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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jun 24

How do feral cats impact native prey during a long-haired rat population boom? #AusMamSoc25

- Charlotte Woods & Andrew Baker

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Jun 18

“Antarctic seal numbers falling drastically due to melting sea ice, research shows”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Antarctic seal numbers falling drastically due to melting sea ice, research shows

British Antarctic Survey finds one breed of seal has declined by 54% since 1977

www.theguardian.com

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University of Tasmania @utas.edu.au · Jun 19

Our researchers have developed a powerful risk mapping tool to help prevent fatal collisions between endangered wedge-tailed eagles and overhead power lines. The model is already helping guide conservation strategies across Tasmania. Read more: utas.au/Tracking_

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢We're looking for a #MarineOrnithologist to join us!

This varied role will include supporting a review of the Special Protection Area (SPA) network, data analysis & review of management measures.

📆 Closing date: 30 June 2025

👉 Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/JNCCpost202529

#JobOpportunity

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 19

The use of eDNA to survey invasion risk to Antarctic waters. Frances Perry from @arcsaef.bsky.social @university adelaide explains how ocean environments & ships hull can be sampled simply & easily using eDNA approaches #ICCB2025

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's essential to build genetic diversity into the design of protected area. @lausally.bsky.social shares learnings about biodiversity hotspots in Antartcic marine waters informed by genetic data. Supported by @arcsaef.bsky.social #ICCB2025

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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · Jun 19

But Wisdom surprised us all this breeding season by finding a new mate and laying an egg, which subsequently hatched. Video of them is here. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

And a timeline of Wisdom the mōlī up until 2020 is here. www.audubon.org/magazine/sev...

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See the Adorable Video of Wisdom, the World's Oldest Wild Bird, Tending to Her New Chick at Age 74

First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · Jun 19

John Woinarksi speaking about invasive predators and mammal extinction and decline and countering invasive species denialism #iccb2025

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Anna MacDonald @annamac.bsky.social · Jun 18

Today is World Albatross Day! In a nice coincidence of timing, my #ICCB2025 talk this morning will be about using DNA from albatross and petrel 🪶 and penguin 💩 to inform Antarctic seabird conservation 🧬 #consgen

Learn more about World Albatross Day from ACAP here: www.acap.aq/world-albatr...

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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · Jun 18

#ICCB2025 plenary speaker Amy van Nice from the Wildlife Alliance is sharing hard truths from work to combat the illegal wildlife trade. Among the many challenges, funding systems are biased towards short-term projects, and donor priorities are often misaligned with on-ground needs. #conservation

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 17

What information is most useful to make better decisions based on a model? @katehelmstedt.bsky.social explains how Value of Information can inform which marine invasive species should be monitored in Antarctica AND which uncertainties in our ecosystem models should we be resolving? #ICCB2025

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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · Jun 16

I'm really excited to be in Brissy for #ICCB2025!

Come see me Tuesday during the poster session (Poster 61), where I'll detail some questions that can be asked with the recently published Seabird Restoration Database!

Could be a great PhD chapter for a PhD student.

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www.seabirddatabase.org

Poster outlining which questions can be answered with the seabird restoration database and which questions would be great to ask with a little more research bandwidth.

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · Jun 17

Horrifying and eye-opening research on the impact of rodenticides on Oz wildlife. This slide is a great summary of the research from @pezoporus.bsky.social and collaborators. #iccb2025

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Cath Dickson @cath-dickson.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great #NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub session @ #ICCB2025 - translating science into convention outcomes through meaningful relationships. Two fantastic @tasland.bsky.social @utas.edu.au projects presented by Natasha Stoudmann and Laura Smith.

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 17

Amy Coetzee from Zoos Victoria shows the benefits of cat control on small marsupials; Eastern Barred Bandicoots & Long nosed Potoroos on islands. Cat control has commenced on French Island already benefiting threatened species. Here's hoping cat eradication is achieved! #ICCB2025

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 16

Low genetic diversity thought to contribute to high disease susceptibility of critically endangered Orange Bellied Parrots in captive and wild populations. Population decreases drive inbreeding - they have low immunogenetic diversity says Luke Silver #ICCB2025

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 16

@hugepossum.bsky.social reminds us it's critical to determine what the management actions are to save threatened species, and then we need to prioritize those actions, & consider the costs of the actions #ICCB2025

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 16

Border walls between Mexico & USA impact large carnivores (e.g. bears ocelot, mountain lions) and threatened mammals. Challenges of conservation at the borderlands - a fascinating talk by Kinley Regan @phoenixzoo.bsky.social #ICCB2025

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Jun 16

So great to be here! I've already had the wonderful surprise of running into international colleagues. so great to NOT be on zoom #ICCB2025

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Charlotte Patterson @charlotterubyp.bsky.social · Jun 15

Interested in spatial modelling, data integration, and conservation of remote regions? Come and chat to me about Antarctica at today's #ICCB2025 poster session!!

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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · Jun 15

Protecting nature supports biodiversity and reduces damage to human infrastructure due to natural disasters like landslides, says #ICCB2025 plenary speaker Binbin Li, while talking about synergies between #conservation and community development.

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Dan Rogers @coorongdan.bsky.social · Jun 15

Ricky Archer gifts us all the opening plenary at #ICCB2025, talking to indigenous-led parks management, and threading together western and indigenous lenses on caring for Country. Great start @iccb2025.bsky.social.

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Justine Shaw @justineshaw.bsky.social · Dec 13

Please add @icy-bug-girl.bsky.social & @katehelmstedt.bsky.social

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · Dec 11

"It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge and understanding of the Earth, as well as the animal—human connections within it"

We'd add climate and social dynamics, too. 🌐🧪

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“One Health” needs ecology | PNAS

“One Health” needs ecology

www.pnas.org

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