Meet Australia's most recently named and described longhorn beetle: Excastra albopilosa! I was lucky enough to discover this remarkable species while camping binnaburra in 2021. Have a read of the UQ News article for more detail and a link to the paper. #entomology #newspecies

And here's the link to the iNaturalist observation! Such an incredible rediscovery! inaturalist.org/observations/2…

Our Big Flowering Plant Bang paper is now out in Nature!! So excited to have been part of this massive collaborative effort led by the KewGardens team, involving 279 co-authors from 27 countries! #angiosperms #phylogenomics nature.com/articles/s4158…

Calling all #iNaturalist users! Please tell us what motivates you to contribute your observations by responding to this survey: ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8A…. Users at ALL levels of participation are encouraged to respond. #communityscience #citizenscience

This is an extraordinary bit of journalism documenting a corrupt and violent culture. themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/jun…

Opinion piece: Can writing #ResearchPapers in the first person make them not only easier to read and understand, but also more impactful? In PNAS Front Matter: ow.ly/RHKu50S2Bzy #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #WritingStyle

Master species list for Wategora Reserve in western Sydney now published; I recorded 546 plant species (274 native) in 20 ha urban reserve from 300+ survey hours (2020-2023). Combined with historical surveys (1976-1992), total 727 species. Check it out: tinyurl.com/4b43rwxz

Check out our latest paper delving into cit sci data + IUCN Red Listing!

New research in Conservation Letters from Alex Berryman, @MarsKlaassen, Richard Kingsford, @rohanclarke01, and I demonstrating the potential for HPAI H5N1 virus transmission via food-theft (kleptoparasitism) in seabirds: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… Pic: David Tipling

Photographed one of my mega bucket list species on a recent trip to Kakadu NP, Leichhardt's Grasshopper (Petasida ephippigera). Found only across the Top End of the NT, this species is declining. I waited almost 5 years to see one after failing to find one in March 2020