Mammal ecologist, conservation scientist University of Queensland. Melanesian & Australian nature, gardens. IUCN Marsupial & Monotreme Species Specialist Group co-chair #extinction #sexualselection #lifehistory #marsupials #bats #smallmammals #conservation #evolution #gardening #permaculture #antechinus #cycling #climatechange #pacific #UQ #Brisbane #Australia
A thought-provoking article: "the decline of the Marsh Tit is primarily down to woodland fragmentation and management. It is highly likely that nest box provision is an exacerbating factor..."
https://braydonforestringing.uk/2025/03/16/when-science-imitates-religion/
If you are considering a Frontiers journal for your paper, read this first. - Food scientist impersonated as an editor and reviewer in Frontiers articles https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/14/food-scientist-impersonated-as-an-editor-and-reviewer-in-frontiers-articles/
@markush. Thank you! I have not found a study showing that longer camera trapping increases predation risk. I will let you know if I do
My Christmas gift 🥰🥰🥰 Minoan octopus sweater! Second image for reference of the original.
#image #archaeology #minoan #octopus #animals #Crete #ChristmasSweater
I need to respond to a claim that a study shows that camera trap flashes 'make the animal visible to nocturnal predators so increase predation risk'. I can't find any such paper (plenty showing the opposite, predators avoid cameras & light, or no effect). I'm skeptical. Has anyone seen such a study?
Woodhens! Everyone loves woodhens. A good news story in cartoon form... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/29/heres-an-actual-good-news-story-unless-you-are-a-rodent
In Dr. Strangelove, anti-fluoridation was a punchline. With RFK Jr., it’s a platform. Satire really is dead.
Amazing. Peregrine falcon kills migrating plover three kilometres above ground. High resolution accelerometer suggests it saw the peregrine coming and tried to escape https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4437
How to Avoid Getting Sick With Covid, Again
"The idea that getting regularly infected would only strengthen the immune system is “wishful thinking"
“It seems like each new infection could potentially be a new situation for the virus to potentially down-regulate the immune system and create a better environment for the reactivation of other dormant pathogens”
Source: https://archive.md/q8Tmm
Is someone going to sue the person who did this?
Do you know what gets my goat?
A specialist goat retrieval service.
snoot switcheroos are leading causes of trust issues for pets
📢Job announcement: our group at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, is advertising a 3-year postdoc position in plant evolutionary ecology! 🌱📐🌿🧬
Our Program Leader, Dr Sarah Foster, is at the 33rd meeting of the CITES Animals Committee in Geneva, hosting a special side event on seahorse conservation on July 15. Countries including Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, and the United States will present their progress in developing national plans for sustainable seahorse trade. Join us at 17:00 for drinks and canapés before the presentations begin. DM us to connect with her! #SeahorseConservation #CITES #GlobalTrade
Microsoft is suspending email and skype accounts of Palestinians who call home to Gaza. Multiple Palestinians mention buying Skype credits in order to make international calls home. But when they used those credits to call family in Gaza their entire decades old Skype and hotmail accounts were suspended.
