W. Maartin Strauss, Ph.D.

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Here we go - this is how temperatures have changed over time in Aotearoa, New Zealand. These changes likely increases the environmental impact of many invasive spp across the country... #ShowYourStripesDay #PF2050

Today, there are only three extant genera of the Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed animals) worldwide, a group that had >100 genera in the early Eocene. Equus is one of the surviving genera. The plains zebra (Equus quagga) occurs through much of east and southern Africa. ##UngulatesAreAwesome

Another beautiful sunrise over the (still rising) Kavango river, and Bwabwata National Park on the opposite bank.

It's great to be back in Namibia's Zambezi Province (the old Caprivi strip) after 18 months. The flood plains are still inundated, which is likely to make our work a bit trickier than anticipated...

Did you kow that there are four different species of #giraffe across Africa - Masai, northern, reticulated & southern? Pictured here is the South African subspecies of the southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) photographed in Marakele National Park, South Africa. #UngulatesAreAwesome #SANParks

I am excited to be part of the organising committee of the next AWMS conference. DYK that It will be held in Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2–4 December 2025? The conference theme is 'New challenges. New solutions'.

Abstracts open on 1st July 2025!

Find out more:
awms.org.au/conference/a...

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Assistant Professor, Biology - Richmond Campus, Kentucky, United States Title: Assistant Professor, Biology Position Type: Fulltime Faculty Search Type: Tenure Track - 30 days Department: 21R000 - Science, Tech, Engineering & Math Division: 2R0000 - Academic Affairs P...

Are you a fish biologist or ichthyologist with a PhD looking for a job? We’re hiring! Review of applications will begin March 20th.🐟🐠🎣🐡

careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...

Two postdocs on feral predator ecology in Australia with @conservresearch.bsky.social 'asap' Feb 2025 for two years

Integrating physiology into movement ecology of large terrestrial mammals Summary: Physiology underpins why animals move, so biologging physiological variables in large terrestrial mammals provides mechanistic insights into the drivers and outcomes of animal movements in ch...

Our new paper has just been published by @jexpbiol.bsky.social (free access!). Using body temperature we provide insights into physiological states that drive animal movement.
#MovementEcologyFramework requires #animalphysiology 4 #mechanistic understanding
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It's usually entertaining when one gets to sit and observe the common #warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), widely distributed from West Africa across sub-Saharan Africa to Ethiopia. #UngulatesAreAwesome

@drrobmorley.bsky.social Welcome!

Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994 The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age of dinosaurs.

A day late for #ReverseTheRedDay but the excitement was real when I saw a specimen of this plant, described as “the botanical equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on Earth.” in the Christchurch Botanical Garden. #conservation #WollemiPine
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Fully funded PhD position on Paternities and spatial kinship structure in a population of South African bush Karoo rats. Field work in South Africa. Analysis of existing long-term data at LEEC / Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Please RT!
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...

#Ungulates

The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is the only mammal to have recovered from being "Extinct in the wild" (1972) to Vulnerable (2011). Picture from when I worked in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Jiddat-al-Harasis (Oman) - one of only a few fog deserts. #MondayMotivation #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography

In celebration of International Zebra Day (Jan 31).
Mountain zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zabra National Park, South Africa. #SANParks, #wildlifephotography

We are searching broadly for a PhD candidate interested in the evolvability of heat tolerance and the interaction between evolution and plasticity in 🐦🐣, based at @biologylu.bsky.social. Be great if you could re-post. Details 👇 #ERC #HotLife @ercresearch.bsky.social

One of my favourite activities during the #publication process is working through the journal proofs (read out loud word-by-word, and sentence-by-sentence) with a co-author, to assess consistency with what was submitted. New paper loading!

#MondayMotivation
Staring down the challenges of the new week like this endangered Southern mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), photographed during a hike in the #Drakensberg. #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography

Hippo, photographed while on foot in North Luangwa National Park (Zambia). When thinking of #hippo it is perhaps easier to appreciate that there is an evolutionary relationship between all the even-toed #ungulates and #whales. #WildlifePhotography #AfricanWildlife

I'd like to be added, please.

Details : Research Fellow in Mammalian Movement Ecology and Energetics : The University of Melbourne Careers at The University of Melbourne

Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...

All animals are awesome but #ungulates are more awesome than others! Perhaps my African roots cloud my judgement? Nah...
To showcase their beauty, I'll share my favourite ungulate pictures every week, like this Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), from Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa.

Happiness is... the first two invited reviewers accepting the assignment. 😀

NZAS identified aspects of our aims and purpose that justified a strong, succinct submission opposing the Bill on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. scientists.org.nz/news/13447527

1-year funded fellowship for conservation social scientists to consolidate work from their PhD! Internal deadline end of Jan so get in touch soon! My interests are impact evaluation, nature markets, reconciling development (including mining) & conservation.... (thread)

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A man is sitting on a rock in the Ethiopian highlands looking across the landscape with binoculars. There is a photo in the foreground of two Ethiopian wolves.

Applications are closing on 8th January for two doctoral research opportunities in wildlife conservation.

Both projects are part of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme which supports conservation of this rare and threatened canid.

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@oxfordbiology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Great first visit to #Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. Apart from spectacular #glacier views, I was lucky enough to spot my 1st rifleman - smallest bird in NZ - while there.