Josh Dregalla
@jdregalla.bsky.social
Registered Veterinary nurse/technician with an obsession with crocodilians, dinosaurs, and Godzilla!
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Four years ago today, HSS launched the Herptile Roadkill Project, also known as #ProjectRunOver. This citizen science initiative quantifies herpetofauna-vehicle collisions (HVC) in Singapore. 🐸
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Four years ago today, HSS launched the Herptile Roadkill Project, also known as #ProjectRunOver. This citizen science initiative quantifies herpetofauna-vehicle collisions (HVC) in Singapore. 🐸
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Changes in species composition across forest fragments is not enough to benefit biodiversity over entire landscapes
https://go.nature.com/41IJObd
https://go.nature.com/41IJObd
Biodiversity declines across fragmented forests
Assessing the effect of forest fragmentation on biodiversity.
go.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Changes in species composition across forest fragments is not enough to benefit biodiversity over entire landscapes
https://go.nature.com/41IJObd
https://go.nature.com/41IJObd
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Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story.
An urgent solution is needed
https://go.nature.com/3FqOMSL
An urgent solution is needed
https://go.nature.com/3FqOMSL
Why coalitions of wealthy nations should fund others to decarbonize
Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story. An urgent solution is needed.
go.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story.
An urgent solution is needed
https://go.nature.com/3FqOMSL
An urgent solution is needed
https://go.nature.com/3FqOMSL
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For this #FossilFriday, here’s a snapshot of the skull of Sarcosuchus imperator, a giant #crocodile from the Early #Cretaceous of Africa (with me for scale). It grew up to 9.5 metres long, making it one of the largest crocodile-line archosaurs to have ever existed 🐊
#Paleontology #Science
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#Paleontology #Science
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March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
For this #FossilFriday, here’s a snapshot of the skull of Sarcosuchus imperator, a giant #crocodile from the Early #Cretaceous of Africa (with me for scale). It grew up to 9.5 metres long, making it one of the largest crocodile-line archosaurs to have ever existed 🐊
#Paleontology #Science
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#Paleontology #Science
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SALTWATER CROCODILES & POOP SCIENCE!!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago
Research shows apex predators are increasing in numbers and excreting important nutrients into Top End waterways
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
SALTWATER CROCODILES & POOP SCIENCE!!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Since the US is absolutely exhausting I like to remind myself that there is still beauty to be found. This is what I fight for.
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Since the US is absolutely exhausting I like to remind myself that there is still beauty to be found. This is what I fight for.
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It’s #BlackHistoryMonth so it’s a good time to celebrate the extraordinary mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬🧮 #histsci One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s #BlackHistoryMonth so it’s a good time to celebrate the extraordinary mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (née Coleman; 1918 – 2020). 🧪🐡👩🏾🔬🧮 #histsci One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (and its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex 🧵
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Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public, says Gretchen T Goldman
https://go.nature.com/4aKiLAs
https://go.nature.com/4aKiLAs
‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research
Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.
go.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public, says Gretchen T Goldman
https://go.nature.com/4aKiLAs
https://go.nature.com/4aKiLAs