The scrub is inhabited by a healthy number of Abrolhos Dwarf Bearded Dragons (Pogona minor minima), along with a number of other reptile species.

Thankfully I don’t get hay-fever. What a magical place Coalseam is 🌼🌸

Great to chat about my Masters research on the Abrolhos Painted Button-quail at the NACC National Malleefowl and Threatened Species Forum in Geraldton

Our Kakapo paper just came out. Very hard work from this team. So proud to be part of this amazing study. cell.com/cell-genomics/… one of our first/pioneer VGP genomes! Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP)

My brother was anti-vaccine. He died on August 31st and his wife passed yesterday, both from COVID. Please vaccinate; please wear a mask.

I sat and had a chat about my Masters research with The Bird Emergency - Grant the Bird Nerd. Check it out below!

Great to have a conference in real life! Rachyl-anne Stover is presenting her masters project at #thebiocon this week. Edith Cowan University (ECU) Biodiversity and Conservation Science

The adventure begins. Today marks the start of our field season surveying the endangered Abrolhos Painted Button-quail. First stop North Island. Conditions clear and still for a safe flight across a sparkling Indian Ocean.

Thanks BirdLife Australia! Last night I spoke at the Western Australian Annual General Meeting for 2022 about my Masters research 🦤

Our article has been published in the latest edition of the BirdLife Australia magazine Rob Davis

A rare new gin today. Abrolhos Gin in celebration of @RyanCarterECU ongoing masters on the Abrolhos Painted Button-quail. Using saltbush and samphire found on the islands and as blue as the surrounding waters. With a super rare home-grown sudachi lemon for added flavour.

Fantastic news to wake up to. @RyanCarterECU a @WildlifeLab masters student got his first ever paper accepted - and in an excellent journal. The most rewarding part of my job is seeing the success of our students. Watch this space for future details on a sad but important study.

Abrolhos painted button-quail species threatened by predators, rainfall decline. Great ⁦ABC News⁩ piece on ⁦Ryan Carter⁩ recent paper. abc.net.au/news/2022-12-0…

The Abrolhos Painted Button-quail has been federally up-listed from vulnerable to endangered, partly as a result of work we did that showed the extinction of one of the three island populations. We must avert future extinctions. Pic: our camera trap link.springer.com/article/10.100…

An honour to be able to attend the graduation of the talented @RyanCarterECU from the @WildlifeLab recently. Ryan did an amazing masters thesis on the threatened Abrolhos Painted Button-quail and is already applying his ecological skills in industry. Well done Ryan.