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Bill Bateman

@acanthoplus.bsky.social
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At Curtin Uni, Perth, W. Aus - urban ecology, behavioural ecology, wildlife, conservation Twitter @Acanthoplus Lab. Page: www.facebook.com/CurtinUniversityBe…

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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brown honeyeater weaving spiderweb into its new nest #birds #WildOz
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Caladenia macrostylis - the Leaping Spider Orchid With its berry-like cluster of deep purple calli in the centre of the labellum, this orchid is easy to identify. Endemic to southwest Western Australia and quite common in the Perth Hills. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿
Picture of a single orchid flower that has pale green sepals and petals with some red markings. The labellum at the centre of the orchid has a cluster of deep purple calli that appear almost like a beery
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Dr LeaGrie @leagrie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Taught my undergrad ornithology class about #BirdBanding & moult this week. Many had never seen birds up close before. Makes the ethics & pedagogical merit process feel worth it 😅 All birds handled w permits and training. White-crowned (Gambel’s) & Chipping Sparrow 🪶🇨🇦 @usask.ca
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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‘The man’s a psychopath when it comes to hedgerows’: Derek vs Derek, the unexpectedly heartwarming doc about farmers at war
One Devon farmer, called Derek, is committed to rewilding his land. His neighbour, also a Derek, tends cattle and crops. What happened when a film-maker decided to follow the bickering pair?
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 16/09/2026
🌳 From beetles to bats – how can we create better habitat in urban woodlands? Will Dartnell (@barnescommon.bsky.social) shares on 23 Nov practical approaches to habitat creation for urban trees, including opportunities, challenges and lessons learned 🌎 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993871843...
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 16/09/2026
How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses
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Bird flu has claimed its first Australian sea lion and dolphin. How does the virus get into these animals?
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"We found that humans have a long history of ambivalence and contempt towards bandicoots because of their status as agricultural pests, public health risks and nuisances..." Monsters, how can one not love a bandicuuuuute! Just look at them! 😍 theconversation.com/our-new-rese...
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Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction
Humans have had a complex relationship with this marsupial, known for its pointy snout, thin tail and large hind feet.
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 08/09/2026
Why is Amazonian wildlife turning up at a Bangkok market? “It’s changed a lot in the past two years,” WCS’s Scott Roberton tells @gloriadickie.bsky.social. “The volume is greater. The diversity of species is greater.” 🌎 news.mongabay.com/2026/09/why-...
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Why is Amazonian wildlife turning up at a Bangkok market?
BANGKOK, Thailand — In the narrow alleys of Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market, the world’s wildlife is for sale. Ensnared in jungles, fished out of rivers and plucked from wetlands across the globe, hundreds...
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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
How are fire regimes changing and how will animals adapt to these changes? @biodiversityguy.bsky.social and I use "fire regime velocity" to try and predict how animals might adapt to rapidly changing fire regimes. Out today in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Collections manager position in the excellent Western Australian Museum in Perth. Deadline 15th September search.jobs.wa.gov.au/jobs/collect...
search.jobs.wa.gov.au
Collections Manager (Mammalogy and Ornithology) - Perth Metropolitan, Western Australia, Australia
We currently have one (1) x Permanent, Part-time vacancy (0.6FTE or 45 hrs/fortnight) available for immediate filling. A Pool will also run for a period of 18 months. About us The Western Australian M...
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Louise Blight @louiseblight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Funded PhD opportunity to study bird-window collisions, with the wonderful Dr. Rachel Buxton at Carleton University, Ottawa. #PhDOpportunity #ornithology #windowstrike #conservationscience🌎 www.biodiversityconservationsolutions.com/join-us 📷 Rebecca Golat
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Michael Dahlstrom @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Residents of an ordinarily quiet Victorian town have been traumatised after the installation of a temporary fence. The structure is understood to block a thoroughfare used by a mob of kangaroos, causing them to repeatedly crash into it and die. au.yahoo.com/news/council...
au.yahoo.com
Council urged to intervene as temporary fence creates daily horror in coastal town
Residents have reported being traumatised by the situation.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I've not seen or heard our usual family of magpies for weeks. I hope they're ok 😢 www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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'Pretty overwhelming': The 23 species in Australia hit by bird flu so far
Bird flu has quickly spread around Australia. Hidden in the numbers are more than 20 distinct species of birds and mammals that have fallen to the disease.
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Eastern Spinebill on our Kunzea! #birds
Photo of a small honeyeater on a Kunzea branch with flowers. The bird is slender, coloured in orange, brown, black, and white, with red eyes and a long, curved black beak. The flower in full bloom is bright red with yellow tips and resembles a bottlebrush (callistemon).
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 22/08/2026
Why do some sexually selected traits evolve faster than others? A new #ProcB study found that flashy male ornaments that are chosen by females generally evolve faster than weapons used in male–male combat: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lol, the government just divided the ask by 10. They really are showing us who they are and what they stand for. Disgusted. Here's what we asked for, as a start! 👉 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/200-mil...
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My gardening companion #quenda #urbanecology
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Victorian government's response to bird flu has been terrible. A callous disregard for the suffering of wildlife, people and communities. Read this, demand better! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Border town lawyer labels Victoria's bird flu handling a 'scandal'
What determines if suspected bird flu victims are collected or left on the shore? Near the Victorian-SA border, it comes down to roughly three kilometres.
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Australian Science Media Centre @aussmc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🦭 EXPERT REACTION: H5 bird flu detected in Aussie mammal for first time Commentary from: @monashuniversity.bsky.social @utas.edu.au @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social @unimelb.edu.au www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #science #H5N1 #H5 #BirdFlu
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A long-nosed fur seal found in South Australia tests positive for bird flu.
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Breaking: Australia records its first bird flu case in a mammal
A long-nosed fur seal found in South Australia tests positive for bird flu.
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Quokka doing quokka things #Rottnest
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Jon morant @morantjon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🚨🦅 New paper out in Conservation Biology: we look at the emerging threat of H5N1 avian influenza to the world's vultures, and outline five action areas needed to address it. doi.org/10.1111/cobi... Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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Emerging threat of avian influenza to the world's vultures
Click on the article title to read more.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 20/08/2026
Bird flu suspected after more than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events in SA
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Breaking: Bird flu suspected after more than 1,000 birds found dead in three mass mortality events in SA
Three mass bird mortality events believed to be linked to the H5N1 avian flu strain have been recorded on islands off SA, the state's premier has told parliament.
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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New dashboard up for HPAI in Oceania and parts of SE Asia. 👉 avianfluwatch.org
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Obligatory Rottnest quokka pics
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Governments are also failing vets and wildlife carers www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Bird flu crisis will reach stage where 'all we can do is euthanase', vets warn
Since the arrival of H5 bird flu in Australia, some vets say treating wild birds has never been more crucial, but without help to keep up with demand, they fear they will be left with no choice but to...
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Rottnest “are you going to eat that whole sausage roll?” trifecta
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Pelicans, seagulls, black swans. We spoke to experts about some of the birds they are most concerned face serious risk from H5 bird flu. It includes some of Australia’s most common and loved species.
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Bird flu has devastated wildlife around the world. What Australian birds are most at risk?
It’s uncertain how native populations might be affected by the deadly H5 strain but seagulls, pelicans and black swans are among those species that have experts worried
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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is so, so sad. Summoning strength for when the seals start dying too 😢 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... @lisacox.bsky.social
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Little penguin found dead with H5 bird flu on Victoria’s Phillip Island
Authorities confirm first Australian death of species found with virus near where it attracts crowds to a ‘penguin parade’
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Rejoice: the first bobtail of spring
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thelymitra antennifera - Lemon-scented Sun Orchid Flowering now in the Perth Hills, these orchids can often be found growing in shallow pockets of soil around granite outcrops #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of a bright yellow orchid flower standing out against a blurred background
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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is something I hadn't thought about explicitly before but now once you do, how could you ever willingly expose yourself to this risk?? "Using generative AI (for writing) inherently exposes to the risk of (potentially) career-ending accusations of plagiarism"
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
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Graham Readfearn @readfearn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
From me. Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk – or worse – from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed.
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Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed
Assessment of more than 2,000 native species warns nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
In Australia, if you see a sick or dead bird: - Do not touch it. - Take note of the location and, if possible, take photos. - Report it to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline: 1800 675 888
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
H5N1 (bird flu) is now spreading through resident Australian wildlife. Why have the full details of federal, state, and territory risk assessments and response plans _still_ not been released to the public? Are the plans adequate? Full statement - australianmammals.org.au/files/1608_b...
Press release from the Australian Mammal Society about the risks of H5N1 to Australian mammals
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Britain "embracing the Mediterranean life" 🤦‍♂️ Record-breaking consecutive rainy days to record hottest June & ‘exceptionally serious’ drought #ClimateEmergency
https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/weather/somerset-farmers-battle-worsening-flood-crisishttps://www.scotsman.com/news/wildfires-are-burning-now-scotland-needs-a-dedicated-aerial-response-8808942https://www.ft.com/content/e185a6f7-afa6-4b9e-8d6e-278c47095a67?syn-25a6b1a6=1https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgljz92j0j0o
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I have a PhD project to look at the impact of climate change on an endangered WA skink 🦎. Applicants interested in herpetology, thermal ecology and collaborating with First Nations are encouraged to apply. Apply now: www.murdoch.edu.au/study/schola... Lab website: www.nicholaswulab.com
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Campus duck: just thinking
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Perdita Phillips @perdy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Natura Autem Vivit, Sed Occisio de Felibus
Blue cyanoptye with faint presence of feral cat and a number of quendas. 

 Natura Autem Vivit, Sed Occisio de Felibus Cyanotype print (ed/var edition of 3) 92.5 x 131 cm by perdita phillip
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Bill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“There’s a huge rat on your deck!” “How dare you - her name is Quendalina Jolie”
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Prof Ray Wills @profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 16/07/2026
We can replace the chooks. We can't replace our wildlife. Ray Wills and Peter Newman fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2026/07/16/w... We must be vigilant, not alarmed But vigilant in a way that demands urgent action We must not let #H5N1 become a crisis to cause the extinction of our wildlife
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‘We can replace the chooks - but not our wildlife’ - Fremantle Shipping News
Professors Ray Wills and Peter Newman highlight the need to design biosecurity settings in both Australia and New Zealand first to defend wildlife. They say ‘We can replace the chooks. We can’t replac...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If this page is an indication of how well prepared we are and how seriously we’re taking this issue, I’m _greatly_ concerned. www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/...
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Marcus Michelangeli @mrmic1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🔬 PhD opportunity — Griffith Uni, Brisbane Seeking a domestic student to start a PhD with my group in 2027 (RTP scholarship). Round 1: Feb/April 2027 start Apps close 1 Sept 2026 I study how pollution shapes wildlife behaviour & fitness in freshwater systems. 🧵
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Bugger, it was sadly inevitable www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Deadly avian flu detected in New Zealand for the first time
The alert followed a migratory seabird near Wellington returning a postive test result.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A poor brown snake dies after being run over by a bike :( www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Cyclist bitten by brown snake caught in her bike chain
The woman, in her 60s, was riding on a northern NSW rail trail when she ran over a two-metre snake that became trapped then bit her.
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