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Sebastian Chekunov

@bastianltc.bsky.social
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Final stage PhD candidate investigating the international pet trade in Australian reptiles & amphibians 🐍 🐸 herpetologist 🦎 lacrosse player 🥍 he/him 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This 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
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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
An 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
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Dr 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
A crazy cute illustration of a frog with a dark umber belly and a coffee brown brow, suspended in the air by pink heart-shaped balloons that say 'Be Mine' on them. I mean, if it were any cuter I would be physically ill.An illustrated box of Valentine's day chocolates except—what's that? One of them is a frog‽ Yup. New species of frog described on valentine's day that really looks a lot like it could be made of chocolate. You guys, Alice Petzold's artistic talent knows no bounds.
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
How 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/...
Cardinals seized from the illegal wildlife trade
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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
For 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
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Damian Lettoof @lettsgetsnakes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
High altitude echidnas in Tasmania are so fluffy and friendly! A top tier Aussie native 😍 #WildOz
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Robin Sinclair @robinssci.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Work 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...
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Field Ecologist | Mt Gibson
Australian Wildlife Conservancy - Mt Gibson Wildlife Sactuary (via Wubin), WA
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New 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/...
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Proceedings 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...
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Oliver Stringham @oliverstringham.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk
The 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...
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David Chapple @chapplelab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our 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/PC24048
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A noodle in a haystack: determining the conservation status of the rare and Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider, Lerista viduata
Context 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...
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Here, 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....)
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Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection among these animals.
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georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @blahttodea.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
hey 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...
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Starter packs
BIOLOGY 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...
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Phill Cassey @invasionecology.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Had a fabulous afternoon with the Lab at #Lot100 in the beautiful Adelaide Hills 🥂
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Amy Hinsley @orchiddelirium.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
This 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.social
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Special 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.
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Damien Huffer @damienhuffer.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
A significant bust on the Sunny Coast. @bastianltc.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Queensland woman fined $20,000 for illegally buying and selling reptiles
Wildlife authorities received a tip-off before raiding the woman's home where they found dozens of snakes, lizards and eggs.
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