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Cameron Charley

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PhD student at QUT studying the distribution of antechinus across Australia and the potential impacts of climate change | bakerecologylab.wordpress.com

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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It’s not everyday you get a koala on a small mammal camera… #koala #ecology #wildoz
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Weisbecker B&B Lab @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our new study shows how unlike other living predatory mammals the thylacine was, skull-wise: huge heads, altirostral, long & flared snouts, massive infraorbital foramina. Key point: Don't treat marsupials like copies of European placentals. @dsrovinsky.bsky.social
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Skull morphology of the extinct Tasmanian tiger suggests unique biting style
Nature Communications - The recently extinct thylacine was Australia’s largest marsupial predator and famously likened to dog-family carnivorans such as wolves. However, here the authors show...
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Say hello to Australia's newest mammal species: Planigale petrophila. Known only from the rocky plateaus of the Arnhem Escarpment from specimens hidden in museum collections since the 1970s. Photographed here by the inimitable Pat Woolley doi.org/10.1093/zool...
A small greyish marsupial with a very long tail sits on a rock and looks towards the camera with small black eyes
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Small Mammal Specialist Group @iucn-small-mammals.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Non-destructive environmental DNA extracted from owl pellet contents: A valuable tool for monitoring mammalian species richness
Environmental DNA (eDNA) offers valuable presence/absence data for populations and has been widely used in comprehensive biodiversity assessments. However, applying eDNA in terrestrial environments po...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Baby antechinus says hello! #antechinus #wildoz
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 08/01/2026
New technologies are revolutionising ecology, with more data than ever available at our fingertips. But what are the costs and perils of ecologists doing less field work? Interviews with several BES members in this fascinating @nature.com article
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‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.
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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
A cute little Brown Antechinus trying its hardest to get my bait. Remote camera trapping undertaken at Nightcap National Park #WildOz #antechinus
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
So exciting our lab won the Government Science project of the year for 2025! #WASciAwards #2025PremiersScienceAwards www.wa.gov.au/organisation...
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Premier's Science Awards 2025: Government Science Project of the Year Finalists
Meet the 2025 finalists of the Premier's Science Awards: Government Science Project of the Year category.
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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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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Happy #WombatDay! "This animal has not any claim to swiftness of foot". This is one of our favourite quotes from the historic literature ("An account of the English colony in New South Wales", David Collins, 1804) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45924805 via #MuseumsVictoria #Wombat #ILoveBHL 📖 🧪
An historic illustration of a (very elongated) wombat.
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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The latest Australian University wanting to diminish science capacity and training. At least 18 academic staff in the science faculty threatened with job loss. A petition to save science at #QUT Queensland University of Technology here www.change.org/p/stop-force...
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Stop Forced Redundancies at QUT's Faculty of Science
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Linette Umbrello @planigale.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
As a previous staff member of this faculty I'm alarmed at the proposed forced redundancies! c.org/vWNX7G4Qkf
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Stop Forced Redundancies at QUT's Faculty of Science
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Sebastian Hoefer @taiapo.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Is passive acoustic monitoring worth it for terrestrial mammals? 🎙️🐨 We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term. Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
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Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer‐based monitoring for terrestrial mammals
Mammals play vital roles in ecological communities, but many are in rapid decline worldwide. Comprehensive monitoring of mammal populations is crucial for effective conservation, but large-scale m...
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Associate Professor John White @johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Hot off the press. Using species distribution models to find species in landscapes where they are increadibly rare. Our adventures finding potoroo in the Grampians landscape. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Finding a needle in a heath stack: A strategy to optimize the detection of a rare marsupial on the brink of local extinction
Anthropogenic pressures are reducing species distributions and driving extinctions within ecosystems. As the urgency to address biodiversity loss inte…
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BHL Australia @bhl-au.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This #MarsupialMonday we bring you a trio of critters: the fat-tailed dunnart, the yellow-footed antechinus and the red-tailed phascogale.
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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
On the hunt for an Antechinus arktos. Plus not a bad view. Pinnacle Lookout, Border Ranges National Park #WildOz #nature
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BHL Australia @bhl-au.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Happy #MarsupialMonday! Have you met our little friend, the #SandhillDunnart? Often called a “marsupial mouse” 🐀 the nocturnal dunnart is a carnivorous critter who likes to feed on invertebrates: think ants, spiders, termites, etc. In the rare periods when food is scarce, they can enter torpor.
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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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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Beats the office… Nightcap National Park #wildoz
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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The first of many cameras set for my phd #antechinus
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UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences @unswbees.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Long-term evidence for the benefits of feral removal in our arid zone. New paper from Katherine Moseby et al. in Proc Royal Soc B - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #wildoz
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Feral-free zones spark small mammal boom in Australian desert
A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic reshaping of desert small mammal communities.
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Cameron Charley @camcharley.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Keen interest in ecology? Enjoy fieldwork? Want to work on dasyurids? The Baker Mammal Ecology lab @ QUT has a handful of PhD / MSc / Honours projects commencing 2026! Contact: am.baker@qut.edu.au #ecology #dasyurids #dunnart #antechinus Some more details below:
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It’s now time for everyone’s favourite sex-crazed marsupials, Antechinus! - Cameron Charley What affects their distributions in southeast QLD? #AusMamSoc25
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