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Dr Meg Edwards

@alittlebitmeg.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Science at UniSQ. Interested in threatened species conservation and science communication. 🐭🪶🦎

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New research reveals a substantial decline in the number of European Storm-petrels caught by researchers over the course of a 27-year study Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social #seabird 🪶🧪
A small dark seabird with white at the top of its tail (European Storm-petrel) cupped in a person’s hand against a black background.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Worth posting again. Quote: "Some have argued the impact of introduced species has been overstated, and that introduced species should be seen as a legitimate part of Australia’s ecosystems. Scientific evidence and conservation outcomes do not support this." theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...
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Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Pookila - arguably the cutest of the Australian rodents - may be in decline in Queensland. Read all about our new research here: connectsci.au/zo/article/7...
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The Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) in Queensland: a vulnerable rodent species potentially in decline?
The Pookila or New Holland mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) is a vulnerable native rodent species experiencing marked declines across its national range.
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Program and schedule for #amsabs in Canberra next week is now LIVE on our website! It's a jam packed schedule!! -https://australianmammals.org.au/files/1604_ams_abs_conference_program_for_website_final.pdf
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Jon morant @morantjon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🧵 Have you ever wondered how far an animal can actually travel? We did, and the answer will blow your mind. 1/4 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A 2100‐km jaguar journey redefines mobility and large‐scale conservation priorities during large carnivore dispersal
Click on the article title to read more.
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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Join the Ecological Society of Australia team 🐨 We're seeking a part-time Social Media Officer to help engage and grow ESA's online community. Apply for the remote role now: www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/Ecol... #Jobs #EthicalJobs #SocialMedia #Ecology #Hiring
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Christina Birnbaum, PhD 🍃 @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Do you live in Toowoomba region and enjoy nature photography? 📷 Then "Nature calls" photography contest is just the thing for you! Ends March 31st. Please see details in the flyer below 👇 @soaes-unisq.bsky.social
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Truffle oil is where it’s at if you want to increase detection duration at camera traps! Well done to Georgia for getting her first publication out, completed as part of her undergraduate studies! #australianmammalogy #wildlife @ausmammals.bsky.social connectsci.au/am/article/4...
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I knew you were truffle when I walked in: truffle oil bait improves surveys of mycophagous mammals on camera traps
This study aimed to determine a bait preference for opportunistic mycophagous mammals, using camera traps and four different bait types. Overall, mycophago
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Academic workload expectations are moving from unsustainable to truly absurd
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
New email signature just dropped 💃🏻🥂
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Christina Birnbaum, PhD 🍃 @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
How good is this poster from our master's student Genavieve Jurd ?! 👇🎉☺️ If you are attending @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference next week, please support ECRs like Genavieve during the Barbara Rice memorial poster session on Monday evening!
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Save the date - don't miss out! The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety - ECR workshops on 5th - focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th 🦇🐾🐭🐨
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A successful week last week teaching students all things fieldwork, including safe trapping and handling of our native wildlife
Short eared possum Fawn footed melomys Yellow footed antechinus with pouch young
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BirdLife Australia @birdlifeoz.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Just ONE WEEK to go until the Aussie Bird Count kicks off! 🐦 From 20–26 Oct, Australians everywhere will spend 20 mins counting the birds! One in six Aussie birds faces extinction – which means every bird counts! 👉 aussiebirdcount.org.au #AussieBirdCount #BirdLifeAustralia #BirdLifeOz
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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
As I argue in #PlatypusMatters, Australia has the world's best mammals, but is sadly the worst place on Earth to be a mammal, with the planet's worst #extinction rate. The Christmas Island shrew is now the latest species to be officially declared extinct. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country
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tom westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too! theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
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‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We’re heartbroken to learn that Dr Jane Goodall has passed away, aged 91. Dr Goodall was one of the true conservation giants of our time. Let’s honour her legacy by choosing to make a difference in the world - by protecting it. Thank you, Jane, for everything you did for our planet. 💚
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make" - Jane Goodall
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Christina Birnbaum, PhD 🍃 @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
What do leaf endophytes and koalas have in common? They co-occur in our native ecosystems! If you are keen to learn more or come and study with us, check out our programs 👇 unisq.edu.au/study/degree... 📷@unisq.bsky.social Master of Research student Fiona Stone captured this fab footage 💚
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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Come join me at @unisq.bsky.social and teach into the animal and wildlife majors. Applications close in three weeks usq.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Species have a right to exist regardless of what humans think theconversation.com/yes-spectacl...
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Yes, spectacled flying foxes are noisy and drop poo everywhere. But our rainforests need them
Without urgent action, a species that helps hold rainforests together might be gone for good.
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Dr Manu Saunders FRES @manusaunders.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Is it ethical for academic institutions to actively try and discourage students from using genAI to do their assessments while also encouraging academic staff to use genAI to write assessments and content? #AcademicSky
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Ecology & Environmental Science at UniSQ @soaes-unisq.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It’s #3MT season, and #PhDstudent Abby talks about this important little mouse and its impact on the world. Head to the link to watch and vote (by simply liking the video on YouTube) to help raise awareness about the tiny mouse and help Abby win! youtube.com/watch?v=L1NLxg-inQA
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3MT | Tiny mouse, big impact!
YouTube video by UniSQ Students
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BHL Australia @bhl-au.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Happy #WorldLizardDay! In Australia, we have lots of lizards 🦎 to celebrate—and they’ve been appearing in works on Australia since scientists started describing our species. These images by Sarah Stone come from 1790's Journal of voyage to New South Wales.
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1790 - Journal of a voyage to New South Wales - Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Reminder this is tomorrow at 12pm AEST! Will be great to chat about all the wildlife you might have around you, and importantly how to identify them! For example, do long nosed bandicoots really have long noses?
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Three #mammal PhD opportunities - understanding the physiological, behavioural and genetic resistance of vertebrate pests to 1080 - Contact Katherine Moseby (UNSW) k.moseby@unsw.edu.au
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/08/2025
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Social cohesion, @tonyburkemp.bsky.social? "The refusals came amid reports in the AFR that the immigration minister, Tony Burke, had denied dozens of visas on the basis of social cohesion." Pathetic, and still the Special Envoy for Advance can spout her bile! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event
Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📣 New Paper 📣 We looked at how native #wildlife responded to the presence of a live cat or it’s cues in the environment, and found varying responses. Also shout out to wonderful reviewers who made the whole process super pleasant. Onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aec.70105
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Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 06/08/2025
On July 31st Israeli settlers demolished the Palestinian National Seed bank in Hebron. It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
A British doctor, recently returned from Gaza, explained in a UK SkyNews interview, how her colleague in Gaza was followed home by an Israeli drone. The drone's operator made the decision to wait until he entered his tent, then killed him and his 3 children. #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Very excited to see this launched and proud to have helped shape the list. www.abc.net.au/news/science... What’s Australia’s most underrated animal? Get voting!
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Velvet worm vs ghost bat. Vote now for Australia's most 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.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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...
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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...
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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Love this example of behavioural thermoregulation, posted on Kgalagadi Sightings page.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 24/07/2025
24 July is #EarthOvershootDay. That means humanity has used up Earth’s yearly natural resources budget in just 7 months. In 2024, the date was 1 August. The date keeps creeping earlier—but the trend can be reversed: www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
This image illustrates Earth Overshoot Day using a visual metaphor: planet Earth hanging a “SORRY WE’RE CLOSED” sign in space. The message below reads, “We have exceeded our natural resource budget for 2025,” emphasizing the urgent need to live within ecological limits.
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Ecology & Environmental Science at UniSQ @soaes-unisq.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Join @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social in August for our National Science Week webinars as she talks about the wildlife you might find in your neighbourhood, and how to identify them! Join here: unisq.zoom.us/j/88291112520
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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
As if the news that #dogs have been trained to sniff out #platypus burrows whilst riding paddle-boards wasn't good enough, @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social has done a cartoon about it 😍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Scientists have trained actual dogs to ride around on PADDLE BOARDS detecting platypuses. Adorable! | First Dog on the Moon
This is a cartoon match made in heaven
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Ecology & Environmental Science at UniSQ @soaes-unisq.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Join @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social in August for our National Science Week webinars as she talks about the role soil biota plays in shaping plant responses in variety of ecosystems. Join here: unisq.zoom.us/j/85618797119
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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Ongoing academic position lecturer in terrestrial animal ecology at JCU Australia. Deadline 8th August 2025. careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...
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Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Conservation actions should always be evidence-based and the outcomes, successful or not, made public. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with failure but the risks vs. rewards and reasons why sometimes things don’t go to plan should always be made clear. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction
Exclusive: Translocation and deaths of seven out of 13 koalas in April, with some showing signs of septicaemia, not made public by state government
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Fieldwork is always made better when you find your target species 🦎🦖 One day they’ll let me take a natural photo of them before they scurry off!
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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Calling all early-career ecologists 🐨 Mentee registration is NOW OPEN for ESA’s July Speed Mentoring Week! 🔹 Book up to 3 one-on-one sessions with experienced ecologists 🔹 Get answers to your biggest career questions 🔹 Flexible, impactful, and designed for YOU 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/bderjjxj
Speed mentoring for early career ecologistsCalling all early career ecologists!

The ESA Mentoring Program supports Early Career Ecologists  by connecting them with mentors from academia and industry. The program provides a space to explore topics such as career development, work-life balance, research pathways, and navigating challenges in the profession.

When you register as a mentee, you will be invited to browse the profiles of our registered mentors and enjoy a unique opportunity to book up to three 30-minute sessions.
Mentee registration for the July week is now OPEN

A few things to note: 
If you’ve been part of the ESA Mentoring Program before – or been mentored elsewhere – you’re still welcome to apply.
Mentees must be current ESA members to participate. 
Sessions will be held online (Zoom)
There is no ongoing commitment – mentors and mentees may choose to continue the conversation after the mentoring week, but there is no expectation to do so.
If July doesn’t suit, look out for the October round (registrations open in September).
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
And then there were three...kultarr species! @kultarrcam.bsky.social ‬was also recently awarded @ausmammals.bsky.social's Adolph Bolliger Award australianmammals.org.au/awards/adolp... at #AusMamSoc2025. Crushing it! Well done, Cameron and team. theconversation.com/australias-c...
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Australia’s cutest mammal is now Australia’s cutest three mammals
Scientists have discovered that the kultarr – one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials – is actually three different species.
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Anyone still in sunny Toowoomba- the #ausmamsoc25 fabulous organising committee made this handy guide! See you around the traps!
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Ecology & Environmental Science at UniSQ @soaes-unisq.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social conference was held in Toowoomba this week chaired and organised by our wildlife lecturer Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social The conference was a huge success with attendees donning their coolest ecological fashion 🤩🦘🐨🐭
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Fashion off the field! The final day bought a gaggle of gliders with three of our fabulous mammalogists wearing various iterations! #mammalfashion #ausmamsoc25 #dangerfield #princesshighway #greaterglider
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Final talk of #ausmamsoc25 from conference organiser extraordinaire Meg Edwards- we might be smarter than bandicoots, but definitely not cuter!! 🐾🐾
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Dr Meg Edwards @alittlebitmeg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Asking the important questions at #AusMamSoc25 in the final session today. Honoured to have been able to organise the conference this year and can’t wait until Canberra next year!
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