Zoe Kean
Evolution. Environment. Ecology. Based in lutruwita/ Tasmania. Author of "Why are we like this?", available in paperback in Australia and New Zealand and ebook worldwide.
- There’s about 300 species of #Pterostylis in Australia, New Zealand, PNG, East Timor and Indonesia. I’m always happy when I see one. #orchid #wildflower #wildoz #kean4sci
- Have you ever spotted a museum specimen with this mistake? I learned about this common mistake in @jackdashby.bsky.social ‘s book ‘Platypus matters’ - which I highly recommend! Have been keeping my eye out on museum visits ever since.
- These were sooooooooo cooool! Just in the woodchip off a public path. #fugus #stinkhorn #biology #science #kean4sci
- Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus aka the Tasmanian short beaked echidna - ‘tachyglossus’ means fast tongue. #echidna #australiananimals #tasmania #zoology #kean4sci
- These are just so pretty when they pop up. #wildoz #wildflower #botany #kean4sci #australianflora #tasmania
- By at least 55 million years ago marsupials had arrived on this continent - and they may have looked like this bandicoot. #palentology #bandicoot #kean4sci #evolution #australiananimals #wildoz
- I was also on a mission going the other direction #platypus #urbanecology #tasmania #australiananimals #kean4sci #wildoz
- ‘Why are we like this?’ Is out wherever your get your audiobooks! Filmed this months ago- exciting it’s out. #audiobook #author #evolution #nonfiction #kean4science
- Trigger plants (Stylidium) are so pretty and interesting #triggerplant #botany #wildoz #australianflowers #kean4sci
- I love beard orchids! Calochilus sp. are so bizarre and beautiful. #orchid #nativeflowers #botany #kean4sci #nature #Calochilus #beardorchids #tasmania #wildoz
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- Queer science night Sydney friends? www.betterreadevents.com/events/zoe-k...
- Filmed this a few months ago! Now my audiobook ‘Why are we like this?’ is out wherever you get your audiobooks… As well as my regular book 😉 #kean4sci #whyarewelikethis? #audiobook #evolution #sciencewriter
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- Was so damn good to chat to Jack about ‘in natures memory’, great read, great chat.
- Do read Matilda Boseley ‘s book on #adhd though- I really recommend it. #guardianbirdoftheyear #shyalbatross #birding #pelican
- Welcome back Lucy Breaden - I have a fortnightly science chat on ABC Hobart- The wonderful Lucy is back presenting after a year and it was great to start off strong chatting fish bums and evolution! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
- Thanks #aes2025 for having me! So many great talks and lovely people!
- Why are we like this? Is now available on audio! And you can vote for it as a top book of the 21st century until Oct 2. #whyarewelikethis? #kean4sci #evolution #nonfiction #sciencewriting #evolutionwriting #australianauthor #top100books @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social
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- After debuting at the Beaker Street Festival join us for the extended, exquisite full length version of the show this Friday! events.humanitix.com/the-clitoral...
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- My latest: orcas out here casually making tools www.abc.net.au/news/science... #orca #kelping #animalculture
- Who doesn’t love this toxic cutie? Just keep your dogs clear! I love vistiting Mahon pool when I’m in Sydney- it actually has a very friendly vibe and I usually see something cool. #marinebiology #seahare #seaslug #sydneybeaches #maroubra #science #kean4sci #wildoz
- Some places are so special, I couldn’t believe it when I spotted this boundary - thanks @hannahclaremoore.bsky.social for confirming this was what I saw #tasmania #brunyisland #geography #fossils #geology #deeptime #australia #science #dolerite #doleritecliffs #jurasic #permian #kean4sci
- Watched this cutie forage along the foreshore at Bruny Island for a good ten minutes #echidna #australiananimals #tasmania #brunyisland #nature #zoology #kean4sci #shark #swimmingechidna
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- A response to a perfect day on Bruny Island a few weeks ago while places I love in Tas burned, then watching the cyclone on the news and reading Question 7 by Richard Flanagan #tasmania #climatechange #kean4sci #poetry #environment #kean4sci #solastalgia #brunyisland #richardflanagan #question7
- Did anyone is Tassie see the space junk?
- Tasmanian geology nerds! I need your help. Does anyone have info on the cliffs near the Arch of Bruny Island where sedimentary rocks meet dolerite?
- So snaky at first glance! #zoology #lizards #tasmania #science #nature #australiananimals #bluetonguelizard #skink #kean4sci
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- Someone on the other app asked me what the green beetles were swarming on his wattles in December- I reckon it was cuties. Green scarab beetles (Diphucephala elegans) #entemology #science #nature #tasmania #scarabbeetles #wattle
- Thanks #partyinthepaddock for having us and to Bert Spinks for the great chat! Was awesome to chat about my book ‘Why are we like this?’ as well as #Tasmanian #science and #nature at the Silvertongue stage 💕 #author #evolution #tasmanianauthor #sciencewriter
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