For 'decision makers' struggling with what urgent means .... Macmillan Dictionary - "urgent things are things that you need to deal with immediately". One example👇👇 Threatened species conservation IS urgent and can't operate alongside further investment in extinction drivers!

Welcome to the lab 🥳 Looking forward to hearing all about your findings!

📢New post doc opportunity! Who wants to come and work with me on a tropical #island #restoration project?

Good morning from this speedy #TasmanianDevil ☀️

Never thought my research would be published in the Guardian with a tagline proclaiming Sex on the beach. We must be doing something right. Well done @SophiaVolzke with @JaimieCleeland Clive McMahon and others theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

New publication out today with BirdLife Australia. This was a bit of a passion project whilst working offshore as an environmental consultant. I discuss some observations of terrestrial bird interactions with offshore infrastructure in Bass Strait, Australia. afo.birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/…

Remarkable news this morning! Macquarie Island Marine Park set to triple in size!!! 👏🏼👏🏼#biodiversity # #mpa perthnow.com.au/news/environme…

We’re on the lookout for a PhD student to take on the challenge of reedbed management in the #MurrayDarling for key species like the Australian Little Bittern. Come work with Damian Michael and I. It’s open to domestic & international students. Check out #27: cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/…

IN case you are looking for a bit of a good-news story: Endangered fairy-wrens survive Kimberley floods - Australian Geographic australiangeographic.com.au/news/2023/06/e…

One of my fondest memories from my time at School of Biological Sciences, Monash. Some cold nights out testing thermal cameras to detect small hot bodies. Led by Finella Dawlings, and assisted by a hoard of @rohanclarke01 lab alumni. Read the new paper here: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1…

New paper out! We tested #thermal cameras and spotlights for detecting small, #cryptic #endotherms and provide insight for practitioners 🔦 Have a read here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1… Finella Dawlings @rohanclarke01 Benjamin Viola Sonia Sánchez (Bye X ! @sonsanchez.bsky.social) @WillMitchellSci

Have you been wondering which thermal scanner you should use to monitor your small endotherms at night? Well look no further, our new paper outlines your thermal scanner options and their capabilities: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1… Thanks @rohanclarke01 and team for the support!

Last night’s activities confirming the findings of our paper… Thermalling an Eastern Grass Owl!

Congratulations to Olly Dove, who has been named a FameLab Australia finalist. 🙌 Olly is a marine ecology PhD student studying the diving behaviour of short-tailed shearwaters and little penguins foraging in coastal Tasmania. Good luck in the finals in Perth on September 21.

A great read for anyone in the conservation baiting space with some clearly identified knowledge gaps at the end of the paper

New research out of the MPred Lab IMAS IMAS Thick ones, pointy ones – how albatross beaks evolved to match their prey theconversation.com/thick-ones-poi… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Looking forward to getting out in the field with the cheeky #tasmaniandevils in a couple of weeks time!

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Excited to have our paper featured as the cover story for the month! doi.org/10.3390/drones…