Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission is just beginning.

⚠️BREAKING - governments are taking serious action to put a stop to the plastic pollution crisis 🛑 Find out how 👇

#Feralcats threaten the survival of over 100 native species but according to research from the Rangelands of #WesternAustralia, the presence of dingoes and wild dogs does little to disrupt their killing sprees. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3aS6z3n Image: Darren Marshall

Were back!! Our first event in 2021 is our earth sciences meet and greet, paired up with AUGS. While its mainly targeted for first years, current members are also encouraged to come along to renew your memberships, enjoy some pizza and socialize! Details attached below

Southern Bentwing Bats in Bat Cave at #NaracoorteCaves. IR camera technology allows us to view bats without disturbing them. Video courtesy of National Parks SA @SAEnvirWater. First section shows the bat cluster and second shows bats getting ready to fly out. Spot the albino 🦇

CALLING ALL PALAEOARTISTS! We're currently on the hunt for a number of palaeoartists to participate in a series of upcoming events we will be hosting. If you are interested, or know anyone who might be, please send us a message & we'll provide some more info

Join us for our first Palaeo Paint and Sip night. Enjoy a few drinks while creating your very own palaeo-art masterpiece. Spots are limited! Booking information in next tweet We hope to see you there!

How many different ways can I play with my specimens while waiting for 150GB of data to transfer?

It’s no longer safe walking to the lizard enclosures! I really feel like I’m being targeted. Back to back duck attacks!When u get assaulted by an animal who do u report that to? Twitter, I guess. #angryduck #AustralianWoodDuck @MQBiology

The Quantitative Morphology Group celebrates four excellent Honours Theses submitted today 🥳 congratulations to Ammresh . Tamika and Ellen for being superstars 🤩

Erika Roper 🦜🥔 Our theory is that shingleback lizards secretly crave human company and lie on roads so we're forced to interact with them, but then they deny everything and act grumpy about it...

It’s been an amazing morph-meet of Adelaide’s finest morphologists today Flinders University, featuring Emma Sherratt's lab, Flinders Palaeontology s , and my crew. Tim Niederer 🏳️‍🌈 Michael S. Y. Lee (biologist) Aaron Camens, @EllenMather5, D. Rex Mitchell, FUPS

Nice writeup by Riley Black 🦕🏳️‍⚧️ of our recent study of snake fangs led by Alessandro Palci. The Surprising Secret of Snakes' Venomous Bites scientificamerican.com/article/the-su… via Scientific American

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning his 5th World Championship match and further cementing his legacy as arguably the greatest player in chess history!

Our new paper showing that visualizing marine consequences of plastics reduces plastic waste. Connecting downstream consequences on the ecosystem to disposal actions is a new behavioral solution to plastic pollution! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… with Yu Luo, @SabinePahl Ocean Wise

One Day #FossilFriday #triceratops #illustration

Had a blast presenting and chairing at my first ever ASH conference. Definitely looking forward to the next one. #ASH2022

Always love opening up a new scan for the first time. Feels like unwrapping a present. Anyway here's an eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)

New paper! We show that island #TigerSnakes that feast on seabirds have larger gape because of greater #PhenotypicPlasticity (cf mainland snakes), with jaw bones being especially plastic Journal article (paywall): tinyurl.com/wmk4daav Free PDF: tinyurl.com/48jkb6cc 1/2

Amazing time at #ICVM2023. Met a bunch of great people and had an absolute blast at Cairns