Wind and solar projects should be limited to land that has already been cleared. Biodiversity Council Brendan Wintle: 'onshore renewable projects needed to switch off fossil fuels would only occupy an area less than 2 per cent of Australia’s landmass...we’ve got to stop targeting natural…

Thank you, Marvellous Moth Trackers! Remember to keep an eye out for our beautiful but endangered Bogong Moths on their return migration to their breeding grounds & log your sightings on #MothTracker ❤️🦋
Zoos Victoria #CitizenScience

2/2. Bogong Moths are now making their return migration over autumn back to warmer climates, so please continue to keep an eye out for Bogong Moths and submit any suspected sightings here: zoo.org.au/possums

Images by Andrea, Chris, Lucinda and Denis.

Dogs can put Tasmanian Little Penguin populations at risk. 🐧

Our study, with BirdLife Australia and IMAS, has found that about 80% of recorded Little Penguin deaths in Tasmania from 1980s-2022 were from dog attacks, which could wipe out penguin colonies. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

Happy Tasmanian Devil Average Birthday!! 🥳🥳🥳

Tasmanian devils have a pretty well defined mating season, which means that most devils are born within a period of a couple of weeks in autumn. Meaning that every devils birthday is, on average, 1st April!

Happy Easter! 💙❤️

In Australia we don't need any more 🐰 we prefer to celebrate the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) in our landscapes!

🌱 These ecosystem engineers dig a new burrow monthly, which helps keep soils healthy. ☀️

📸 | M Faucher
💻 | spr.ly/6016kLfL2

Are you a woman in STEMM? Now more than ever, Mother Nature needs her daughters. Join our growing network of change-makers! Homeward Bound is not just about leadership, it's about resilience, support and propelling each other forward. We are #StrongerTogether 💫💪

Russian Desmans were recently “up-listed” from Endangered to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List as their decline is estimated to have reached 83% over the previous decade.
#SmallMammalSpotlight

Human pandemic prevention should start with conserving natural habitat for bats and other wild animals according to new research in Nature Communications .

Dr Alison Peel Griffith University : “We showed that Hendra virus is most likely to pass from bats to horses in places where habitat destruction…

🐧Penguins At Risk 🚨

Avian Flu has severely impacted colonies of seabirds from Alaska to Antarctica, and now there are concerns about the impacts it will have on species like the Gentoo and King Penguins. ❄️

At BirdLife International, our science team and network of Local…

In safe hands ❤️
Phoebe Burns helps a beautiful endangered Pookila head back home after her check up!
Zoos Victoria #Pookila #conservation
#FightingExtinction

Ecologist and @Wildlifeqld Queensland PlatypusWatch Project Officer, Dr Tamielle Brunt, explains why you should consider supporting the ban: bit.ly/4ajL8E2
Submissions close at 5 pm on Thursday, 9 May 2024. 
Have your say: bit.ly/BanOHNets

Fish! Everyone loves fish. And everyone loves it when fish get good news. So read this cartoon! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Checking for aestivating #bogong moths on Mt Morgan with Eric Warrant from Lund Vision Group. Lots of great sites they once used, but none there now -- similar story to that on Mt Gingera to the north. Next available habitat Mt Jagungal. #bogong Moth #AgrotisInfusa #migrations

Sunrise through the beautiful gums while surveying Endangered Pookilas. Happy National Eucalypt Day, everyone! We are so lucky to be surrounded by these mighty beauties 🌳
Zoos Victoria Phoebe Burns
#NationalEucalyptDay #Pookila #Fieldwork

A juvenile platypus - known as a puggle - has been discovered by scientists and researchers from @unsw, Taronga Zoo and WWF_Australia in the Royal National Park, where they had been locally extinct for more than 50 years.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/PlatypusSuccess

Such a privilege to be in the field monitoring Pookilas with our Native Rodent Biologist, Dr Phoebe Burns! You won't find a more knowledgeable or passionate mouse conservationist 🐭
Phoebe Burns Zoos Victoria
#FightingExtinction #Pookila

Get excited! The call for abstracts is out for the Australian Mammal Society Conference this July at Melbourne Zoo!
❤️🐨🐁🦇🐋🐕
Zoos Victoria Centre for Integrative Ecology The Australian Mammal Society #AMS2024

How wonderful to be out in the field monitoring Pookilas with one of our amazing Zoos Victoria Conservation Interns, Nadia! Here we are checking a beautiful Agile Antechinus before releasing him safely back home.
Zoos Victoria Phoebe Burns
#fieldwork

Let me get this straight…

So any new AFL team in Tasmania will have to be called the Tasmania Devils, rather than the Tasmanian Devils, because Warner Brothers owns the rights to that *literal name of an animal species*…

Perfect, no notes

abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…