Standing out in the pouring rain filming and recording frogs calling is one of my favourite things to do. Crucifix #Frog (Notaden bennettii) chorusing after flooding rains across southern-inland NSW last week. #floatywhoopwhoop #wildoz

This female Superb Parrot is lerping! Lerps are the little sugary houses of Psyllid bugs, which are often on the undersides of leaves. Many critters, including some #HungryParrots, love to eat them! Apparently they're quite tasty! 📷: Brian William via inaturalist.org/observations/4…

Here's a nice little writeup about lerps by Deborah Metters at Land for Wildlife. Have you ever licked a leaf to taste some lerps? lfwseq.org.au/lerps-one-of-n…

Geography vocabulary: RAIN SHADOW Land that has been forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked rain. On one side of the mountain, wet weather systems drop rain and snow. On the other (rain shadow side) all rain is blocked. Source: buff.ly/34EwrNw

The mighty Zuul crurivastator, a Cretaceous dinosaur, had a sledgehammer tail that could topple tyrannosaur on.natgeo.com/33F2xrz

Some more of my babies! The Waratah is truly a spectacular plant to work with #plantbreeding #Proteaceae #bluemtnsbg #waratah

Finally a cat-based internet event that I can take part in. #UnflatteringCatPhotoChallenge 🦁 #MammalWatching #lions

.ABC Australia #lnp Deadly Infestation by Alan Moir #auspol #Insiders

Amazing the number of coming outs one has to have to get through life, but I’ve found it gets easier w time & also, at least where I’ve lived/worked, has become less of a thing over time. Wishing all those on their coming out journeys all the v best, I know how tough it can be!

.U.S. Army MWDs Darko and Max, assigned to the USAG Italy 18th Military Police Detachment, pose for a portrait at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. MWDs help protect U.S Soldiers by detecting drugs, deterring hostile actions, locating bombs and in keeping the public safe.

LOOK AT THESE SUPERB #PARROTS 💚💛💙

E.coli is NOT a pathogenic bacteria in the gut. It is healthy normal flora.

I thought ISS/Moon passes were old hat but this is a gorgeous new take on it

And best for last - silica-replaced columnar basalt. Earth deserves a round of applause 👏

Not only excellent idea, but brilliantly presented. Also food for thought for all school students wondering why bother with maths. youtu.be/D-7olodzsQ4

Ping Dan Andrews

At a dinner for a bunch of lawyers some time ago, a non-lawyer friend made a toast “to the law”. We quickly corrected her. We don’t toast the law, we toast justice. That’s because the law is an instrument. Justice is an ideal. And the two are often strangers to each other.

Wow, there's some actual research backing up the mushy-coloured voter fraction maps I made for the last General Election and the EU referendum!

Here you go, Andrew Steele - weasel words perfection...

Looking for some non-fiction to read in 2021? Here's a list of some of what's coming from Bloomsbury Books UK…