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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Which species will you be voting for in the 2026 ABC Australian insect of the year? Vote here: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... My vote goes to the gold Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus aureus) from FNQ. Sadly, this stunning beetle could be in decline: invertebratesaustralia.org/christmas-be...

The gold Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus aureus). Found in far north Queensland from Rockhampton to Cape York.
Photo: Lachlan (iread @ iNaturalist)

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An awkward juxtaposition from @news.abc.net.au's website this morning shows the disconnect between global change observations from around the world and the choices being made around actions to avert this crisis. We must hold decision makers accountable for their willful destruction of the planet.

A screen grab of ABC News Australia's website showing an article on 'unprecedented' glacier melting from global warming next to a news release stating that the G7 will release 100 million barrels of oil to help curb soaring prices.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In an era of predatory journals, substandard reviewing and AI slop, the peer review process is becoming increasingly frustrating. This Freudian slip in our latest cover letter draft might just be the new word that we are all looking for, where revisions and reviews are dominated by rebuttals! 🌐🌎🧪

A new word: revut (verb) /rɪˈvʌt/ : to argue repetitively that statements or claims are not true in order to correct or improve an idea, piece of writing etc.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Philippa Nikulinsky is a botanical artist and illustrator who's artistic works, scientific drawings and incredibly detailed field notes provide a rich insight into Western Australia's floristic diversity. The magic that can happen when science and art come together! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Nikulinsky's artworks span decades of change in the West Australian landscape. (ABC Science: Peter de Kruijff)

Much like a botanist, Philippa has notebooks filled with plant specimens. (ABC Science: Peter de Kruijff)

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The way that fire moves in the landscape is rapidly changing, so the question is whether strategies used by flowers in the past to survive will work in an era of rapid climate change. @peterdekruijff.bsky.social for @news.abc.net.au. #botany #scienceweek www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Seed collecting takes members of the RBGV team to far-flung parts of Victoria like this trip to harvest from a stringybark tea-tree (Gaudium jingera). (Photo: RBGV/Jacqueline Felstead)

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Let's put nature at the centre of decision‑making! Join Bush Heritage Australia in Perth WA for our Allies For Nature breakfast to hear leaders from across sectors reimagining a nature‑positive future. 📅 31 Jul 📍 State Reception Centre, Frasers King Park 🎟️ bit.ly/4f1Ty7p

Join @BushHeritageAus in Perth WA for our Allies For Nature breakfast to hear leaders from across sectors reimagining a nature‑positive future.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What does the fourth dimension of plant resource allocation mean for weed biocontrol? In a #newpaper, we propose a framework for quantifying how gall-inducing insects impact the G-R-D tradeoff & review the species that can contribute to effective biocontrol. 🌏🌐#BioInvasions Read the 📖: rdcu.be/fpbBL

A framework for establishing the impacts on plant fitness via reprioritization of available resources in response to classical bio-logical management. Impacts of biocontrol agents on host plants are depicted pre-agent (red sphere, T0) and post-agent (blue spheres, T1) exposure. For plants hosting non-gall-inducing agents (a, b), finite plant resources (area of the triangle) are optimally partitioned between growth (G), reproduction (R), and defence (D) to maximise plant fitness. Note, overall plant tolerance (T) is optimized by varying investment over the D–G axis. Non-gall-inducing agents can impact negatively on fitness by either shifting investment away from growth and/or reproduction (a) or by reducing the plant’s overall resources (b). For host plants with gall-inducing agents (c, d), finite plant resources (area of the pyramid), and in turn fitness, are additionally impacted through diversion of plant resources into the gall tissue sink (S), with response and counter-response between the agent and host driving investment partitioning toward and along the D–S axis (blue arrows)

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Recent claims that farm cats in Australia can control rodents on dairy farms are unconvincing. Our new paper critiques the basis of these claims. There is no case to be calling for tax incentives to support cats as working animals on Australian farms. 📖(OA): doi.org/10.3390/ani1... #bioinvasions 🌐

A relaxed cat looks at the camera with text overlay stating "Scant evidence for effective rodent control from working cats on Australian dairy farms."

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Come join the Urban Bushland Council WA for an important (and free!) evening focused on the future of responsible cat ownership and wildlife protection. 📅: Wednesday, 13 May 2026, from 6pm 📍: City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth RSVP: www.bushlandperth.org.au/event/amendi...

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

David Attenborough has been an inspiration to my family for four generations. His ability to craft a message has brought the natural world to billions of people. Happy 100th birthday Sir David! Thank you for helping us to realise what an incredible planet we have and need to keep fighting for. ❤️

Sir David Attenborough leans against a very large tree trunk as part of his series The Green Planet

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Four new chameleon species described from Mozambique's sky islands. These tropical rainforest 'islands' are isolated on granite outcrops scattered across savanna plains and are further threatened by slash-and-burn land clearing. 🌐🧪🌏 via @theconversation.com theconversation.com/mozambique-s...

Nadzikambia franklinae from Mount Namuli. Werner Conradie, CC BY

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Vale Peter Raven - renowned botanist and advocate for sustainability. "To understand the interconnectedness of life is, in his view, to recognize the consequences of disrupting it." via @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social for @mongabay.com 🌐🌏 news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete...

Peter Raven in 2010 at Missouri Botanical Garden. Photo credit: Kristi Foster, courtesy of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Perth book launch, Thu 16 Apr: Paul Hardisty's The Hope provocatively blurs the lines between fact and fiction in an era of unprecedented global change. Is it timely inspiration for navigating current geopolitics or prophetic insight into the future we face? Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perth-book...

Perth event, Thu 16th April: The Western Australian launch of Paul Hardisty's latest book The Hope is on this week. Tickets are still available.
This is the third novel in a series that provocatively blurs the lines between fact and fiction in an era of unprecedented global change.
Is this series timely inspiration for navigating through the current geopolitical situation or a prophetic insight into the future we are hurtling towards? Come and listen to find out.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

When >50% of a UNESCO-listed national park is torched by bushfires, significant management challenges follow. Victoria Laurie in @ausgeo.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy on what's ahead for conservation in Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. www.australiangeographic.com.au/opinion-and-...

Tallyongut (Royal hakea; Hakea victoria) near Queelup (West Mount Barren), Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia. Photo: Bruce Webber.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The interplay between climatic niche and spatial distribution can inform the management of non-native invasive species. Our findings reveal that the invasion risk for species with small geographic ranges may be greater than assumed. Read more (OA): doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... #bioinvasions 🌐🌏🧪

CLIMEX Match Climate Composite Match Index (CMI) overlaid with Tipuana tipu distribution location records, projected globally. Insets show the native range, part of South America, part of southern Africa, southwest Australia, and an area of eastern Australia with high levels of cultivation and/or naturalisation. Areas with an orange-red colour (CMI 0.8–1) had high CMI values. Areas with a blue colour (CMI 0.6–0.8) had a climate with moderate CMI values. Records of T. tipu are shown as open circles. Pink circles represent records of plants within the native range. All other colours represent plant records in the non-native range, with purple representing cultivated plant records, yellow representing non-cultivated plant records, green representing records with both cultivated and non-cultivated plants and brown representing plant records where the cultivation status was indeterminate.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A new paper in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social reveals that preventing pet cats from roaming remains a significant but important challenge. Our findings reveal that change is long overdue for Western Australians to rethink what it means to be a responsible pet cat owner. OA: doi.org/10.1071/PC25...

A content cat lies in a hammock in an enclosed catio to protect it and wildlife from the dangers of roaming. This photo accompanies a new publication in the journal Pacific Conservation Biology on the benefits of cat containment.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Introduced foxes and cats have had a devastating impact on Australia's mammals. This threat to biodiversity has been widely recognised, documented and acted upon by scientists, policy makers and land managers. Here we refute recent assertions to the contrary. Read more (OA): doi.org/10.1093/bios...

Timing of extirpation of a native mammal population from a location relative to the time of arrival of feral cats at that location. Data are taken directly from Supplement 1 in Wallach and Lundgren (2025), using the last record of the native species, and the earliest arrival date from the range of arrival dates of cats to that location. Based on this information, extirpation of a native mammal occurs before cats arrive in only two cases, and these are where Wallach and Lundgren (2025) arbitrarily give the last record dates of 1788 and 1789 (i.e., time of European colonization, in 1788) for undated subfossil material. Of the 178 cases given in the Supplement, eight are omitted from this graph because: they were repeats of another row (n=4), there is no date for the last record of the species (n=1), the species is still present at the location (n=2), or the species never occurred at the location (n=1).

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed." via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing Avocet Nature Refuge in Queensland! This is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild. We're raising $1.4M to help us manage this remnant Brigalow reserve. Can you help us with a donation? secure.bushheritage.org.au/donations

Bridled Nailtail Wallaby. Photo: Grassland Films.

Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing the 1,207-hectare Avocet Nature Refuge! We're raising $1.4 million to help us manage this reserve and others just like it around the country. Donate NOW and your gift will be doubled!
Avocet Nature Refuge is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild in Queensland. Once thought extinct, the species was rediscovered in central Queensland decades after vanishing from sight. Today, only some 1,500 of these beautiful wallabies remain in the wild. Buying Avocet Nature Refuge also gives us a real chance to learn more and strengthen Koala populations in the region.

Koala in a tree. Photo: Grassland Films.

Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing the 1,207-hectare Avocet Nature Refuge! We're raising $1.4 million to help us manage this reserve and others just like it around the country. Donate NOW and your gift will be doubled!
Avocet Nature Refuge is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild in Queensland. Once thought extinct, the species was rediscovered in central Queensland decades after vanishing from sight. Today, only some 1,500 of these beautiful wallabies remain in the wild. Buying Avocet Nature Refuge also gives us a real chance to learn more and strengthen Koala populations in the region.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The aurora australis dances over the peaks of the Freycinet National Park peninsula and Schouten Island. ... ... #auroraaustralis #aurora #freycinetnationalpark #freycinet

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Brad Bowden and I caught up on Ep 5 of the RTRFM podcast This Changes Everything. We discuss tree diversity in WA, the benefits they provide, and the myriad threats they face. We also cover what we can be doing to be good custodians of trees for future generations. 🌐🌏 rtrfm.com.au/podcasts/thi...

In Episode 5 of the This Changes Everything Podcast, Brad Bowden talks with Bruce Webber and Keith Bradbury about the wonders of trees in Western Australia and what we can be doing to ensure we are responsible custodians to manage the conservation threats they face.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Today is world numbat day. The numbat is our state animal emblem in WA, yet it is threatened with extinction by predation from introduced cats and foxes. It is now restricted to only a few small unfenced areas in WA, after being once found across southern Australia.

A numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) pauses its morning foraging for ants on a log in the sun.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

Jane Goodall in a tall rainforest looking up into the canopy with binoculars in her hands.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The Building Private Land Conservation Symposium, held in Fremantle, was an outstanding opportunity to hear updates and share Bush Heritage Australia's latest on covenanting, stewardship and co-investment opportunities to secure the future of Western Australia's unique landscapes. 🌏 #scicomm

Bruce Webber from Bush Heritage Australia, speaking at the Building Private Land Conservation Symposium in Fremantle, Western Australia. Photo: Miles Noel Studio

Minister Matthew Swinbourn attending the Building Private Land Conservation Symposium in Fremantle, Western Australia. Photo: Miles Noel Studio

Bruce Webber from Bush Heritage Australia, speaking on a panel at the Building Private Land Conservation Symposium in Fremantle, Western Australia. Photo: Miles Noel Studio

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Australia's 2035 climate targets are difficult to achieve, and even if they are, we won't be fine. A sobering assessment from @alankohler.bsky.social via ABC News. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Can the Albanese government's new climate targets lower the risk of a catastrophic fire season like 2019/20 happening in the future? (ABCMyPhoto: Martin Von Stoll)

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

It's not all about PFAS: metal(loid)s are associated with physiological and metabolic changes in motorbike frogs (Ranoidea moorei) from conservation significant wetlands in Perth WA. Great to see this paper out, a big effort led by @lettsgetsnakes.bsky.social. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 🌐🌏

Urban wetlands provide essential habitats for wildlife but face increasing contamination from anthropogenic sources, including but not limited to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and metal(loid)s. Accumulation of these contaminants are known to impair organism biological functions. This study quantified PFAS and metal(loid) concentrations in liver tissue of motorbike frogs (Ranoidea moorei) along a contamination gradient of conservation significant urban wetlands in Perth, Western Australia, and assessed relationships of liver concentrations with whole-organism health metrics and metabolomic profiles in four tissues to evaluate biological effects.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey so far. Yet we must recognise that it is far from over. We owe it to our cats, community & wildlife to deliver the nation's best cat ownership policy as part of reviewing the WA Cat Act. I look forward to that initiative.

A delegation of local government representatives engaged with cat management experts at Kings Park to improve responsible pet cat ownership in Western Australia.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We have broad support from all parties for this change, we now just need to get this done. Despite a clearly articulated position from @bradpettitt.bsky.social, Brian Walker and Jess Beckerling as to why it was possible to deliver cat containment this week, that option was not pursued.

The issue of roaming pet cats in Kings Park featured in The Perth Voice and involved interviews with Adin Lang and Bruce Webber.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I congratulate the Minister for her leadership. I am grateful that after many years of engagement with state politicians across all parties, local governments, community groups and with the general public, we have a clear public commitment to deliver this much needed change.

Some of the many contributors to helping promote best practice pet cat ownership stand together outside the Legislative Council chamber.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This week we saw solutions announced in Western Australia to improve responsible pet cat ownership. Hannah Beazley MLA announced (1) an amendment to the Cat Act that will allow for local governments to prevent pet cats from roaming, & (2) a broader review of the Cat Act. A🧵 #wildoz

The Cook Labor Government has announced that it intends to amend the Cat Act to prevent pet cats from roaming.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

A sold out screening of Wilding this week shared the benefits of helping nature recover with almost 500 people. These events energise me and give me hope that while we have an enormous challenge ahead of us, we have plenty of people wanting to make a difference to biodiversity conservation outcomes.

Bush Heritage Australia hosted a sold out screening of the film Wilding at the Luna Palace Cinemas in Leederville, Western Australia. As the sun sets in the west, the exterior lights of the cinema announced that the screening, with an exclusive Q&A session, was sold out.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Join us for a special event screening of Wilding, presented by Bush Heritage Australia at Luna Cinemas. The film, based on Isabella Tree's best-selling book, will be followed by an exclusive panel discussion. Wed 3 Sep from 6pm | Tickets: www.lunapalace.com.au/events/wildi... 🌐🌏 #scicomm

Bush Heritage Australia presents a special event Wilding film screening with a Q&A panel featuring Dr Bruce Webber, Steve McCabe, Dr Holly Kirk and Dr Jane Chambers. On at Luna Leederville on Wed 3 Sept 2025.

This special event Wilding film screening will feature a Q&A panel featuring Dr Bruce Webber, Steve McCabe, Dr Holly Kirk and Dr Jane Chambers. On at Luna Leederville on Wed 3 Sept 2025.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Here's a #podcast to bring nature to your ears and hope to your hearts. Bush Heritage Australia's latest season of Big Sky Country has dropped! Hope-filled stories from the frontlines of the #climate and #biodiversity crisis are here to share: 🎧: www.bushheritage.org.au/news/podcasts 🌏 🌐 #SciComm

Tiahni Adamson, a wildlife conservation biologist and proud descendant of the Kaurareg Nations, next to a large trunk of a Nothofagus tree in lutruwita/Tasmania's Liffey Valley. In Episode 1 of Big Sky Country Season 3, Tiahni sits down with the legendary Dr Bob Brown in lutruwita/Tasmania’s Liffey Valley.

In Episode 1 of Big Sky Country Season 3, Tiahni sits down with the legendary Dr Bob Brown in lutruwita/Tasmania’s Liffey Valley.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Come and work with us at Bush Heritage Australia, delivering conservation impact in some of Western Australia's most spectacular regions. If you’re passionate about conserving Australia's unique landscapes, we'd love to hear from you! Learn more and apply today 👉 bit.ly/4lwLVI7 #ConservationJobs

We're hiring a Reserve Manager to join our team at our beautiful Southwest Reserves in WA.
As Reserve Manager, you’ll oversee the day-to-day management of the Reserves in this area, represent Bush Heritage in the region, and provide valuable input to our planning and operations programs. This is an exceptional opportunity to make a very real contribution to the protection of Australia’s unique wildlife and their habitat.
If you’re passionate about conserving Australia's unique landscapes, we'd love to hear from you!

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I enjoyed talking with Oliver Peterson on 6PR Perth about the urgent need for solutions so that local governments can introduce laws that prevent pet cats from roaming. Listen to the interview here: nine.social/Zro

An indoor cat is lying down and looking at the camera. An overlaid quote on pet cat containment states "The community is demanding this, they've been demanding it for a decade or more now, and they're getting pretty frustrated."

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Download the full @wafcwg.bsky.social report and media release here: wafcwg.org.au/media_post/t... Please share this report with your local government today and ask them what they are going to do NOW about solutions for this important issue. (5/5)

Report cover showing a resting pet cat looking at the camera, with the report title: Responsible cat ownership in Western Australia: past attempts, current efforts and future aspirations.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

We've taken the pulse on on responsible cat ownership across Western Australia. The @wafcwg.bsky.social undertook a survey of all 139 local governments on past attempts, current efforts, and future aspirations by local governments for managing pet cats. A🧵(1/5)

A black and white cat looking up inquisitively at the camera over a bright yellow background.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

It's #ShowYourStripes day today. These iconic #DataViz examples boldly reveal our #ClimateCrisis. We have to live with what has happened in the past but we can change our future trajectory. How will you be part of that change? @edhawkins.org via www.ShowYourStripes.info #SciComm

Climate stripes temperature change figure for Australia since 1876.

Climate stripes temperature change figure for the world showing past change and future possible trajectories.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I could not be more excited to begin working with Bush Heritage Australia today. We live in an era where the future of our natural world has never been so threatened. Yet as David Attenborough cautioned, “We know what we need to do. What happens next is up to us.” (1/2)

First light shines through jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) and marri (Corymbia calophylla) on Noongar boodja, Avon Valley National Park, Western Australia.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Friday was my last day at CSIRO. It's been a blast chasing that challenge of how to do biodiversity conservation more effectively in an era of rapid global environmental change. Thank you to all who have been part of this work and the impact it has delivered. I'm looking forward to what lies ahead!

Last light on Bunuba country, Wunaamin-Miliwundi Ranges, Kimberley region, Western Australia.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, ask yourself, what would Sir David do? "It's surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth." - #DavidAttenborough

Looking west down Mini palms gorge at Purnululu National Park, on the traditional lands of the Djaru and Gija Aboriginal people.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I'm looking forward to seeing the data roll in from our new rain sensors! Coming out of a collaboration with the #InnovateIOT team, these sensors are specifically built to deal with rugged conditions and to not be bothered by leaf litter and other detritus. #AppliedEcology #Innovation

A new rain sensor installed on top of a metal pole in the Millstream Chichester National Park, Western Australia

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Decoding the universe! We took our annual #Keen2STEAM event to the next level with 13 participating schools tackling a day of exciting #STEM challenges. We followed this year's National Science Week theme relating activities to the mathematics of communication and design in nature. #SciComm 🧪

Bruce Webber talks to students as part of the Keen2STEAM event with Churchlands Primary School. The theme was 'Decoding the Universe', following Australia's 2025 National Science Week theme.

Students listen to Bruce Webber talk as part of the Keen2STEAM event with Churchlands Primary School. The theme was 'Decoding the Universe', following Australia's 2025 National Science Week theme.

Students participate in the Keen2STEAM event with Churchlands Primary School. The theme was 'Decoding the Universe', following Australia's 2025 National Science Week theme.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Congratulations to the City of Vincent for organising an excellent native plant sale at Birdwood Square. 11,000 plants were sold over the morning! What a great initiative to help native biodiversity thrive in our suburbs and to help our community embrace the beauty of gardening with native plants.

People attending the City of Vincent's annual native plant sale.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

WALGA & the @wafcwg.bsky.social will be hosting an online workshop on cat containment for WA Local Government Officers & Councillors. Three east coast councils who have permanent containment already will be sharing their experiences. 🕒: Thu 12 June 2025 🎟️: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dd25fe...

An invitation to the WA local government cat containment workshop - an online event to be held on Thu 12 June 2025 at 10:30am AWST. Three presentations will be followed by facilitated Q&A.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy Birthday! As a storyteller for the natural world, David Attenborough is peerless. He, more than anyone else, has inspired me to pursue the paths that I have followed. Few have been as effective in igniting a curiosity for nature and opening our eyes to the wonders of ecosystems worldwide.

Sir David Attenborough sits in a chair in Sandakan, Borneo, while talking with scientists working on the SAFE Project.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

If you are in Perth on 21 May, please come and join the discussion on the important issue of cat management in Australia. AWC and IDA are hosting a viewing of ABC's Eat The Invaders followed by an interactive discussion panel and Q&A. Tickets here: events.humanitix.com/eat-the-inva... #bioinvasions

A poster of Tony Martin with a frog on a fork and an empty plate, as part of a communications piece for the ABC TV program Eat the Invaders.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If you're looking for something to get you thinking over this Easter break, spend your time in the pages of this pair of climate-emergency novels from Paul Hardisty: www.goodreads.com/book/show/63... www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Two novels - 'The Forcing' and 'The Descent' by Paul E. Hardisty are sitting side by side on a white background.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

At what point does fiction become lived narratives for the trajectory that we are steering our planet along? The Forcing and The Decent by #PaulHardisty are unsettling yet captivating. As a global change ecologist, these novels were a powerful call to arms for the change we so desperately need. 🌏🌐

A close up of the cover of 'The Forcing' by Paul E. Hardisty, showing a quote by Tim Glister.

A close up of the cover of 'The Descent' by Paul E. Hardisty, showing a quote by The Times.

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Vehicle collision is a significant mortality source for threatened wildlife. In a new paper in @wildliferesearchj.bsky.social we analysed major determinants of vehicle collisions with southern cassowaries in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia. 🌏🌐 OA: doi.org/10.1071/WR23... 📷: Ru Somaweera

A southern cassowary stands next to a bitumen road with rainforest behind, in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia

A southern cassowary crosses a curved bitumen road with rainforest behind, in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia

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