Adios *Anilios*! Glad our phylogeny was somewhat helpful in synonymising @simonmaddock.bsky.social! mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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Adios *Anilios*! Glad our phylogeny was somewhat helpful in synonymising @simonmaddock.bsky.social! mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Bar graph comparing emissions from Grok's fossil-fuelled data centres to avoided emissions from Tesla's products for the years 2023 and 2024.
Comparison of emissions from manufacturing xAI's chatbot responses (5,127,553 tonnes CO2e) versus all Tesla products (1,056,000 tonnes CO2e) with respective analyses.
*New short blog* - finally (with help) got around to getting a total estimate of Grok's climate pollution π«
- Once all fossil gas online, = to between half and all of Tesla's ANNUAL GLOBAL avoided emissions
- Currently, 5x the emissions of Tesla's total manufacturing
ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m...
I have heard comments from other scientists calling taxonomy 'stamp collecting' more times than I would like to count. In Australia, the budget for taxonomy of all species in Australia is $2m per year. For everything.
An historic black and white illustration of a paper nautilus floating on the ocean. There are boats, a city and hills in the background.
π Huge news for BHL: The Field Museum is taking over the hosting of BHLβs website, servers & infrastructure, ensuring long-term stability and access for its 63+ million pages of open biodiversity literature. Learn more:
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/02/tran...
#BHLTransition #ILoveBHL π π π§ͺ
Initially, many of the owl deaths had appeared accidental, as they had been struck by cars.
But after conducting a series of $300 tests, it became clear a common product sold in supermarkets was to blame.
au.news.yahoo.com/300-tests-sp...
In Current Biology!
*Uncovering genetic hotspots in the Southern Ocean informs conservation action
*Only 28% of genetic hotspots are protected
*Keeping current & adopting proposed MPAs boosts hotspot protection @lausally.bsky.social @marine-omics.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we used genetic data from a suite of Antarctic marine invertebrates to map locations of genetic diversity hotspots, divergence and connectivity ππ¦πͺ±π§¬ @lausally.bsky.social @janstrugnell.bsky.social
arcsaef.com/story/scient...
To a first approximation, all Australian vertebrates are lizards. π¦
But not just any lizards, Sphenomorphine skinks!
With more than 280 species they are hyper variable. Now, Janne Torkkola has pulled together the biggest phylogeny of the group to date. Read for free:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...
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Curator Marine Invertebrate Zoology position advertised at the WA Museum, Perth. πͺΈπͺΌπ«π¬
search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...
Supervising postgraduates is the best part of my job and when they are as talented as @shelbymiddleton.bsky.social and the team includes @kennytravouillon.bsky.social @planigale.bsky.social @annajmhopkins.bsky.social and Harriet Mills, itβs as good as it gets! Go well Shelby.
Random Delightful Fact of the Day -
Eastern quolls go grey as they get older!
A juvenile (~6 mths old) on the L, & a 4 yr old on the R
(Worth noting that 4 yrs old is oooooold for an eastern quoll)
Join the fun at this link - australianmammals.org.au/membership
JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...
Complete Rainforest Elevational Gradient Reveals Unusual Diversity Patterns of NonβVolant Mammals in New Guinea - VejmΔlka - 2025 - Diversity and Distributions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
UPCOMING WORKSHOPπ¨
dartRverse: Harnessing the Force of R for Conservation Genomics
Hands-on training in population genetics and conservation genomics using R and dartR π§¬πΏπ¦ππ
π8β14 March 2026Β @ ANU Kioloa Coastal Campus + online participation options
Details here:
cba.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
The Draft National Recovery Plan for the Ghost Bat is open for public consultation until the 10th March 2026. Head to to the DCCEEW website below to find out more
consult.dcceew.gov.au/draft-nation...
Black text on white background underneath the Australian coat of arms at the top. Larger text near the top says "SENATOR DAVID POCOCK", "MEDIA RELEASE" and the headline in the largest print says "ARC RESTRUCTURE RISKS JOBS"?.
βThis feels like yet another attack on our research community that is already under siegeβ
Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social has issued a media release about the ARC's proposed restructure and job cuts π
Was hearing a lot of these last evening
Perth Reached 39.0 Degrees At 1:32pm π‘οΈ 40.0 At Gooseberry Hill, 39.8 At Pearce, 39.7 At Perth Airport, 39.5 At Millendon (Swan Valley) 39.2 At Jandakot, 38.4 At Swanbourne, 36.8 On Garden Island, 36.4 At Hillarys, 36.2 On Rottnest, 36.1 At Bickley & 35.2 At Mandurah π₯΅ #PerthWeather #WesternAustralia
Very proud of our PhD student @nirjana-dewan.bsky.social for delivering an excellent talk at #AOC2025 on her white-tailed black cockatoo genomics work this morning! Looking forward to being able to share some nicely assembled genomes in the near future...stay tuned!
So exciting our lab won the Government Science project of the year for 2025!
#WASciAwards
#2025PremiersScienceAwards
www.wa.gov.au/organisation...
I work on bats AND dasyurids, which symposium will I go to π€
Over five years after cameras were set up within a sprawling Western Australian landscape, an elusive βchuditchβ has been filmed for the first time.
au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...
π There is more funding for elephant conservation than there is for all reptiles combined π¦ (and the majority of reptile funding is for marine turtles). @achughes.bsky.social #LivingData2025 #DatosVivos2025
I'm increasingly tired of seeing ChatGPT writing style everywhere. It sticks out, especially high en-dash usage, poor similes, and supposed-to-be-clever "that's not just A, it's B" statements. Wikipedia has a nice list of AI "tells": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Tiny New Marsupial With a Tail Longer Than Its Body Discovered in Peru
As a previous staff member of this faculty I'm alarmed at the proposed forced redundancies!
c.org/vWNX7G4Qkf
The latest Australian University wanting to diminish science capacity and training. At least 18 academic staff in the science faculty threatened with job loss. A petition to save science at #QUT Queensland University of Technology here www.change.org/p/stop-force...
Flat, graphic illustrated poster entitled "Red-Eyed Birds of North America" featuring shadowy gray-blue silhouetted birds punctuated by bright red eyes. 23 birds are depicted in total, some highlights being the Snail Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Loon, and Wood Duck.
2. A 4-year palaeontology project officer search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...