At #InvaPact3 listening to @laiscarneiro03.bsky.social explaining the new ecological impact metric for biological invasions, and in walks a bloody cat. How perversely poetic

Wonder about shark-bite mitigation? Check out our new paper reviewing all previous scientific studies assessing the efficacy of mitigation measures doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... @conservbytes.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social

New paper out: Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies testing the efficacy of shark-bite mitigation doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

Deep Time Australia An epic story > 65,000 years in the making Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/

My upcoming (Tuesday next week) talk at the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy

Co-extinctions and co-compensatory species responses to climate change moderate ecosystem futures doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 🌏🧪

Just received my fresh copy of @franckcourchamp.bsky.social's new biodiversité comic! Only in French, but other languages, including English, coming out soon. #extinction #biodiversity #climatechange #lheritagedudodo

“Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late Devonian to present”, published now in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, comparing trait space occupation between 3 Late #Devonian communities with modern ones www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The genetic diversity of Indonesian cattle has been shaped by multiple introductions and adaptive introgression doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Tonight! Dr Myall Tarran of PIRSA's Invasive Pests team will tell us why feral deer are really, really bad for Australia's ecosystems, economy, and biosecurity

Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Trait-space disparity in fish communities spanning 380 million years from the Late #Devonian to present www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #traits #fish #evolution #ecology 🌏🧪

Across 97% of forest area from eight million sampled forested locations, the density of aboveground biomass is lower near forest edges than in forest interiors. This edge effect is estimated to be responsible for 9% reduction in forest aboveground biomass.🧪🌲🌴🌳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Island haven a ‘genetic trap’ without intervention news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/09...

Jamie Turnbull of @thekidsau.bsky.social & Future Child Health presents 'Global systematic review of how climate change degrades the wellbeing & health of #Indigenous children' at the 2025 Public Health Association Australia Conference in Wollongong, NSW youtu.be/irCkvNR-h6k?...

Island haven for threatened koalas is a genetic ‘trap’ without intervention www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Even the #WorldBank acknowledges that humanity has over-exploited the planet, gone beyond its safe boundaries, and that our economic system is to blame openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c... Good start, but they mention nothing about the fact that we are too many doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

EXPERT REACTION: Are #shark attacks on the increase and what should we do? www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #sharkbite #sharkattack

Conservation arks: genomic erosion and inbreeding in an abundant island population of #koalas doi.org/10.1111/mec....

2 #jobs in the Pest Animal Team (Invasive Species Unit, PIRSA, Adelaide): 1. Biosecurity Research Support Officer iworkfor.sa.gov.au/page.php?pag... 2. Deer Control Coordinator iworkfor.sa.gov.au/page.php?pag... #ecologyjobs #environmentjobs

I always like to see the new crop of wood ducks (Chenonetta jubata) out on campus

Tonight! Duke of Brunswick Hotel, Adelaide Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change I think there might be a few spots left events.humanitix.com/human-popula...

Conservation Imperatives: securing the last unprotected terrestrial sites harboring irreplaceable biodiversity www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

Too funny, because it's too close to the truth xkcd.com/2048/

For the first time, researchers have been able to successfully breed and release into the wild an endangered species of mountain frog.

It's all in the title: Restoration cannot be scaled up globally to save reefs from loss & degradation www.nature.com/articles/s41... Comprehensive analysis of current + projected future success of reef restoration. Most important predictor of site selection is accessibility, not ecological factors

Eureka Prizes for Flinders research news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/09...

#Thunder, #lightning, high winds & #hail today in crazy winter #storm

Fear of humans Many animals avoid contact with people. In protected areas of the African savanna, mammals flee more intensely upon hearing human conversations than when they hear lions or sounds associated with hunting. This fear of humans affects how species use and move in their habitat.…

I was tired of all the pro-natalist bullshit (even from the ABC), so we wrote a paper (preprint still) about the relationship between population growth, ageing, and the #economy No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance of countries doi.org/10.48550/arX...

Fossilisation ecology – a more complete concept of taphonomy www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

As climate change rapidly warms the Arctic, researchers raise concerns about the potential release of ancient microbes trapped in ice for millennia—posing threats to both human health and ecosystems. Learn more: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Our paper 'Time-travelling pathogens and their risk to ecological communities' doi.org/10.1371/jour... cited in this new #UN report: Navigating New Horizons: A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...

Restoration outcomes are compromised by a lack of diverse native seed supply www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@flindersuniversity.bsky.social #Sustainability Week 2-4 September

Set up some passive acoustic monitors on Ngarrindjeri Ruwe yesterday with the Raukkan Rangers to record changes to wetland restoration in terms of bird and amphibian recovery. Thank you to all community members who helped out!

Well-deserved. It just had to be a placental, didn't it? #Rakali takes the win in our underrated animals countdown www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Read our latest paper on the trends and statuses of #biologicalinvasions worldwide. Led by @hannoseebens.bsky.social , L Meyerson, P Pyšek and D Richardson and ~60 other coauthors, and based on Chap2 of the #IAS #IPBES Report, it has all the basic info you need! A MUST READ! doi.org/10.1111/brv....

Our new paper in Globalization and Health: Climate change policies fail to protect child health doi.org/10.1186/s129... #climatechange #childhealth

Look at this beauty my daughter found on her way home from work Dagger moth (Acronicta americana) caterpillar While those hairs and spikes say 'don't touch - ow', apparently they cause only minor skin irritation for some people

I'll be speaking on 'Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change' at Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 10 Sep (19:00-20:30) Tickets here: events.humanitix.com/human-popula... @sustpopaus.bsky.social @popnmatters.bsky.social @futurechildhealth.bsky.social

“Parts” So far, 98% of the Great Barrier Reef has experienced coral bleaching at least once in 2016, 2017, 2020’ 2022, 2024 and 2025. In 2016, 51% of corals died in the northern third of the Reef - an even bigger loss there than in 2024. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our latest paper showing the human health risks of #climatechange Risk of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in children set to worsen press release: news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/07... paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

The IUCN Red List has long been the globally recognized gauge for assessing how close to extinction a given species is. An improvement in the species’ conservation status from a higher to a lower threat category can signal conservation success. But a recent study says this must be done cautiously.

Thirty years ago today, my first peer-reviewed paper 📝 was published. No, not feeling old at all.

Dr John Llewelyn of @globecoflinders.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social talks about his latest paper on the turnover of large animal species in Australia over the last 100,000 years (ABC SE South Australia Breakfast) soundcloud.com/corey-bradsh...

Ancient mud reveals what may supercharge monsoons in Australia www.earth.com/news/ancient...

Grandes mudanças nos maiores animais da Austrália ao longo de 100 mil anos revelam que os mamíferos são os mais vulneráveis greensavers.sapo.pt/grandes-muda...

Mammals found most at risk as Australia's largest animals face 100,000 years of change phys.org/news/2025-07...