrong 45% of the time!! Lets buy free licenses for our students, staff and faculty!! Lets lock into contracts with rapacious predatory AI companies with shitty technofascist politics, sucking up water and jacking up electricity prices!!"

I teach a field natural history course that’s very analog—a hand-written field journal, hands-on skill sessions, hours in nature each week. This very much tracks. My evals for that class emphasize the class’s impacts on how they think, and their mental health.

Banding out west: Grey Shrikethrush, Blackfronted Dotterel, Yellowfaced Miner #Birds #birdbanding #WildOz

Meet the Numbat, Australia's only truly diurnal marsupial. This beautiful #SciArt is from John Gould's "Mammals of Australia" (1863): "with its beautiful tail spread out to the full extent, it offers a great resemblance to the Squirrels". doi.org/10.5962/p.31... #InternationalNumbatDay #ILoveBHL 🧪

Sunset near Carnegie Station WA

Two extremes of bird banding: fairy wren and murder talons of a brown goshawk #birds #birdbanding #wildoz

Allowing domestic bees in a national park is akin to letting cattle graze in it. If beekeepers wanted healthy forests they would not introduce a competitor to wild pollinators.

“4 in 10 U.S. adults say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about the environmental impacts of AI. That’s higher than the share of Americans who are highly concerned about the environmental impact of the cryptocurrency, meat production and air travel industries” 🌎 apnews.com/article/arti...

New paper on fear of novelty in birds: 129 collaborators, 82 institutions, 24 countries, and 6 continents! 5 from the lab of Dr @laurenguillette.bsky.social (also featuring Connor Lambert, Stefan Stanescu, Karen Yeung, and Dr Ben Whittaker) @ba-whittaker.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Bones stones ring pulls seed pods and sandalwood - the art of the western bower bird #WildOz

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺46c 46.1 Birdsville QUEENSLAND HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER 44.8 Bourke NEW SOUTH WALES HOTTEST OCTOBER DAY EVER Dozens of records pulverized with extreme margins👇 Australian climatic history rewritten

Maybe this would be good for some people, but it makes me feel slightly sick. The continuing infantilisation and enshittification of the world... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A bit of a late start this year: but LET THE BOBTAILS BEGIN #WildOz

Western Grey Kangaroo band album cover photo #WildOz

Genera avium Brussels: V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1905-1914. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36872516) #nature #illustration #art

PhD opportunity at CDU! Insects as Recorders of Biodiversity & Reservoirs of Disease: Using metagenomics to study wildlife and disease risk on northern Aus islands Based in Darwin, this project combines molecular ecology, Indigenous ranger partnerships & remote island fieldwork

We do not have Rabies in #Australia but a similar disease #Bat #Lyssavirus in a v small number of bats which is zoonotic. #Bats are very sweet and a critical keystone species who only bite to defend themselves. *Always seek medical help*. Only those #Vaccinated against #Rabies should handle bats.🦇❤️💉

The #Perth Hills bushlands are filling up with fringe lilies and trigger plants

Just so people know what a good *EPBC Act* should look like, before we seemingly get a terrible one from @australianlabor.bsky.social, we wrote this 👇. Without a good EPBC Act, more of the wildlife and places we know and love will be destroyed, and ultimately, our future. Keep fighting, people.

My job, and the jobs of 20 of my Faculty of Science colleagues at Queensland University of Technology, are under threat with a proposal to slash staff. Our work to protect #biodiversity is at stake. In Australia and beyond, please sign this petition to support us 🧪 www.change.org/Save-Our-Sci...

The Fringe Lilies (Thysanotus sp.) are starting to flower in the Perth Hills 💜🌿 The flowers on these plants are such a vibrant colour and that delicate fringing is spectacular! #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #photography

It's always ' how's the economy' never ' how's the ecology'

Our team has published a new study in Avian Conservation Ecology showing that #cats kill between 19–197 million #birds each year in Canada! In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada. ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a... 1/4

'Understanding how wildlife is marketed and consumed online is crucial to keep pace with these changes.' Rare and endangered wild animals in Togo are going viral online for all the wrong reasons - they are being sold on TikTok as meat ⬇️

AI 'limits my creative thinking' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences. Edinburgh [etc.]: Published for the proprietor [etc.], 1835-1840. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33665343) #nature #illustration #art

The wood cricket Triaenogryllacris triaena is found in Western South America. To blend in with its surroundings, the species has three colour morphs: yellow, green, and (hot) pink. The pink one is definitely my favourite. #EverydayEnsifera #bugsky 📸: Juan José Caicedo

Opportunity to join our team. Open to African students at Masters or PhD level.

The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals. v.1 plates. London: G. Henderson, 1834-1837. (source: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89321) #nature #illustration #art

The koringkriek (Acanthoplus discoidalis) is a katydid found in southern Africa. Not only does the species have a powerful bite, it's also known to squirt toxic blood or throw up its stomach contents as a defense mechanism! #EverydayEnsifera 📸: Rudi Bosbouer

quenda caravan #WildOz #urbanecology

“Baudin’s or bauxite – we can’t have both” It’s a stark warning … but Alcoa’s proposed expansions to its bauxite mining in WA’s jarrah forests will be catastrophic for the endangered Baudin’s black cockatoo. #wildoz #ausbirds #ozplants #bauxite #conservation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals. v.1 plates. London: G. Henderson, 1834-1837. (source: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89321) #nature #illustration #art

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

The beautiful south coast of Western Australia is stunning all year round, but is especially stunning in spring 🌿🌱🪨 🌊 📌 Albany, WA 📅 29 September 2025 #ozflora #wildoz #nature #bibbulmun #photography

The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization, serving as a foundation for the natural history of animals. v.1 plates. London: G. Henderson, 1834-1837. (source: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89321) #nature #illustration #art

🌍🦋 Across 6 continents, 21 sites & 15,000 paper moths, we joined a worldwide experiment led by @wlallen.bsky.social & Iliana Medina, showing how ecological context shapes the evolution of animal colouration. Proud to be part of this global team effort: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Up where the yellow-footed rock-wallabies are found at Boolcoomatta, you can also find euros (western wallaroos), such as this one. Kangaroos, wallabies and wallaroos are all related being part of the Macropodidae family.

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences. Edinburgh [etc.]: Published for the proprietor [etc.], 1835-1840. (source: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33665325) #nature #illustration #art