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- Our backyard has another 'first' record for an insect species in Armidale @inaturalist.bsky.social, Amphirhoe sloanei(?). So many possible reasons for 'firsts', eg few people looking; less common species; dispersal from the coast (random or migration)... we'll probably never know #wildoz #ozinverts
- Twenty-three years of potoroo poo shows that these mycophagists are eating different ectomycorrhizal #truffles under #ClimateChange. #OpenAccess article: doi.org/10.1002/ecog.08410 🧪 #mycology #ecology #WildOz
- Over 20 years of scat analyses reveal how truffle-like fungi respond to climate change. First paper of PHD student Emily McIntyre from @unimelb.edu.au 🦘🍄🟫🌱 @ausmycsoc.bsky.social @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social
- Silver-backed Butcherbird "Cracticus argenteus" from Charles Darwin National Park, Darwin, #Australia www.inaturalist.org/observations... #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdsofoz #wildoz #aves
- I went back at dusk to get more information about the new Powerful Owl. At 6.58pm it flew then called for 4 minutes from ~200m away (by my car #carparkbirding), the call confirming it's male. No female sighted or heard, but she may have been tucked away somewhere. #brisbane #birds #wildoz
- Wombats have the largest brain of any #marsupial. Their blank expressions are just a reflection of the fact that they know they can outsmart you.🧠 #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombats #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat
- The Powerful Owls were being elusive this morning, so some more of the Tawny Frogmouth chick #NotAnOwl #brisbane #birds #wildoz
- Not many animals are the shape of an #echidna, which is a shame. #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #echidnas
- A Yellow-tailed black cockatoo enjoying some banksia seeds. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #parrots #nature #cockatoos
- Roo with a view! Eastern Grey Kangaroo on Nelson Beach in Mimosa Rocks National Park with rough seas as a backdrop. #WildOz
- This is Australia HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! 🇦🇺🦘🇦🇺🐨🇦🇺🦜🇦🇺 #NaturePhotography #Marsupials #AustralianWildlife #wildoz #Aussie #AustraliaDay2026 #happyaustraliaday #nature #Wallaby
- Powerful Owls in a Brisbane park before the rain. Despite the literature it is often difficult to tell them apart, especially when the female is almost the same size. For this pair we go by "attitude", the male is more laid back, he's on the right. #birds #wildoz #brisbane
- Came across this Orange Spider Wasp (Heterodontonyx bicolor) just as she was paralysing this unfortunate Huntsman spider, who she’ll now seal into a nest along with an egg that she lays. Nature can seem brutal at times! #ausinverts #wildoz #spider #arachnid #wasp #Hymenoptera #nature #inaturalist
- Female Powerful Owl in a Brisbane conservation area* this morning. * Incidentally, an area that the government seems very interested in developing into a "major tourist attraction" in time for the 2032 Olympic Games. Something nobody wants except developers, as far as I can tell. #brisbane #wildoz
- A Kangaroo at dusk in a Brisbane Conservation park. We often see wallaby's bounding away but not so many kangaroos. It was nice to see them yesterday, they're not as skittish as their smaller cousins. This one kept wandering closer, I guess the grass was greener. #wildoz
- 🌳🌿💚 Monday morning good news story! Following strong opposition from local councils & residents, Alcoa has shelved its plans to explore the Perth Hills #jarrah #forests for its #bauxite mining expansion... for now at least. #wildoz #conservation #ozflora #trees www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
- Does anyone have specific leaf area (SLA) or leaf mass per area (LMA) measurements for adult leaves of #Eucalyptus pellita or #Corymbia tessellaris that they'd be willing to share with me? 🧪 #PlantTraits #ecophysiology #physiology #WildOz #botany #ecology #AusTraits
- Stylidium eriopodum - commonly called the Boomerang Triggerplant Like all Triggerplants, this plant has a floral column on a sensitive trigger which reacts to the flower being touched and coats any visiting #pollinators in pollen. Endemic to WA #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
- As Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most accomplished wordsmith ever - said, "When a man is tired of #wombats, he is tired of life". #WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
- Happening tomorrow at 1PM! Come hear Josef's findings on #Eucalyptus physiological response to heat stress from his research at @westsyduhie.bsky.social. Zoom link available. #WildOz #PlantScience #ecophys
- Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 1pm for a seminar by Josef Garen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Details: rb.gy/2pdjbo
- #RestorationEcology PhD opportunity at @westernsydneyu.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social in Australia open to international and domestic students. Good opportunity for a traits-based approach to #restoration! 🧪 #PlantEcology #botany #ecology #WildOz
- From only 35 wild individuals in the 1980's, there are now more than 400 #northernhairynosedwombats - and now three wild-born bubs! #conservationsuccess #australianmammals #wildoz www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
- Beautiful photos showing the microscopic details of #seeds at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Actual seeds mounted in acrylic next to the photos is a particularly nice touch. Exhibit is on in #Canberra until 16 Nov. Free. visit.anbg.gov.au/things-do/wh... #SeedEcology #SciComm #WildOz
- Female Powerful Owl in a Brisbane conservation park. Two guys with 2 dogs walked right under her but didn't notice her and her partner on the same branch. #brisbane #birds #wildoz
- How do active heat + drought shelters affect soil arthropods? New results from @tern-aus.bsky.social AMRF FutureClim experiment, including @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social coauthors @jameslking.bsky.social + @pieterarnold.bsky.social 🧪 #SoilEcology #ClimateChange #Entomology #WildOz
- New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt Combined heat & #drought affect #abundance, #composition & #diversity of subalpine surface-active soil #arthropod communities doi.org/10.1111/een.70015 #ChangingClimate @sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wiley.com
- This week we saw solutions announced in Western Australia to improve responsible pet cat ownership. Hannah Beazley MLA announced (1) an amendment to the Cat Act that will allow for local governments to prevent pet cats from roaming, & (2) a broader review of the Cat Act. A🧵 #wildoz
- Channel-billed Cuckoos are big fig-eating parasitic cuckoos of Aust, Indonesia and PNG. Migrate S Sept-April where they lay their eggs mainly in the nests of Crows, Magpies and especially Currawongs. Seriously hated by other birds who harass them constantly! #WildOz #birds #AustralianWildlife
- Come and do a PhD with me! 🎓 🌏 🧑💻 🏙️ 🗺️ 🌿 🪶🧪 I have TWO projects eligible the 2025 Curtin University RTP scholarship round: Benchmarking biodiversity outcomes for nature positive urban development: research.curtin.edu.au/hdr-r-projec... #wildOz #urbanNature
- Long-term evidence for the benefits of feral removal in our arid zone. New paper from Katherine Moseby et al. in Proc Royal Soc B - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #wildoz
