1/3. Let us introduce you to the Pookila! The newest animal to get its own captive breeding program that we hope will help save this cute mini icon from extinction. ❤️

Chatting about #nativemice, #MiniSafeHavens and funding awarded by K2W Glideways on @ABCcanberra @ANUFennerSchool Mulligans Flat MFGO Woodland Exp Ecological Society of Australia #Holsworth Australian Wildlife Society abc.net.au/canberra/progr…

Rodents aren’t the most popular of our Australian native mammals. Let’s change that! #RodentsRule 🐭🐹 yasstribune.com.au/story/7820532/…

A new nest of five (!) New Holland mice at the ANU captive breeding colony #Pookila #Pseudomys MFGO Woodland Exp Mulligans Flat @ANUFennerSchool

Did you know reintroduction articles often target charismatic species of least concern, especially in high GDP countries? We need to invest in imperilled and functionally important species, and support these efforts in countries with fewer resources 🌏 doi.org/10.1016/j.gecc…

Precious Pookilas! Check out this spectacular write up by native rodent guru Phoebe Burns - how could you not love those little pink noses & vote for Pookilas as our Aus Mammal Of the Year!? ❤️🐭 Zoos Victoria Cosmos #AusMammalOfTheYear #Pookila cosmosmagazine.com/nature/pookila…

There is a curious phenomenon that results from the relatively brief window of time a single human lifetime provides: we perceive the current state of the natural world as “normal”. This is known as the Shifting Baseline Syndrome. 🧵

Hunting for a missing Aussie mouse abc.net.au/radionational/…

The latest in coexistence conservation: We show how #MiniSafeHavens can aid the persistence of a vulnerable species in the challenging context of multi-trophic species restoration #rewilding MFGO Woodland Exp @ANUFennerSchool Ecological Society of Australia Australian Wildlife Society link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Kiarrah Smith from ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society was the inaugural winner of the #CIA2022 #K2W student award for her presentation on Mini Safe Havens. The paper on this work has just been published in Biodiversity and Conservation: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Do you know many eastern quolls it will take to remove them from the IUCN Red List - 100, 1000, or 10,000? 🟥 By sending the #doomedsurplus from reintroduced populations to other sites, we can build numbers to achieve #stretchgoals for species recovery! ✅ bit.ly/3i5ZOS3

Which species dominate translocation science? Drumroll... it's the large charismatic mammals (surprise)! 🐆🦬🐘🐑 The field is also dominated by barriers like location + language - so small projects in biodiversity hotspots are often underrepresented 🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…

So proud of my amazing PhD student Kristen Abicair ! Check out this new article on her awesome conservation work breeding & reintroducing the endangered Smoky Mouse 🐭 Well done Kristen! University of Canberra Zoos Victoria @nswenviromedia ACT Government #FightingExtinction the-riotact.com/hope-for-the-e…

How could we encourage a species’ conservation across a broader diversity of habitats? Check out our new paper on a case study for the #pookila MFGO Woodland Exp @ANUFennerSchool Ecological Society of Australia Australian Wildlife Society sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Analyzing captive breeding outcomes to inform reintroduction practice: lessons from the #pookila. New paper online! MFGO Woodland Exp @ANUFennerSchool Ecological Society of Australia Australian Wildlife Society academic.oup.com/jmammal/articl…

It's here! With the amazing Phoebe Burns as first author + my first as senior author. 'Population genomics of decline and local extinction in the endangered Australian Pookila' Dr Marissa Parrott Kevin C Rowe Zoos Victoria Museums Victoria Ecology&EvolutionANU #ozrodents sciencedirect.com/science/articl… /1

Pookila or New Holland mouse hopping around the Sanctuary today - thanks to Australian Government Saving Native Species Grant by DCCEEW and @TSCommissioner - working with partners @ANUFennerSchool & NSW Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water Mt Rothwell

Potential refugee species assessments help guide more positive conservation outcomes. The final chapter of my PhD is out! doi.org/10.1111/ecog.0… @ANUFennerSchool Ecological Society of Australia Australian Wildlife Society