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Tammy Steeves @testeeves.bsky.social · 20h

What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter?

This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... published in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social olevo.bsky.social led by ever talented @aisrayne.bsky.social

📷 Kevin Parker

Whimsical photo of a karure | kakaruia | Chatham Island black robin courtesy of Kevin Parker. Features as a wee black bird with four leg bands: white over orange on the left leg and red over white on the right leg. Sneaky tufts of feathers peak out from otherwise borb-like body, encouraged by the unseen wind.

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Centre for Evolutionary Biology at UWA @ceb-uwa.bsky.social · 6d

#AES2025 Day2, Jackson Randell discusses the importance of understanding genetic purging and its implications for trapdoor spider conservation 🕷️
@austevolsoc.bsky.social @brunobuzatto.bsky.social @rowanlym.bsky.social @reneecatullo.bsky.social

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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 9d

Bird folks. You have just one day left for earlybird registration for the Australasian Ornithology Conference in Perth in just 50 days time! Get in fast because I’m pleased to say it has been so popular that we will be closing registration soon.

aoc.org.au/registration/

Registration - Australasian Ornithological Conference 2025

Australian Ornithological Conference 2025 Registrations

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 9d

Lovely article but especially love that it ends with sending a correction to the journalist about what bird species they saw, which is perhaps the most birder thing I can imagine someone doing 😂 great work @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social!

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 11d

A last minute decision to "do something" for my birthday today involved a foray around Djidi-djidi Ridge near Julimar State Forest, and was blown away by the amazing diversity of wildflowers on display at the moment!

A collage of eight flower photos taken from Djidi-djidi range. It includes fringe lilies, purple tassels, nodding blue lilies, blue leschenaultia, pimelea imbrecata, creamy candle, Magle's kangaroo paw and York Road poison (a pea flower).

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 15d

🐟Out now🧬: our latest paper on WA f.w. fish ]species delimitation, integrating allozymes (!), mtDNA and genomics across three genera. Although diversification patterns varied, we found some important biogeo. features, including Margaret and Shannon R. Check it out: www.publish.csiro.au/MF/MF24257

Species delineation, phylogeography and conservation of temperate perches (Actinopterygii: Percichthyidae) from an endemism and climate change hotspot

Context The south-western corner of Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes a freshwater fauna with a high proportion of endemic species. The temperate perches comprise nearly half of the ob...

www.publish.csiro.au

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 19d

Still the most terrifying bird call I have ever heard in the wild (especially when you aren't expecting it!)

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 20d

The chat came about based on a blog post I wrote back in April, which was a bit of a philosophical/moralistic viewpoint of the issue, which you can check out here: theg-cat.com/2025/04/22/t...

The Absolution of De-Extinction

You will have likely seen in the news recently about the ‘de-extinction of the dire wolf’, a canid species which went extinct over ten thousand years ago. Using gene editing techniques and gray wol…

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · 20d

A while back, I had a lovely chat on the ACS Tiny Matters podcast about the controversy around the "dire wolf de-extinction" and what it means (or doesn't!) for conservation. Available on a bunch of platforms here (I start yapping at about 15:20): www.acs.org/pressroom/ti...

Tiny Matters - American Chemical Society

A science podcast about things small in size but big in impact.

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking for a #PhD project (or know someone who is)? I'm currently recruiting for a student to work on #conservation and #PopulationGenomics of two freshwater #fish using whole genome and ddRAD data: more info in the flyer below! #PopGen #ConsGen #Biodiversity 🐟🧪🧬

An A4 flyer for the project "Little Fishes, Big Problems: Using Genomics to Inform Conservation and Management of Pygmy Perches". Text reads "This exciting PhD project will generate and apply cutting edge genomic datasets (whole genomes and genotype-by-sequencing) to inform conservation and management of two freshwater fish species endemic to Western Australia. The highly collaborative research program is will directly contribute to conservation actions and water management in the region. The ideal candidate will have experience with applying molecular techniques to answer ecological, conservation or evolutionary research questions, including DNA extraction bioinformatic pipelines and genomic analysis (not essential). To apply for the project, please submit your academic CV and one page cover letter describing your research interests and relevant experience to Dr. Buckley." It includes a photo of a male western pygmy perch in breeding colours, a QR code, and several logos.

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Roamer @terraroam.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today is #nationalthreatenedspecies Day. This picture represents the halfway point of a long and heartbreaking project to create a visual display of Australia's 2200+ critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable and extinct plants and animals
#redlist
#threatenedspecies

Over 1000 images of over 1000 threatened and extinct species of plants and animals. This is only half of a project creating a banner with over 2200 of Australia's threatened and extinct species.

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Sep 6

@geneticsaus.bsky.social @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social @austevolsoc.bsky.social

Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking for a #PhD project (or know someone who is)? I'm currently recruiting for a student to work on #conservation and #PopulationGenomics of two freshwater #fish using whole genome and ddRAD data: more info in the flyer below! #PopGen #ConsGen #Biodiversity 🐟🧪🧬

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Sep 3

I also dislike the suggestion that active learning activities online are anywhere near as effective as the same (or similar) activities run face-to-face. Imo trying to move away from the traditional lecture format of passive learning is better supported by /more/ in-person classes, not fewer...

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 22

Holy shit there is so much wasted potential in my simulations that I did not even consider
But the real question is, what is the optimum mutation rate/recombination rate/genome structure to enable the right BPM for "Rasputin"?

Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Disco Genome is one of my favourite features of the SLiM GUI and it's almost enough to make me abandon using the command line only (no I don't really need it for any of the simulations I run)

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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congratulations to this little champ for taking out the title of "Australia's most underrated animal".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Re-sharing recent research in #AusMammalogy that illustrates one of the many reasons why rakali is so deserving!

@ausmammals.bsky.social #NationalScienceWeek

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 15

FUCK YES #TEAMRAKALI 🐀

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 11

Always a delight to see a study species in the wild: spotted this charming quenda down in Mandurah this weekend who was busted having a snuffle in the dirt.

A photo of a quenda (Isoodon fusciventer), a small ground-dwelling marsupial, standing amongst some dense and vividly green grass with damp fur from the rain.

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 8

So, what, I run into it in the corridor at the office and miss my next meeting because we spent an hour rambling about whatever research topic?

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 8

So we have this database for wildlife disease surveillance, and we made a data standard, and an R and Python package to help you clean your data, and two years in we just still cannot get first adopters, so here’s my new bit: I will personally Venmo you $20 of my personal money to share a dataset

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 5

This sounds like the academic equivalent of the planets lining up in Hercules...

a pixelated image of a star with the words in 18 years precisely the planets will align ever so nicely below it

ALT: a pixelated image of a star with the words in 18 years precisely the planets will align ever so nicely below it

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 1

You already know what the correct answer is:

A photo of a rakali sitting along the riverbank of the River Torrens in Adelaide, South Australia. Photo by me.

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 1

For a first year science philosophy-style unit, I give a lecture and run a discussion tutorial about loaded language in science, and this year I've opted to use Colossal's dire wolf releases as the example and boy do they love to keep giving me material!

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Dr. Sean Buckley @theg-cat.bsky.social · Aug 1

"My 'this isn't a political stunt' shirt has people asking questions already answered by my shirt"...