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James Van Dyke

@jamesuvandyke.bsky.social
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Biologist studying reproduction and its consequences in vertebrates. Views my own. Duduroa and Wiradjuri country www.jamesuvandyke.com www.1millionturtles.com www.turtlesat.org.au

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great article about carbon offsets, the INFM, & Great Koala NP fiasco. I don't agree with this statement by Prof. Frank Jotzo: "There is nothing that incentivises or compels state governments to create national parks; there is really no push factor in that regard," www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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How a controversial scheme will fund Australia's largest koala park
Experts, conservationists and politicians are divided on using carbon credits to help fund the Great Koala National Park.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No doubt the result of some combination of shifting baselines, changes in education focus, and our daily bombardment of 'for clicks' misinformation
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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E. Anne Chambers @chamberea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We're hiring! The Chambers Lab is recruiting grad students interested in landsacpe & conservation genomics or species delimitation of reptiles & amphibians. Find more info here (or reach out with questions!): chamberslab.org/opportunitie...
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opportunities – Chambers Lab
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There is no Kimchi, only Zuul
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This article is excellent. It speaks volumes about how governments take so many in the environmental and conservation sectors and communities for granted theconversation.com/australia-ha.... As H5N1 begins to spread and devastate Australian wildlife the dire consequences of this are evident.
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Australia has long relied on volunteers and wildlife carers. As bird flu spreads, they will need support
Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.
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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Did you know the ARC is on Bluesky? If not, I encourage you to follow them: @arc-gov-au.bsky.social There will be a lot of change over the next couple of years. Tuning into them on here will help raise this channel's priority for their communication with actual researchers.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"I've put kids in the hospital" is a WILD thing to admit to a reporter about the work one does.
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
3 postdoc positions with @bmedlyn.bsky.social in vegetation modelling Biogeochemical Modelling careers.westernsydney.edu.au/job/postdoct... Australian Vegetation Dynamics careers.westernsydney.edu.au/job/postdoct... Vegetation-Fire Interactions careers.westernsydney.edu.au/job/research...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biogeochemical Modelling
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Do you know of studies that actually evaluate use of LLMs in the public sector or other kinds of knowledge work? Teknologirådet in Norway just published a report evaluating their own use of LLMs, based on careful logs from 35 cases. teknologiradet.no/publication/...
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Kunstig intelligens i kunnskapsarbeid
Teknologirådet har gjennom 35 case dokumentert og vurdert bruk av KI i vårt eget arbeid med teknologivurdering, blant annet til kartlegging av eksperter og aktører, horisontskanning, utvikling av scen...
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CSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Ahead of #WorldTurtleDay tomorrow, It Starts With... podcast host David Boldeman chats with turtle experts Deb Bower, @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social, Michael Thompson & @profturtle.bsky.social about the importance of turtles, their surprising biology & the challenges they face. 🐢 Tune in, link below 🎧
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‘Remarkable’ freshwater turtles face quiet decline
It Starts With... podcast host David Boldeman is joined by turtle experts Deb Bower, James Van Dyke, Michael Thompson and Ricky Spencer to explore why turtles are so important, the surprising biology ...
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Hooray! Now, turn the taps on, ASAP, Chris Minns. Well done, Deborah Bower, @greencate.bsky.social, @lisacox.bsky.social, and many others! 🐢 💦 ❤️
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Every day that Chris Minns delays introducing this bill is another day that turtles and other aquatic wildlife are denied life saving environmental water. Call Minns now 👉 Phone: (02) 7225 6000 www.nswlabor.org.au/chris_minns
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Very important article and read academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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Crediting and citing Indigenous Knowledges within research
Abstract. Knowledge exchanges between Indigenous and scientific communities occur regularly, with researchers frequently seeking and benefiting from Indige
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Say one word about turtle eggs being eaten by foxes and there is tons of support for fixing the problem. But you can lose even a whole year's worth (maybe a decade) of eggs, and not come close to the impact that losing a few females has on a population's stability, let alone a whole wetland.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The answer is clearly YES. It should have happened years ago. This invasive plant is an environmental and cultural disaster, and we should throw as many resources as possible towards its suppression or, where possible, eradication. theconversation.com/should-this-...
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Should this plant be declared one of the worst weeds in Australia?
Without a national policy, the spread of smothering buffel grass will continue unchecked.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“These deaths are incomprehensible, given there is environmental water sitting in the dam. This could save the turtles, but WaterNSW is just not allowing its release," - Prof Deb Bower www.theguardian.com/environment/... Story by @lisacox.bsky.social
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‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands
Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Pretty extraordinary.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
So I only just learned today that Artemis II is a moonshot. I'm shocked that a flight to go all the way to the moon, for the first time in ~50 years is so much of a nothing. It says a lot about the world that this first-in-half-a-century event is barely reported and hardly talked about.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Reports of Jonathan's death were greatly exaggerated
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The scale of Australian universities managerial & governance surrender/capture is ASTOUNDING "Twelve of the 14 universities had council members, who had substantive roles as consultants from firms such as Ernst & Young, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey, and Boston Consulting Group"
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As universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2b
Consultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs.
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American Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Do subordinate ant workers really forgo reproduction? Shit et al. showed that in a clonal ant species, isolated subordinates can match dominants in fecundity with no apparent cost to longevity. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The American Naturalist classic cover
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Glad 4Corners is onto this. Can't help thinking if a devestating toxic 20,000 armageddon fatal to animals and dangerous to humans was happening on the coast of Melbourne or Sydney AND the govt health advice was way too languid, it would be news all day every day. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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'Let's not scare South Australians': What the public wasn't told about toxic algae
The government knew a harmful toxin had been found in its algal bloom, but took months to update its health advice.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Just turtles doing turtle things
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The longer I'm in this biz, the bigger fan I become of the lottery concept.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Pete Hegseth might consider adding another task to his many duties, one that would be of immense help to the nation and to the armed forces: He should shut up." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Pete Hegseth Should Sit This One Out
By inserting himself into the situation in Minnesota, the secretary of defense is only making things worse.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Even the Conservative subreddit, which is full-on MAGA, has a consensus that this is a bad, idiotic idea
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/01/2026
Trump: "I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security"
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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'Extraordinary' nesting season for endangered freshwater turtle
A record number of clutches of white-throated snapping turtles have been found along the Burnett River in Queensland's Bundaberg region.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
First CES panel. Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese is proud of his company's integration with OpenAI, which involves giving AI read/write access to tax data. Since prompt injection attacks are unavoidable, I asked him who will be liable when customer data is exposed: Intuit, OpenAI, etc? He had no idea.
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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Devastating news that marine biologist, science communicator, and UniMelb VC Professor Emma Johnston has died after a short illness. She really was an extraordinary and visionary leader, and I have no doubt she would have made a fine Chief Scientist one day. theconversation.com/emma-johnsto...
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Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity
The University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, who has died aged 52, was driven by a deep love of science and a desire to safeguard the planet’s future.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Come and work with us! Please share widely! Applications close 18 January 2026 at 11.55pm. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @deakinuniversity.bsky.social
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Deakin University hiring Lecturer, Environmental Botany in Burwood, Victoria, Australia | LinkedIn
Posted 2:37:03 AM. Drive innovation with Deakin’s Environmental & Science programs through teaching excellence…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We need more whimsy
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise www.abc.net.au/news/science... CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP: 1982-83 = 0.17 2024-25 = 0.03 ... Scientific extinction event imminent?
abc.net.au
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
First turtle checking out our new Wodonga floating island last sunday
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We launched another turtle island in Wodonga this week! media.streem.com.au/preview/TSq6...
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Streem
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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠 A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home! TO BE CONTINUED…
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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New paper out! Christina Hunter used artificial nests to compare floating islands, fenced beaches, and individual nest protection to protect turtle nests from invasive foxes. The outcome was that all three methods worked, but islands are probably the best. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Mitigating Fox Predation on Freshwater Turtle Nests: Comparing Effectiveness of Three In Situ Protection Methods
Floating islands provide the best protection for freshwater turtle nests, compared to fenced nesting beaches and individually protected nests. However, all three methods are better than leaving nests...
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Good luck to everyone tonight, you're all amazing! #EurekaPrizes
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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Julian Catchen @jcatchen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Have you voted for Australia's most underrated animal yet? www.abc.net.au/news/science... Want to learn more about the species in the running? Take a look at www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... There's a new one each day! #NationalScienceWeek
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Ugly animals are important too. Which should be the next Aussie icon?
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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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Glad to have this work out, led by Donald McKnight with collaboration from many turtle researchers across the USA and Australia. It came about to answer a critique that fox predation mightn't drive low juvenile abundance in Australian systems.
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Does a lack of juveniles indicate a threat? Understanding body size distributions in a group of long‐lived vertebrates
We used a large dataset to examine turtle size distributions and found that for most species in most areas, distributions are typically skewed towards large adults, with few juveniles present. Theref....
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Trump shuts down fish restoration pact that took decades to build
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Trump shuts down fish restoration pact that took decades to build
Trump called the regional plan to save salmon "radical environmentalism."
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Dan Warren @danlwarren.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Posting because I have a lot of friends who might want to reach out but afaik literally none of them use Mastodon.
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Memo to legislators in Hawaii, Florida and Palau: Australia’s consumer regulator is taking the owners of popular sunscreen brands to court, alleging they have misled consumers by claiming their products are “reef-friendly” and a cure for coral bleaching. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Popular sunscreens accused of greenwashing by ACCC over ‘reef-friendly’ claims
Consumer regulator claims owner of Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat misled consumers but company stands by products
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here: Ecology: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... Genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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