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1/4 of freshwater animals are at risk of #extinctionβΌοΈ
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List to date has revealed that 24% are at high risk of extinction, according to analysis published in Nature today.
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Yellow- tailed black cockatoo feasting on a protea.
These birds have a huge and powerful beak that can be used for everything from sipping nectar (which is what this female is doing) to gouging insect grubs out of hard wood! πͺΆπΏππ€©
This made me feel better about all the stupid feelings! A great read.
#ConservationClassics: declining and small population paradigms conservationbytes.com/2008/08/23/d...
Great idea, I would love to be added thank you :)
Australia's Threatened Ecological Communities receive less attention than Threatened Species. Public knowledge and understanding of TECs often a major threat, especially for TECs that mostly exist on private land, but is rarely considered in conservation advice theconversation.com/scientists-c...
It's World Wildlife Conservation Day! Australia's unique wildlife needs help, so let's each do 1 thing for wildlife today. Options: write conservation letters to politicians, donate to save wildlife as a Chrissy gift, raise the profile of a 'boring' species, keep your cat indoors. πΈMangrove Monitor.
New paper showing a small Australian freshwater fish can acclimate quickly to rising water temps. Additionally, we found that metabolic rate measurements (SMR, MMR and aerobic scope) ALL increased as acute test temperature increased!
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photo: G. Schmida
Thank you!
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A few years ago on π¦ we had a wonderful culture of sharing Australian ecological science and nature photography with the #WildOz hashtag.
I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! πΈπ¦π³π¨π¦
go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW
Pinning the EcoEvo job board so Iβll no longer have a reason to revisit the blue bird website.
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Our paper hit 1000 citations today!
Why so many? A few thoughts. π§ͺπ¦π
Hello, can you please add me to the feed?
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