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Dr Jake Newman-Martin

@jnewmanmartin.bsky.social
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Palaeomammologist|Views my own. Living on 5 acres of Noongar boodja

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“"It's been a very slow pick up…When they originally started dying, they were leaving them, and the crows were eating them…Then yesterday, I saw a dead crow down there." Heartbreaking au.news.yahoo.com/famous-aussi...
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Famous Aussie seal’s new threat after returning to waterfront
There are fears the iconic animal could be struck down by a devastating disease.
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Interesting Boodie skull I looked at today. It has supernumerary molars (5 instead of 4), an additional set of canines, and what appears to be a faint second premaxillary-maxillary suture.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 12/01/2026
Today, rock wallabies rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story.
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Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas. Fossils show they need to travel
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
🕊️ The countdown continues! There’s still time to help #GiveBHLWings before BHL becomes independent on 1 January 2026. Your support keeps this global library flying high into the future. #ILoveBHL #BHLTransition 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 💸 💚 Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL...
A black and grey gliding possum soaring from a tree.
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I have been asked before how "fossilised" some of the material from cave deposits that I look at are. Still "subfossils", as they have not yet turned to stone, some can have a fair bit of mineral build up. In such cases these remains are easier to identify by the size of the molars.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Continued protection for invasive deer, but allow hunters to shoot threatened ducks... Truly, what is going on anymore?
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
There was a beautiful King's skink (Egernia kingii) in the shed today. Poor thing was ice cold in all this rain!
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The late Dr. Jane Goodall with a wonderful posthumous message. Worth the few minutes! What a treasure.
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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The climate targets announced by @albomp.bsky.social are so weak - imagine if we all took this attitude to work! Shame on the government for once again letting down Australia #climate #targets This comic was done in consultation with my partner Matt :)
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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
“Achievable” as in weak!? The PM @albomp.bsky.social has had a busy month so far, trying to convince the world he’s a climate champion when really he and Murray Watt are proving just how willing they are to sell Australia’s future for fossil fuel profits
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Keep 👏 Them 👏 Inside 👏 Cats are deadly to native fauna. Of the now ~45 extinct mammalian taxa an estimated 27 are a result of cats. Let me put that into perspective. There are globally ~80 extinct mammals. Over half of the worlds extinct mammals are from Australia with the majority from cats!
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Anthony Albanese’s government are climate criminals and they’re consigning large parts of Australia to becoming uninhabitable. This is not just an environmental assault, it’s an assault on human rights. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Australia vows to cut emissions 62 to 70 per cent by 2035
Australia will vow to cut its emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035, lifting its sights further as the world strives to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
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Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
While today may have been rainy, yesterday was a different story. Here is one of the Turkeys basking in the sun. 🦃🦃
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Thanks for having me on the stream today! It was so fun to chat fossils with you Danny.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
So much wonder has been destroyed theconversation.com/australia-ha...
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Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct
A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 05/09/2025
A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.
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Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Meet Bettongia haoucharae, a new species of extinct bettong from the Nullarbor Plain and Great Victoria Desert. doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
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A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. | Zootaxa
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Dr Kenny Travouillon @kennytravouillon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
theconversation.com/australia-ha...
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Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct
A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I just got some Emu chicks for the property. Meet Benedict and Florentine. Its so fun to watch the way they move and look for food in the grass. These guys really are dinosaurs.
Wet Emu prints on stone pavers.Two Emu chicks exploring potted grass.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Dingoes are NOT domestic dogs, and we show why in theconversation.com/dingoes-are-... @aunz.theconversation.com. Research www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052 published today in Australian Mammalogy (@ausmammals.bsky.social) and led by @drcairns.bsky.social.
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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path
New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences
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Dr Jake Newman-Martin @jnewmanmartin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Ive been finding mouse droppings in the shed so its time to remove any unwanted rodents.
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