Jake Newman-Martin

I have had many discussions about this topic. The answer is often it's an "ecological equivalent". My issue is that we do not know enough about the taxa and the ecosystem involved to say what effect such relocations will have. What about local parasites? Disease? Differences in local flora?

Good to know!

The design is very nice and looks like an animal. Do we know if any Aus-palaeos were consulted on the Australian megafauna portion of this documentary?

This and the fact that feral deer are *protected* for recreational hunting just shows that the arguments for environmental hunting are just nonsense.

Hunters care about hunting. Not environmental managment.

The ai generated image on the sign really helps sell the "we dont give a shit" vibe.

Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?

Continued protection for invasive deer, but allow hunters to shoot threatened ducks...

Truly, what is going on anymore?

It's so lifelike, fitting of a Museum display! Very well done to you both.

"We have an [...] important economic relationship"

>Bullied into buying unwanted American beef.

>Tariffs on Australian Steel and Aluminium.

There was a beautiful King's skink (Egernia kingii) in the shed today. Poor thing was ice cold in all this rain!

The late Dr. Jane Goodall with a wonderful posthumous message. Worth the few minutes! What a treasure.

A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. | Zootaxa

I am the first author of the revision you are referring to. It is the incorrect species released into SA, so not a 'reintroduction'. The work elevated subspecies to full specific status, which may be what caused the confusion.

doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5690.1.1

But where are all the broken iPad screens covered in finger prints?

The climate targets announced by @albomp.bsky.social are so weak - imagine if we all took this attitude to work! Shame on the government for once again letting down Australia #climate #targets

This comic was done in consultation with my partner Matt :)

“Achievable” as in weak!?

The PM @albomp.bsky.social has had a busy month so far, trying to convince the world he’s a climate champion when really he and Murray Watt are proving just how willing they are to sell Australia’s future for fossil fuel profits

Keep 👏 Them 👏 Inside 👏

Cats are deadly to native fauna. Of the now ~45 extinct mammalian taxa an estimated 27 are a result of cats.

Let me put that into perspective.

There are globally ~80 extinct mammals. Over half of the worlds extinct mammals are from Australia with the majority from cats!

Anthony Albanese’s government are climate criminals and they’re consigning large parts of Australia to becoming uninhabitable. This is not just an environmental assault, it’s an assault on human rights.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

While today may have been rainy, yesterday was a different story. Here is one of the Turkeys basking in the sun. 🦃🦃

Thanks for having me on the stream today! It was so fun to chat fossils with you Danny.

Email sent!

Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.

So much wonder has been destroyed
theconversation.com/australia-ha...

Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct

A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.

A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. | Zootaxa

Meet Bettongia haoucharae, a new species of extinct bettong from the Nullarbor Plain and Great Victoria Desert.

doi.org/10.11646/zoo...

Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.

theconversation.com/australia-ha...

Wet Emu prints on stone pavers.

Two Emu chicks exploring potted grass.

I just got some Emu chicks for the property. Meet Benedict and Florentine. Its so fun to watch the way they move and look for food in the grass. These guys really are dinosaurs.

Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences

Dingoes are NOT domestic dogs, and we show why in theconversation.com/dingoes-are-... @aunz.theconversation.com.

Research www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052 published today in Australian Mammalogy (@ausmammals.bsky.social) and led by @drcairns.bsky.social.

Ive been finding mouse droppings in the shed so its time to remove any unwanted rodents.