Evie Jones

Albanese says Israel's denial of starvation in Gaza 'beyond comprehension' Anthony Albanese expresses his astonishment at claims made by Israel's prime minister that "there is no starvation in Gaza", telling Labor MPs that statement is "beyond comprehension".

Good to see that you're *finally* starting to get it, @albomp.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....

Now, more importantly, it's well past time for you to ACT! Ed Husic is spot on and on the right side of history, you and Penny currently are not www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....

🌱 Can fake meat help real change?

A new review asks if plant-based meat alternatives can support healthier, greener diets in the UK and Ireland.

The answer? They might help, but they are no silver bullet.

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S002...

#SciComm #FoodSystems #Sustainability 🧪

Right, ok, @albomp.bsky.social, this is open corruption, if true. What are you going to do?

Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?

“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”

PM @albomp.bsky.social, you issued strong words yesterday

Will you back words with ACTIONS today❓
Will you #SanctionIsrael❓
Stop selling them weapons/weapon parts❓
End economic investment❓
Expel the Israeli ambassador❓

Or continue to talk in order not to ACT❓
#EndTheGenocide #Gaza #Palestine

Text reads: "Aid Groups Warn of Starvation in Gaza, Saying Suffering Is at 'New Depths'" over an image of people holding empty metal pans and stretching out their arms while waiting for food. Photo by Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

'My heart is broken': Torres Strait Islanders lose landmark climate case Judge Michael Wigney rules the federal government owes no duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders over climate change, but also finds Australia's emissions reductions targets up to 2021 are not based ...

I mean why would we be silly enough to think our government would keep us safe, @albomp.bsky.social? It’s Woodside, Santos and other Labor mates that’ll be taken care of, right?

This is so cooked, literally.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Happy Shark Awareness Day!

I want people to be aware of 5 things:

1 Sharks are awesome

2 Sharks are not a threat to your safety

3 Sharks are ecologically important

4 Sharks are highly threatened

5 We can still save them- but it matters what we do, don’t reinvent the wheel, follow experts!

Google Maps point in the middle of a lake

Swimming badger with its tail sticking straight up

Also we had a badger location reported and I thought it was a funny mistake but

Bye badger

Mama badger wearing GPS harnesses nuzzles one of her kits while the other has its nose in a food bowl

Mama badger and kit watch the view from their den under a stump

Mama badger poses with a flower under a stump

Badger carrying dead ground squirrel

Spent the last month helping to catch endangered badgers for the Badger Connectivity Project in Kamloops! We've been putting GPS harnesses on them to look at their movements around highways and see if we can reduce roadkill

Unlocking secrets hidden inside the world's most precious specimens This view inside some of the most precious and rare museum specimens on Earth is helping scientists to better understand the story of life — and it's all done without a scalpel in sight.

This is super cool

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Forecasting habitat suitability across large carnivore ranges with climate and land use change Climate and land use change are major drivers of current and future species distributions. Large carnivores are particularly vulnerable to human impac…

First postdoc paper published! Featuring carnivores, climate, and land use change www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hats off to these authors for the title.

Understanding conflict among experts working on controversial species: A case study on the Australian dingo This study entails a social investigation into why experts may disagree about conservation and wildlife management issues, stressing the importance of understanding and emphasizing dissent in current...

📄 Our paper has been recognised as among the 10% most read articles in Conservation Science and Practice in 2023.

Emerging from a collaborative effort of many dingo scholars, it frames 'conflict over values' and 'conflict over evidence' in polarised wildlife management.

doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Bluesky scientists/historians! Interested in writing weird creative non-fiction, essays about your research, or the sorts of popular sci-com pieces you’d pitch to The Conversation? I’d be interested in potentially commissioning you for our newsletter HEAT DEATH. (And crucially, we’d pay you!)

A spotted fish with hand-like fins, a froggy face and a mohawk

Spotted handfish! Was lucky enough to see them diving in Tasmania and they are delightful (photo John Turnbull). Also red handfish theconversation.com/photos-from-...

Farmers fear dingoes are eating their livestock – but predator poo tells an unexpected story Despite public perceptions, sheep and cattle are not a favoured prey for some dingoes or foxes. So is culling them to protect livestock justified?

As a mammalogist I'm fascinated by 💩 because it can help us to answer important questions, like who eats more livestock, dingoes or foxes, and how many threatened or near-threatened species are eaten by cats and foxes?

New paper, by PhD student Rachel Mason theconversation.com/farmers-fear...

Greens, Teals and sensible Independents have the strongest, evidence-based environmental policies biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/major-p... #AusVotes25

Saving Australia’s Biodiversity Means Ending the Lies - The Royal Society of Victoria Political expediency cannot defeat the fundamental laws of physics and chemistry. If we continue to change the atmosphere with greenhouse gases, the world will continue to warm, extreme weather and fi...

A wee favour? Please read this, then remember it when you vote.

A healthy environment = a healthy economy and society.

We can't afford _not_ to invest much more in the environment.

rsv.org.au/truth-for-bi... #AusVotes25

Science in Australia’s federal election campaign - ABC listen Euan Ritchie says science is barely visible in campaigning for Australia’s federal election.

Grab a cuppa & have a listen. We discuss the state of support for science & the environment in Australia, & why we must do better! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Please vote for a party or candidate that will genuinely listen to & act on advice from experts. Hint, green & teal shades #AusVotes25.

It’s your call, but the Greens are clearly the best choice for a safer more sustainable and biodiverse world. Fun fact, the economy depends on a healthy environment. #AusVotes25

An absolute unit of an antechinus - he knows he’s the king. Pic - @catmyoung

There’s antechinus, & there’s ANTECHINUS!!

Antechinus are small (usually…) relatives of the Tasmanian devil. This chonk of a male was caught at Inala Jurassic Garden, for quick samples to help out with vaccine research for Devil Facial Tumour @wildimmunity.bsky.social
Pic- @catmyoung.bsky.social

#AusVotes25
Prepolls are open & neither Labor nor Liberals can be arsed to have any meaningful environment policies

Utter contempt for the 96% of Australians who believe more action is needed to look after the environment (👀 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/20...)

So, just noting that all the attention given to Katharine Deves for her anti-trans views last election, that the Libs had to pretend didn’t represent them, is now quietly embedded in their official statements. Too bad if you’re a gender-questioning kid in a family that denies you exist.

Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%

In addition to unquestioning support for Israel's genocide, fealty to fossil fuel & mining corps, largesse to landlords & investors, contempt for public service & racism towards non-white people, the Coalition manages to score a pathetic 1/100 for environment & climate policies

Slow👏 #AusVotes25

Eating salmon? You're killing Tasmania.

This Parliament has gutted our environment laws to protect an industry selling salmon from diseased pens & sending the Maugean skate extinct.

Our research shows what needs to be done: theaus.in/fix_enviro_l...

Watch + share our TV ad with Richard Flanagan ⤵️

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...