Scott Keogh

YouTube video by Museums Victoria These Lizards have their own built in chainmail

Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. In our new study, we looked beneath their skin with cutting-edge imaging techniques – and we may just have found the key to their evolutionary success. youtu.be/RfOK2wWYjLo

🚨🐸 Frog Nerds Assemble 🐸🚨

Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae.

Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm

What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers?
There's a whole bunch more names to use!

Let me explain ...

The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
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Genomics:
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Don't know what you are looking for? 🔍 We made something ✨ #Shiny ✨ using biodiversity data from {galah} to create location taxon lists for naturalists 🦉🦋🍄🐌🌳
@thebeachcomber.bsky.social @willcornwell.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social

🗺️ Ever wander to a new place and think, "Hmm I wonder what birds/plants/[insert favourite taxonomic group] I can find here?" 🔍

We built {infinitylists} 📋 to help nature lovers create personalised, location-based taxon lists! 🌏

Black text on white background. Screenshot from article in Research Professional News by Jenny Sinclair about the ongoing delays to the Linkage Projects and Laureate Fellowships outcomes.

No update from ARC about ongoing Linkage Projects & Laureate Fellowships delays.

On 29th May, ARC told @jsresearchpro.bsky.social they couldn’t "provide further detail”👇

Remember, they told us to wait for an update a month ago. Nothing since.

Seems so out of touch. Just explain what's happening!

Many elongate species show a positive correlation between body size & number of vertebrae (pleomerism), but some groups lack it entirely, the reason for which we don't yet understand. Snakes, being long, are good model species for investigating this...a 🧵(1/3) 🧪🌍🐍
@puttert.bsky.social

Thanks @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social for a great summary! It was a pleasure working with @keoghlabanu.bsky.social, Emma Sherratt, Scott Hocknull and Andrew Amey on this paper. I counted a lot of vertebrae...

Text: Emily Roycroft, 2025 Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize. Headshot of Emily Roycroft.

Congratulations to this year’s Dobzhansky Prize recipient, Dr. Emily Roycroft! She will give the Dobzhansky Prize talk at #Evol2025 in Athens, GA in June. Learn more about her work here: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @emilyroycroft.bsky.social

Hi. Thank you to everyone - all 161 people - who signed the letter in support of nominating @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science. The nomination was lodged last night. Keep your fingers crossed for a good outcome for our masked hero.

Check out our big new meta-analysis looking at plasticity and changes in physiological rate variance under climate change. Huge effort with a great team of fantastic thinkers! @itchyshin.bsky.social @fontikar.bsky.social Frank Seebacher and Alex Bush

Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...

Come on folk, get off your butts! Let's thank @arc-tracker.bsky.social. 3500+ of you follow their posts about proposed changes in ARC funding & which schemes remain open for now. But only 135 of you have signed up to support their nomination for a Eureka prize. Sign!

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Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming - Nature A 4 °C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits.

How vulnerable are amphibians to global warming? 🐸🌡️
Check out the amazing research by
@patricepottier.bsky.social et al.
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hi Australian Researchers. I have a plan. Let's thank the amazing @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a decade of selfless work by nominating them for a Eureka Prize (Leadership in science). Are you with me? If so, repost this. Please also reply and state your support for this quest. We can do this people.

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen

A cross-stitched logo for the phylogenetic inference program PAUP. In yellow are the letters P-A-U-P, attached at the base in the pattern of a phylogenetic tree. The "tree" is outlines in dark blue, with light blue in the background. The counters in the Ps and A are orange.

I made this over the break. Why would I do such a thing? Am I some sort of #phylogenetics dork? Well... yes, but that's not why. To fully explain I'll have to do one of those sewing-strings-wrapped-around-a-spool dealies. 1/ 🧪

I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e...

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Conservation Genetics Job in Murdoch, Perth WA - SEEK Join the school of Environmental and Conservation Sciences at Murdoch University as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer-Conservation Genetics

Lecturer position in Conservation Genetics available at Murdoch University #conservationgenetics #conservationgenomics
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The "Spags🍝 and snags🌭" study is officially out in @journal-evo.bsky.social

w/ @alexskeels.bsky.social and Scott Keogh

Shout out to Stephen Zozaya for this amazing photo
of the Kimberley shallow-soil blindsnake

Check it out at: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

more in this series of post 👇

SA Museum controversial restructure vetoed, with state government promising 'recalibrated' future for institution - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-19/sa-museum-restructure-scrapped-following-government-review/104371408

This is such an important and impactful decision. Good work South Australia.

SA Museum restructure axed after Premier's Review - InDaily https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/09/19/sa-museum-restructure-axed-after-premiers-review

"Hey Dr Putter PhD, now you can say that you've got more degrees than a thermometer."

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/27/a-deeply-colonial-backward-step-why-are-donors-staff-and-politicians-up-in-arms-about-the-south-australian-museum

‘A deeply colonial backward step’: why are donors, staff and politicians up in arms about the South Australian Museum? | Museums | The Guardian...

South Australian Museum restructure on hold as state government launches review - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/sa-government-holds-review-museum-planned-restructure/103767994

https://theconversation.com/it-could-be-the-death-of-the-museum-why-research-cuts-at-a-south-australian-institution-have-scientists-up-in-arms-228193?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton via @ConversationEDU

‘It could be the death of the museum’: why research cuts at a South Australian institution have scientists up in arms...

Critically endangered northern corroboree frogs spotted in Namadgi National Park for the first time in five years - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-17/corroboree-frogs-found-in-namadgi-national-park-breeding-program/103733222