Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovGabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025This is how baby Five-lined Skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus) try to lure predators away from their bodies and focus on their bright blue tails #lizards #reptiles #skinks 514630
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovDamien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025An awesome mix of talks addressing impacts, genomic tools, cyber tools, quantitative tools for law enforcement. Including @bastianltc.bsky.social and Shyam Sharma of the Wildlife & Environmental Crime Res Hub. @counteringcrime.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB2025 041
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovDr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025💕Happy Valentine's Day!❤️ We got you a gift: Anilany karsticola, a #newspecies of miniaturised frog from Madagascar! 🧪 Published #OA today in Salamandra Read more and get the paper here: www.markscherz.com/archives/6117 Phenomenal 🐸 illustrations by postdoc & first author, @alicepetzold.bsky.social 24415
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovPablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 09/01/2025How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1275
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovGrant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 05/02/2025For folks in Brisbane, a cockatoo has a field marker stuck around its neck (looks like it has been out towards The Gap). Details below on who to contact if you see it 011
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovDamian Lettoof @lettsgetsnakes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025High altitude echidnas in Tasmania are so fluffy and friendly! A top tier Aussie native 😍 #WildOz 36316
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovRobin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Work with me! AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks. nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...nrmjobs.com.auField Ecologist | Mt GibsonAustralian Wildlife Conservancy - Mt Gibson Wildlife Sactuary (via Wubin), WA 02423
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovPablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 08/01/2025New Year, New Paper! We investigated the extent and magnitude of wildlife trade, and the potential risks it poses for biodiversity 🌎🧪 The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 1115
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovOliver Stringham @oliverstringham.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity riskThe trade of alien pets is a clear biosecurity risk but the risks of native pet trade remains poorly studied. We investigated the trade of pets native to Australia and found a high degree of trade oc... 046
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovDavid Chapple @chapplelab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Our new paper, led by PhD student Luke Bonifacio, demonstrating that the Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider qualifies for listing as Critically Endangered. @monashbiol.bsky.social. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24048publish.csiro.auA noodle in a haystack: determining the conservation status of the rare and Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider, Lerista viduataContext One-seventh of the ~157,000 species assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are Data Deficient (DD), with insufficient information to assess their extinction risk. Such a statistic... 31911
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovGermán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Here, a summary of our previous work revealing evolution in action in #Chornobyl frogs. 🧪 #EvoBio theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl... (and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)theconversation.comChernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in actionResearch on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection among these animals. 616569
Reposted by Sebastian Chekunovgeorgia 🏴 @blahttodea.bsky.social · 11/11/2024hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comStarter packsBIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b... 76742389
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovPhill Cassey @invasionecology.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Had a fabulous afternoon with the Lab at #Lot100 in the beautiful Adelaide Hills 🥂 041
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovAmy Hinsley @orchiddelirium.bsky.social · 16/11/2024This Conservation Biology special issue is on #wildlifetrade beyond big grey/fluffy megafauna: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739... Papers on trade in cacti, carnivorous plants, birds, fungi, spiders, snails, crayfish, and more Edited with Alice Hughes & @jaredmargulies.bsky.socialconbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.comSpecial Issue: Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade: Conservation Biology: Vol 38, No 5<em>Conservation Biology</em> is the leading global journal in the field of conservation, publishing groundbreaking papers contributing to the conservation of biological diversity. 1124
Reposted by Sebastian ChekunovDamien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 12/11/2024A significant bust on the Sunny Coast. @bastianltc.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...abc.net.auQueensland woman fined $20,000 for illegally buying and selling reptilesWildlife authorities received a tip-off before raiding the woman's home where they found dozens of snakes, lizards and eggs. 142