Does water on the Gunbower Forest floodplain make a difference? We think so. These photos are taken at the same site in different directions, highlighting what’s lying underneath, waiting for a drink. It’s part of what makes Gunbower so special, and worth protecting.

We have a new article: the impact of camera trap flash type on feral cat monitoring. Jessie Buettel, Barry Brook, and I found no evidence of the development of trap-shyness using white flash cameras as compared to IR. publish.csiro.au/ZO/justaccepte…

Round 2 of the Holsworth Wildlife Research Grant will open September 1st: tinyurl.com/hys9f7dv The grant supports post-graduate student research in ecology, wildlife management and natural history studies. #ecology #research #grants

We ran a very successful #faunaropebridge building workshop last week at Emerald Primary School! #habitatcreation

Accepted! J.Anim.Ecol. Forrester et al.: Cumulative costs of reproduction in ♀️kangaroos. Unlike most mammals, roos have semi-inderminate growth. Bones keep growing well past sexual maturity. ♀️ face trade-off growth-reproduction through most of their life.

Everyone's winter #favouritefungi! #pixiesparasol #mycenainterrupta #fungiphile💙💙

The stunning #victoriancentralhighlands 🌤️⛅️🌄#lifeinthefield

It might seem a strange thing for a wildlife ecologist to say, but genuine progress for conservation in Australia does not hinge on more science...what’s sorely needed, is a reckoning with our relationship with this vast continent’s lands, seas & waters. australiangeographic.com.au/topics/opinion…

I'm looking forward to talking about threatened species, An Antechinus in the Attic, and how you can help wildlife in your own backyard, on 94.1 FM 3WBC this afternoon! Tune in for this great kid's show on 94.1FM 3WBC 📻 Zoos Victoria #FightingExtinction #MountainPygmyPossum

Young Powerful Owl, Brisbane

Another Graduation Day last week. Alongside Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation Woka Walla works crew, we released 3000 more threatened southern pygmy perch into Cameron's Creek on the Upper Gunbower Forest floodplain.

#throwback to some recent muddy #habitathollow installations in #victoriancentralhighlands! Expect it's even muddier now! #habitatcreation #hollowsashomes

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One of Australia’s smallest marsupials has been spotted in Victoria for the first time in 11 years. The Giles’ planigale, not seen since 2013 in Victoria, was found in the Murray Sunset National Park by DEECA scientists, an area impacted by major flooding a year ago. The

Pom pom crab believes in you ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ⁠ ⁠ Although the cheerleader crab (Lybia tessellata) looks like they're cheering someone on, they actually protect themselves by attaching sea anemones to both hands 🦀 ⁠ #pompomcrab #cheerleadercrab #boxercrab #goodluck #ocean

How funky cool is #eelgrass? #TBThursday to some #wetlandsurveys earlier in the year! This #nativeflora is important habitat for a variety of species, including the #criticallyendangered #murrayhardyhead

A massive congrats to a well deserved and overdue #eurekaprize to our friend and collaborator, Professor Euan Ritchie 🌏 🌳 🐾 🔥 🎶 !!

Did you know it's #worldshorebirdsday!? Great excuse to reshare this pic of a juvenile #hoodedplover! #threatenedspecies #wildoz

The bird life is going off at the moment - caught these two #corellas checking out a good looking hollow in #yarraranges yesterday! #hollowsashomes 🦜

A montage of some of the spectacular #threatenedspecies we've got to see and/or work with in the last year. Wouldn't it be great if we didn't need a #threatenedspeciesday...#wildoz