Massive shout out to my friend and colleague @daniwallace95 for her keen ear in finding the elusive giant burrowing frog!! 🐸 Such great news for the conservation of another amphibian. #herpetology #conservation #frog abc.net.au/news/2021-03-3…

Thomas E White (USyd) and I conducted a meta-analysis that suggests warning colours are generally pretty good indicators of toxicity, at least how they're usually measured. #colsci Here's the Nature Research Highlights pickup. Article almost published! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Here’s the article. 🐞 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

#AmphibianWeek is coming! Join the movement on May 2-8, 2021. All week we'll be sharing information about #amphibians, how important they are, the threats they face, and how you can help them. We invite you to do the same! Follow this thread to learn how 👇🧵

There is an election in #Tasmania this weekend. I urge you to please consider the environment in your vote. If we continue down our current path future generations will not get the opportunity to know the joy of baby swift parrots 💔 Pic Dr David Hamilton

Bit late, but ready to catch up on day 2 of #AmphibianWeek. Today's theme is the secret lives of amphibians. Which are very secretive. Many species, like this red-eyes tree frog, are only seen for a few nights per year when they come out to find a mate. Amphibian Survival Alliance

Cute Peron's Tree Frogs enjoying a break from the crowds at the Penrith Reptile Expo

Surprise meeting at Penrith Reptile Expo! Not the best smelling animal, but full of personality

Found this in the carport. No idea what type of spider it is, but seriously creepy!

Very excited to be kicking off #ESAus21 😃 Dr Martine Maron gave us food for thought on Australia's approach to species #conservation - "We're rich and we're smart, and yet we spend hardly anything on threatened species recovery." 🌏🐸🌿🐝🦜🐀 Sarah Stock Dr Kaya Klop-Toker @C_Alley93

Great talks and posters by the lab at Australia Herpetology Society conference #ASH2022! @eco_jolly ko-huan.lee Shannon W Kaiser Levi Brown Kathy Potter Madeleine H Daniel Hoops Matt Greenlees Grant Webster

Macquarie University PhD scholarship available to work on lizard sociality + mechanisms underlying sociality with LizardLab GeoffWhile + others, based in Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences. International applicants welcome. Masters degree required. Start date soon: 1 October! Details below

This is an amazing opportunity! I did my PhD Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences with The Lizard Lab and it was the best time. A PhD is stressfull but the lizard lab team has your back! Plus you get to work with amazing 🦎 and an amazing topic!

A young wombat on a stroll for #WombatWednesday

Always wanted to know what it's like to be a #scientist? 🔬Come along to the Women in Science Panel at Fleurs de Villes for #NationalScienceWeek! Read our latest blog to delve into our panelists' ground-breaking #conservation research. ⤵️ rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/stories/2022/t…

Discover what #WomeninSTEM can accomplish at the 150th celebration of the Overland telegraph at the Alice Springs telegraph station Open Day on Saturday 13 August. #scienceweek scienceweek.net.au/event/women-in…

Can't make it in person to this Saturday's #SydneyScienceTrail? Tune in to ABC Sydney Weekend Mornings with Simon Marnie on Saturday 13 August for a live broadcast behind the scenes at the Royal Botanic Gardens: abc.net.au/sydney/sydney-…

Having a great time at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Watch out for FATS frogs at events all over Sydney this week!

Hanging at Science in the Swamp Western Sydney Parklands.

Frogs are darker within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone doi.org/10.1111/eva.13… by Burraco et al Pablo Burraco Germán Orizaola This pattern can be linked to extreme radiation levels due to the nuclear accident and the protective role of melanin #colour #frog #pollution #radioactivity