A young humpback whale has been freed in after getting tangled in buoys and ropes off Bass Point, just south of Wollongong, this afternoon. ab.co/43Gb4qh

Governments to end gillnet fishing on the Great Barrier Reef by 2027 #GBR abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

Art & science intersect at the TWISTED #DarkMofo panel event today!! Looking forward to joining TMAG Mary Knights, Dr David Hocking & Nic Folland at 12pm today! Come along 😀 IMAS MPred Lab IMAS

Three starving rare #penguins recovering after washing up on WA coast — 4,000km off-course abc.net.au/news/2023-06-2…

This #ThreatenedSpeciesDay I’m reflecting on how we keep ‘abundant’ seabirds & marine mammals off the threatened species list & identify the gaps in multiple knowledge types & threatening processes we need to close to do it in an integrated way! #biodiversity #NaturePositive

Swift parrot plan announced without showing recovery team who helped develop it theguardian.com/environment/20…

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"Within our generation this (little penguin 🐧) population could become extinct … and it's unfortunate because this is the northern and western most limit of the range in Western Australia." Dr Belinda Cannell ⁦UWA⁩ abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…

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‘There were 71 recorded mortality events involving #littlepenguins in Tasmania between 1980 & 2020, & of those, 55 were listed as dog attacks or suspected dog attacks & accounted for 887 penguin deaths’ ‼️ ⁦CSIRO⁩ ⁦BirdLife Tasmania⁩ ⁦#TPAG abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

‘Most Australians can expect to find forever chemicals – also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (#PFAS) – in their blood, according to Australia’s Department of Health.’

Thanks Ryan Reisinger Clive Trueman (clivetrue.bsky.social) & University of Southampton for hosting me this week for our Australian Research Council DPs! Loved discussing seal & seabird ecology, Southern Ocean conservation & making a difference w the UG students! Look forward to welcoming Gemma, Georgina, Arwen to IMAS!

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Minister seeks legal settlement in case of South Africa’s imperilled penguins | South Africa | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Thrilled to share my first #PhD paper!🎉 We developed a risk assessment framework to identify #seabirds and #seals most at risk from #climatechange and the key threats they face.🦭🐧 #Conservation #ExtremeWeather