Save Tyers/Boola Boola Trees

If there was ever a moment for Australia’s shift to renewables and EVs, this is it Yes, Australia needs fuel. But the Middle East war also shows the necessity of setting ourselves up for the future

If there was ever a moment for Australia’s shift to renewables and EVs, this is it www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"If the public must pay their fair share to see the Twelve Apostles, why don’t multinational fossil fuel companies have to pay more to drill for gas in the waters around them?” writes Louise Morris, Advocate at The Australia Institute.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4ukJ0H0

Commercial rat baits to be banned from supermarket shelves Rat baits could soon be restricted to licensed operators, after a change in regulations from the Australian Pesticides and Vetinary Medicines Authority.

Excellent! Well overdue!

I hope it becomes a permanent ban Australia-wide, except for under very extreme and specific circumstances, as judged and implemented by genuine experts in pest and wildlife management www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

ACF FOI docs show tt Rachel Parry (then DepSec DCCEEW) & KylieCoulhan (WA EnvAssmt) exchanged ~200 txts w WoodCIDE re approval conditions

“Rachel–we are about to send you our response which identifies 3 items of factual correctness which if modified would then constitute a document we can accept”

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

At this point, the Environment Department (and new EPA) exists to make recommendations that can be overruled as a political signal to industry.

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“Our research has demonstrated that the loss of these forests, the mature trees used by these birds, cannot be offset or mitigated,” said Kate Millar, CEO of @birdlifeoz.bsky.social.

“Once the forests are gone, these much-loved birds will be gone.”

Read more: https://theaus.in/4tZhi2i

Garrha pudica - moth with beige wings and several dark spots

Eublemma inconspicua - moth with creamy wings and a darker stripe across them

Thallarcha eremicola - moth with white wings with dark spots on them

Earias huegeliana - Rough Bollworm - moth with pale wings with green markings and spots

There’s been a bright moon the last two nights but we’ve still had a bit of variety in the moth visitors to our Perth Hills garden, including:

Garrha pudica
Eublemma inconspicua
Thallarcha eremicola
Earias huegeliana

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist #nature

'Birdbrain' benefits: How being an expert birdwatcher may boost cognition New research shows that seasoned birders — including older adults — had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to attention and perception.

For all you #birders out there (including me) -
'Birdbrain' benefits: new research shows that seasoned birders had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to working memory, spatial awareness & object recognition. #BirdBrain

Link for more information: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Toxic Rat Poisons Found in 100% of Masked Owls - BirdLife Australia All tested Masked Owls in Western Australia carry toxic rat poisons new study finds.

Rethink your use of rat poisons. This is what is happening ...
birdlife.org.au/news/toxic-r...

I'm hoping if you do Wordle while waiting for the owls to start calling, the effect is double.

Wild, ancient trees have so many things to tell us, if we're willing to listen to their whispers.

This one in Glengarriff, for eg, may very well have been protected as a seedling from browsing by the presence of local wolves, before people extirpated them from the area just over 3 centuries ago.

Pink Hyacinth Orchid

Swordgrass Brown Butterfly

Sedge with red seed

Hercules robberfly

Yertchuk Heathlands in the Boola Boola State Forest. #Gunaikurnaicountry

Hey Nannas remember when a bunch of us showed some Nanna love to 500 year old Big Spotty the worlds tallest Spotted Gum? Time to do it again.

Sign this petition to stop the chainsaws readying to slay the surrounding Brooman Sate Forest.

Knitting paused? Go here: www.nature.org.au/protect_big_...

Alcoa hit with record fine for clearing world's only jarrah forests US mining giant Alcoa is forced to pay $55 million after unlawfully clearing parts of a Western Australian native forest to mine bauxite.

Government and industry are making an absolute mockery of environmental law and threatened species conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Shiny ✨
#NatureWithin

These are gorgeous! Difficult to photograph such tiny moths.

That would be great, thanks!

Australian Wood Duck
Chenonetta jubata

#BirdOfTheDay #Ducks Wood Ducks #Gunaikurnaicountry

#birds #photography

Two people in blue raincoats, smiling, in the rain with Pittosporum and eucalypt trees behind

Official version of our latest paper is out on Reproductive investment in native and invasive populations of Pittosporum undulatum👇. Here we are collecting some of the data. I lost my car keys that day. Ben found them when revisiting the site. #Trees #InviasiveSpecies #FieldWork

part 2. else will survive because all regrowth is eaten by wallabies. The poison also killed a number of Cherry ballart trees. Mose people especially working in environment services hat "Pittoes" as the call them.

It is very interesting to read that "Morwell, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyres, Marlo, and Mallacoota are all considered native populations." as the local council consider it invasive and last year poisoned all of the Pittosporum in a small 1.5 HA reserve, even though local information is that nothing

Small brown bird Gippsland Australia

#Birdoftheday Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla) Boola Boola #Gunaikurnaicountry

This healthy little fella at Munghorn Gap Nature Reserve near Mudgee, NSW, knows of 23 threatened wildlife species that need our help! 480 acres of their habitat, 100 metres from the Gap, will be destroyed if a coal mine extension goes ahead. Stop Yancoal here: www.lockthegate.org.au/object_to_mo...

Once again a reminder to fill up those bird baths and receptacles for all the critters over the coming week as temperatures soar. 🥵☀️🐦🐸🐝

Australia’s koala paradox: why is the beloved marsupial endangered in parts but overabundant in others? There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes

Answer m: Habitat loss, habitat loss, habitat loss. A small but growing problem of lower leaf protein as a direct result of rising CO2. We warned about this 30 years ago www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eastern Yellow Robin #BirdOfTheDay theme #Solitude

A doodle of a bat laying down and another doodle of Andrea taking 3d videos of bats flying in a tent outside surrounded by bugs. The words say “Andrea Rummel, rice U bat wings changing shape. How elegant is 2d shapes for what is actually happening in the air? Historically people have used 2d because it’s easy to collect but hoses useful is it really? Conclusion: 2d is a bad readout. Andrea took 3d videos of bats flying in a tent in the field in Belize to understand the wing stroke of different bat species”

My buddy and bat scientist @arummel.bsky.social is studying how bat wings move in flight.

Scientists often look at the 2d shapes of bat wings but her work shows it’s critical to consider the 3d shape while in flight.

#SICB2026