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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Feb 6

Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better.

My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Addressing Australia’s biodiversity crisis

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Robyn Shaw @robynshaw.bsky.social · Jan 29

Thrilled to see our paper out in @nature.com! Huge thanks to @cegrueber.bsky.social @katefarquharson.bsky.social & the core team for a mammoth effort over 6yrs! Privileged to work with 57 scientists who spent many hours screening papers & more. Missing the late Mike Bruford-who helped inspire it all

Catherine Grueber @cegrueber.bsky.social · Jan 29

Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature

A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

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Damian Lettoof @lettsgetsnakes.bsky.social · Jan 20

The Tasmanian tree frog (Litoria burrowsae), a now rare frog that breeds in isolated pool deep in the heath. So awesome to find! #WildOz

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 18

@annacresswell.bsky.social is convinced I use the 100’s of tea strainers I buy to capture pygmy possums. This photo suggests it might just be possible!

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Dr Rosemary Hohnen @rhohnen.bsky.social · Jan 14

New research! Authors examine camera trapping trends in Australia, finding strong taxonomic, geographic, and analytical biases, but also new ways to meet big conservation objectives. Great stuff! Glad to play a very small part. Congrats Tom and WildObs! ⚡️

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Large-scale and long-term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis

PDF | Camera traps are widely used in wildlife research and monitoring, so it is imperative to understand their strengths, limitations, and potential... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 14

Love Blackbutt, but it's certainly no Wondai

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Bruno Alves Buzatto @brunobuzatto.bsky.social · Jan 13

First paper of 2025 — the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually at least three different species:

bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

@flindersuniversity.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de

The world’s most venomous spider is a species complex: systematics of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atracidae: Atrax robustus) - BMC Ecology and Evolution

The Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 is an iconic Australian species and considered among the most dangerously venomous spiders for humans. Originally described in 18...

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 10

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

Extinction of experience among ecologists

Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 6

Very cool, I'll look out for them next time I'm in the east!

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 6

Um, we don't do soy here Dylan

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 6

One of the best things about Perth is that you can normally order an oat flat white <150m from a weedy seadragon #WildOz

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · Jan 5

How good are WA Christmas Trees/Moojar (Nuytsia floribunda)? These ones near Denmark just left me in awe at their fiery otherworldly brilliance.

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 3

Although not too bad

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 3

Yeah. I've actually found they don't work as well for WRTP. Too much fur I reckon.

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 3

I've recently been trialling some thermal binoculars to help with creature tracking. Pretty impressed so far, picking up lots of things that are often tough to get eye shine out of, like this chuditch (western quoll) #WildOz

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Keller Kopf @kellerfish.bsky.social · Nov 24

First post here.
I’ll unpack our new paper @science.org highlighting the loss of old animals and calling for ‘longevity conservation’

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Loss of Earth’s old, wise, and large animals

Earth’s old animals are in decline. Despite this, emerging research is revealing the vital contributions of older individuals to cultural transmission, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes and...

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy New Year everyone!
Hope you are all safe and happy 💕

Had a bit of a break from the socials for the last two weeks but now coming at 2025 with the determination and focus of these red-necked stints!
🌏🪶 #wildAus

Two red-necked stints walk towards the camera (a third bird exits from the top left corner) with determined looks in their eyes, on the hunt for small crustaceans in the grey rippling surface of a salt lake. From the front they are mostly white, with delicate grey speckles on their heads and backs. Their dark beaks and eyes are focused ahead. Despite being photographed in the Australian summer sunshine, these birds are in their winter plumage!

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 2

I think you've just answered your own question there @eddyc.bsky.social. Few non zoologists have heard of them, let alone seen them!

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 2

How much cat control is this yard copping MJ? My guess is a fair bit

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 2

Yes I wish there were more. This one was detected in the south-west jarrah forest. We see them quite a bit here

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Jan 2

Brush-tailed phascogale has got to be up there as one of Australia's most underated fauna species. Don't @ me invertebrate people #WildOz

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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · Dec 12

Wildlife restoration in fragmented agricultural landscapes: trialling wild-to-wild translocation with two common reptiles #ESAus2024

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Dale Nimmo @biodiversityguy.bsky.social · Dec 21

Looking for a PhD? Check out the Gulbali Institute PhD prospectus. Our team is looking to fill three positions, centered around improving biodiversity outcomes of fire management. All projects include close collaboration with government and First Nations groups.

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Harry Moore @harryymoore.bsky.social · Dec 26

Bad day to be a termite. This Christmas numbat wasn't taking prisoners

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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · Dec 11

Congratulations to Kate Rick ans team for winning best student paper in Heredity in 2024! 🎉
www.nature.com/collections/...

Annual Heredity prize for the Best Student Paper 2024

We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2024. As in previous years the quality of papers was ...

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