Looking forward to being part of the RGS-IBG Melbourne Hub on August 30 https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/planning-your-attendance/hubs-at-the-conference/. I'll be chairing a great ECA panel on 'Impactful research careers in a time of converging crises.’ Then we join the main conf later for Chair's Plenary with Lauren Rickards and Svenja Keele. #ECR #ECA #flyingless #RGSIBG23 #ecrchat

@alexsla

Alt text for image: A Western ringtail possum in a tree, tasty leaf in paw/hand.

Image credit: Rochelle Steven

RT @urbanfrogger
Love urban nature and citizen science? Check out our new OA perspective piece on the value of question-driven CS projects in urban ecology and conservation: https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12917 @CAULHub @TSR_Hub

Citizen Conservation:

Unsere Machbarkeitsstudie zur Rettung der Feuersalamander in Bayern hat eine Menge Presseresonanz bekommen. Gut so, denn das Thema brennt lichterloh. 🦎🔥🚒

https://citizen-conservation.org/feuersalamander/

#Salamandra #Bsal #Herpetology #CitizenScience #CitizenConservation

#introduction Okay, after some fiddling I have consolidated my Project Mushroom account and my previous account on a federated server here, so hello (again)!

I am a freelance science writer based in eastern Washington. I mostly write about birds. Other interests: #knitting, #nativeplants, #parenting, #reading.

Help our threatened species hop to No.1 in the ARIA charts!

Having sent ‘Birds’ soaring to No.2 on the ARIA charts ahead of ABBA and Adele in 2021, ‘Songs of Disappearance’ is back with an album featuring 43 of our most threatened #frogs

The title track celebrates the incredible diversity of the Australian #soundscape and highlights what we stand to lose without taking action.

Be immersed in a chorus of croaks, singing from all corners of #Australia.

Listen here:
https://songsofdisappearance.com/

Hi! #introduction

I'm an acoustic ecology professor at UNH.

Our lab studies how #animals use sound to sense the environment and #acoustic approaches for #population estimation and #phenology.

We combine mobile platforms like #drones and #falconry w/ thermal imaging and acoustic sensors. A big push is developing #open-source approaches for monitoring and #conservation.

#Bats are my main jam, but we have new projects with #frogs, #penguins and #moose.

Excited to build connections here!

The mountain mist frog, a species once found across two-thirds of Australia’s wet tropics, has been declared extinct on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. “For tens of thousands of years there were these little frogs that were calling their hearts out in these #rainforests and now it’s silent. We have a terrible track record on frog conservation in Australia.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/10/australias-mountain-mist-frog-declared-extinct-as-red-list-reveals-biodiversity-crisis #frogs #extinction

i mean LOOK at this FROG

(edit: tracked down the source of the image: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClywcG-r2PY/?hl=en)

Tonight's the night! The Great ESA-SCBO Science Slam is finally here - 7.30 pm @ Frisky's Bar (downstairs at the Novotel). Free entry, food and drinks available for purchase 🍔🍻 Don't miss out peeps! #ESASCBO2022

Let's do an early #FollowFriday #Introduction to help us #Pollution people find each other on the 🐘 site

Add yourself & colleagues into the thread so we can follow you if you work in #Ecotoxicology #Toxicology #EnvironmentalChemistry #EmergingContaminants #POPs #PFAS #Plastic #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Metals #Hydrocarbons #Pesticides #Particulates #Nutrients #Light #ALAN #Noise #Atmosphere #Water #Soil #Exposome #EnvironmentalRiskAssessment etc

Please boost & add any hashtags I've missed

Hello everyone

My #introduction post.

I'm a terrestrial #ecotoxicologist and #soil #chemist at the University of Melbourne in #Australia. I'm also the Director of the Centre for Anthropogenic Pollution Impact and Management (CAPIM)

I mostly post about #research #science #WomenInSTEM and #Momademia with the odd post about #life, #knitting #bushwalking #cooking and #gardening

I'm looking forward to being a member of #ScienceMastodon and the greater #Mastodon community!

Getting started on #MinorRevisions of an article about these delightful #frogs feels like a nice way to start the week. #AcWri #Publishing

Who are we? We are the peak group representing ecologists in Australia. Our inclusive community supports research, knowledge sharing and sustainable practice to better understand ecological systems for the benefit of people and nature.

Visit our website to find out how our awards, grants and programs foster excellence in ecological science: www.ecolsoc.org.au

#EcolSocAus #EcologyAus #Ecology #Ecologist #Australia #EcologicalResearch #EcologicalPractice #ProfessionalSociety

I'll be presenting at @EcolSocAus #ESASCBO22 in Wollongong the week after next!

I'm going to talk about my work with the Department of Planning and Environment's Applied Bushfire Science team to update the tolerable fire intervals in NSW, so that we can better protect our native #biodiversity through science based fire management

I love frogs. When I was a kid I would pick them up and be in awe of them! Little did I know this was a special interest of mine. Frogs, trees, rocks. After my formal diagnosis, everything started to make sense! #actuallyautistic #frogs #trees #rocks

New insights into the #evolution of color patterns in #frogs and #toads https://phys.org/news/2022-11-uncover-insights-evolution-patterns-frogs.html

Paper by Sandra Goutte et al.: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/11/msac235/6783210 #genomics #amphibians

Many #anurans have a light stripe along their back, which, when observed from above, creates the #OpticalIllusion that the animal is split in two halves and confuses visually-oriented #predators. Little is known regarding its evolution or genetic origin.

Mossy frogs - Photos taken at Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam, during the Nature Education for school pupils by Nature Expedition.
Photos @ Tuan Beo

A reminder for fellow #Australians that FrogID Week started today!

https://www.frogid.net.au

Find frogs, record them with the FrogID app and submit them as part of this wonderful #CitizenScience project.

#frogs