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A rakali sits by the water, holding something in its front paws, presumably edible, its fur wet from a recent swim. A caption invites us to read the open access article in Australian Mammalogy titled 'First evidence of aggressive interactions by native rakali towards invasive black rats'. The photo is by patrickkavanagh, Flickr.

Read more:

'First evidence of aggressive interactions by native rakali towards invasive black rats'

By Jenna Bytheway, Margarita Goumas & @sydneyrats.bsky.social

#OpenAccess in #AusMammalogy:
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25009

@sydney.edu.au @unswbees.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social

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Australia’s rat uprising: footage provides first evidence of native rakali attacking introduced black rat Ever wondered who would win a fight between an Australian and an introduced rat? New research provides the fascinating answer.

"The footage, discussed in our new research, provides proof that rakali actively hunt introduced black rats," write the study's authors in an article for the Conversation.

"This behaviour may offer a promising natural form of pest control."

theconversation.com/australias-r...

#AusMammalogy

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The open access article documents camera trap footage showing a rakali ambushing a black rat in bushland on the Sydney Harbour foreshore.

#AusMammalogy

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A rakali perched at the water's edge, its fur looking golden with dark tips in the sunlight. A caption tells us: "a study in Australian Mammalogy suggests there is potential for the native Australian water rat, rakali, to play a positive role in biotic resistance against invasive black rats." The photo is by patrickkavanagh, Flickr.

A study by researchers from @sydney.edu.au & @unswbees.bsky.social suggests there is potential for the native Australian water rat, rakali, to play a positive role in biotic resistance against invasive black rats.

www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25009

#AusMammalogy @sydneyrats.bsky.social

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A female healthcare worker wearing a blue surgical mask chats with an older male patient also wearing a surgical mask. Text reads: "New Collection: Value-Driven: Redefining Care for a Healthier Nation. Free to read for 1 month in Australian Health Review". Photo by studioroman.

New #AusHealthReview Collection:
Value-Driven: Redefining Care for a Healthier Nation

A groundbreaking collection of Australian papers on Value-Based Health Care (VBHC), showcasing national leadership in reshaping healthcare delivery.

#FreeToRead for 1 month: www.publish.csiro.au/ah/Collectio...

A doctor wearing a face mask and gloves holds up an X-ray of a torso, showing the ribcage and lungs. A caption invites us to read the open access article in Journal of Primary Health Care titled 'Closing the equity gap in access to early lung cancer diagnosis in Aotearoa: key informant perspectives and recommendations for action'. The photo was taken by Anna Shvetz, Pexels.

In Aotearoa New Zealand, #LungCancer is more deadly for Māori than non-Māori.

This #OpenAccess study in #JPrimaryHealthCare revealed potential drivers of barriers to early detection experienced by Māori and the recommendations for action to address these barriers:

www.publish.csiro.au/hc/HC24187

Rational design and selection of next-generation cyclotide drugs using the knotted cyclic peptide scaffold MCoTI-II Naturally occurring cyclic peptides have emerged as intriguing and relevant scaffolds for next-generation drug design. Especially peptides from the highly constrained cyclotide family provide an excep...

Hiroaki Suga and colleagues highlight tactics to engineer MCoTI-II, a cyclic cystine-knot peptide natural product, into next-generation therapeutics and diagnostics. These include rational design, loop grafting and genetically encoded discovery platforms. #AusJChem

www.publish.csiro.au/CH/CH25086

Meet the contestants for Australia's top underrated animal Move over, roos and emus — this National Science Week, we're looking for the most underrated Australian animal. Meet the contestants, and vote for who you think should win.

This morning I had a yarn with Nic Healey (ABC, Victorian Statewide Mornings) about Australia's most underrated animal competition www.abc.net.au/news/science.... Get voting!

Segment starts 44:04. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The book 'Planet Fungi: A Photographer's Foray' in a park setting. The cover features a strikingly beautiful mushroom with a thick white stem and round blue cap.

Out now: Planet Fungi
With stunning macrophotography alongside fascinating science stories and pioneering explorations, this book showcases the extraordinary beauty, diversity and importance of fungi.

Discover the enchanting world of fungi: www.publish.csiro.au/book/8150/

#PlanetFungi #FungiFriday

The book 'The Sceptical Botanist: Separating Facts from Fiction' in a park setting. The cover features a pattern of beautiful botanical illustrations.

Just Published: The Sceptical Botanist

Do trees talk? What is a native plant and what is a weed? Are some plants immortal?

Through 50 engaging essays, @timentwisle.bsky.social delves into everyday questions about plants and gardens, separating fact from fiction.

www.publish.csiro.au/book/8151/

We would like to thank Professor Michael Calver as he steps down as the #PacificConsBio Editor-in-Chief after 15 years of service!

From cover to cover, your work has left a lasting impression, thank you for your unbinding commitment!

You’ve always had the write stuff!

@CSIROpublishing.bsky.social

The book 'Wild Collections: Specimens, Stories and Science from CSIRO' in a park setting. The cover features a photo of iridescent blue bird feathers.

Just Published: Wild Collections

Go behind the scenes to explore CSIRO’s natural history collections: fascinating, unique and rarely open to the public. More than just pinned insects & pressed plants, discover stories of scientific discovery & cutting-edge research.

www.publish.csiro.au/book/8181/

The view is both over and under the sea's surface, of a Pacific island and the underwater ocean floor. A caption invites us to read an open access article in Pacific Conservation Biology titled 'Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature'. The photo is credited as being by Damocean from Getty Images.

'Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature'

Read the open access article in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social:

www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC25011

#PacificConsBio @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social

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An aerial view of a flooded town with only roofs and treetops peaking out of the opaque green water. A caption tells us: "The authors of the paper say that academic journals, funders and Global North collaborators all have a role to play in making research more equitable — and unlocking the vital local knowledge Pacific scholars hold for tackling the climate and biodiversity crises." The photo is credit as being by RoschetzkyIstockPhoto, Getty Images Pro.

The authors of the paper say that academic journals, funders and Global North collaborators all have a role to play in making research more equitable — and unlocking the vital local knowledge Pacific scholars hold for tackling the climate and biodiversity crises.

#PacificConsBio

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An aerial view of a jagged coastline, waves fizzing around its edges and a road cutting across the rugged landscape. Text informs us: "A new study in Pacific Conservation Biology uses an Indigenous talk story method called talanoa to shed light on the challenges these researchers face: limited time and funding, lack of mentors, language barriers, and systemic bias against Indigenous methods. But it also maps out solutions." The photo is credited as being by Lukas Rodriguez from Pexels.

A study in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social uses an Indigenous talk story method, talanoa, to shed light on the challenges these researchers face: limited time & funding, lack of mentors, language barriers & systemic bias against Indigenous methods.

But it also maps out solutions.

#PacificConsBio

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A close up of dark, inky blue waves with the caption "For Pacific Island researchers, getting published isn’t just about writing a paper — it can feel like crossing an ocean of barriers." The photo is credited as being by S A N T O S C L I C H Ê S.

For Pacific Island researchers, getting published isn’t just about writing a paper — it can feel like crossing an ocean of barriers.

A thread about an #OpenAccess study recently published in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social 🧵

#PacificConsBio

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Assessment of multiple paternity in spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) litters from eastern Australian waters Context The spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) is a medium-sized, coastal species distributed across the warm waters of all ocean basins. Knowledge of this species’ reproductive biology is limite...

Assessment of multiple paternity in spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) litters from eastern Australian waters 🦑🐟🦈 www.publish.csiro.au/MF/MF24222?j...

A dugong swims under the surface of clear blue seas. Text reads: "New Collection: Marine Mammals in the Pacific. Free to read for 1 month in Pacific Conservation Biology". Photo by Sibylle Malinke, Getty Images.

New @pacificconsbio.bsky.social Collection:
Marine Mammals in the Pacific

This collection fills several knowledge gaps, providing critical information to ensure these species and habitats are identified and protected.

#FreeToRead for 1 month in #PacificConsBio: www.publish.csiro.au/pc/Collectio...

Nicotinamide-Appended Fluorophores as Fluorescent Redox Sensors Fluorescent sensors have proved invaluable in elucidating the regulation and dysregulation of redox processes in biology, but understanding of the breadth of biological redox reactions requires develo...

Kathryn G. Leslie & al. explore the application of nicotinamide as a redox switch in conjunction with different amino fluorophores. They analyse four conjugates which are irreversibly sensitive to redox change, showing a shift in fluorescence.

#AusJChem

Details: www.publish.csiro.au/CH/CH19398

First evidence of aggressive interactions by native rakali towards invasive black rats The mechanisms by which native species might compete with invasive alien species are poorly understood, especially for competing cryptic small mammals. We document the first evidence of an aggressive ...

NEW! in our journal #australianmammalogy - Rat Trap! Rakali ambush introduced Black Rats and come out on top during agressive interactions!
Read more - www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25009

The cover of International Journal of Wildland Fire, with the caption "The open access journal of the International Association of Wildland Fire; publish.csiro.au/wf". In the background is a photo of a firefighter wearing protective gear in a smokey scrubland environment.

Join the @ijwildlandfire.bsky.social editorial team!

We are seeking Associate Editors, in particular editors specialising in #SocialSciences & #HumanHealth sciences.

More details:
www.publish.csiro.au/wf/Expressio...

#IJWildlandFire

A herd of Hereford cattle graze in a open field covered in tussocks of native grasses. Text reads: "New Collection: Australian Rangeland Society Conference 2023. Published open access in The Rangeland Journal". Photo by Searsie, Getty Images.

New #TheRangelandJ Collection:
ARS Conference 2023

Collecting two papers that were presented at the Australian Rangeland Society Conference, Broome WA, 2023.

Published #OpenAccess: www.publish.csiro.au/rj/Collectio...

Phenotyping of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) genotypes with different growth habits Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) has gained renewed scientific and agricultural interest worldwide as a multi-use, high-value crop, with products spanning textile, clothing, medicinal, food, and cons...

Pleased to share the fifth and final paper from my PhD - a collaboration with the APPN investigating industrial hemp growth and temporal water use using state-of-the-art phenotyping platforms. 🌿
www.publish.csiro.au/fp/Fulltext/FP24266

@bethloveys.bsky.social @bberger-au.bsky.social

Building health equity through community health: insights from Victoria, Australia Community health plays a vital role in Victoria’s healthcare system, improving health and wellbeing outcomes, and advancing health and social equity. Despite the absence of a formal definition, commun...

📣 JUST PUBLISHED in #AusJPrimaryHealth

📝 Building health equity through community health: insights from Victoria, Australia
Authors: Jennifer Tobin, Rosamaria Tascone, Bec Morgan, Keira Leike, Ju-Lin Lee, Linda Crisci, Youstina Tawadros

READ HERE www.publish.csiro.au/PY/PY24226

Taxonomic tangles posed by human association - the urgent need for an evidence-based review of dingo and domestic dog taxonomy and nomenclature A serious challenge in modern taxonomy is whether or how relationships with humans have altered the evolutionary trajectory of species and how this should be dealt with in taxonomic nomenclature. Desp...

More on dingoes, led by @drcairns.bsky.social.

"Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris."
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...

A white ewe and lamb resting together in a lush field. Text reads: "New Collection: Non-photoperiodic Actions of Melatonin. Free to read for 1 month in Reproduction, Fertility and Development." Photo by Ashley Freiheit, Getty Images.

New @repfertdev.bsky.social Collection: Non-photoperiodic Actions of Melatonin

This collection presents a broader view of melatonin biology, and how new concepts can be applied to livestock production.

#FreeToRead for a limited time: www.publish.csiro.au/rd/Collectio...

#RepFertDev

A wide, bending river hemmed in by tall sheer cliffs and lushly vegetated steep hills. Text reads: "New Collection: Ecological monitoring and assessment of freshwater ecosystems: new trends and future challenges. Published in Marine and Freshwater Research". Photo by misio69, Getty Images.

New #MarineFreshwaterRes Collection:
Ecological monitoring and assessment of freshwater ecosystems: new trends and future challenges

Highlights new developments as discussed at the 6th Intl Symposium on Water Pollution & Treatment, Thailand 2023.

Read more: www.publish.csiro.au/mf/Collection/12050

The cover of the book Wild Science, featuring a silhouette of a grazing reindeer on a mountain slope, over a background photograph of Ebor Falls in Guy Fawkes River National Park, New South Wale, taken by tracielouise, Getty Images Signature.

Jodi's adventure of rediscovery is one of many precarious, hilarious and thought-provoking stories from the front line of ecology fieldwork included in our book, Wild Science, edited by @hpwaudby.bsky.social.

Find it in bookshops or online:
www.publish.csiro.au/book/8128/

An aerial view of Ebor Falls in Guy Fawkes River National Park, New South Wales. We see a quote by Jodi Rowley from her contribution to the book, Wild Science: "Rounding a bend in the stream, Tim and I simultaneously shone our head torches on a large smooth granite rock in the middle of the stream. A handful of medium-sized frogs sat on the rock. I was almost certain they’d be the very common eastern stony creek frog as they were really the only frog species in the area that sat like that, and they were so very common. However, something about them wasn’t quite right." The photo is credited as taken by tracielouise, Getty Images Signature.

"Rounding a bend in the stream, Tim and I simultaneously shone our head torches on a large smooth granite rock. A handful of medium-sized frogs sat on the rock. I was almost certain they’d be the very common eastern stony creek frog... However, something about them wasn’t quite right."

An aerial view of Ebor Falls in Guy Fawkes River National Park, New South Wales. A caption reads: "Conservation biologist Jodi Rowley embarked on a mission into some of the most rugged terrain in Australia, the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, to find a tiny rare frog, which hadn’t been seen in over 40 years. But what she found was unexpected." The photo is credited as taken by tracielouise, Getty Images Signature.

In2016, conservation biologist @jodirowley.bsky.social embarked on a mission into some of the most rugged terrain in Australia, the Northern Tablelands of NSW, to find a tiny rare frog, which hadn’t been seen in over 40 years.

But what she found was unexpected:
cosmosmagazine.com/magazine/fin...