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Judy Dunlop

@judydunlop.bsky.social
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Dr Judy Dunlop, a passionate ecologist who helps threatened Australian #WildOz fauna 🦘🐍🐯🦎🦜🐀. #QuollPatrol #TCZ. Likes deserts better than desserts. Posts my own.

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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A 3-snake night is a good night! (Stimson's python, black-headed python, orange-naped snake) #wildoz #tcz
3 pictures of snakes on the road at night
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This week I'm surveying for toxic cane toads around and behind the invasion front line. Here's some nightmare fuel for you- with up to 8 small toads in every cow hoofprint. #wildoz #tcz
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Always a joy and privilege when you meet a venerable tree being 💚💚💚
Photo of a massive river red gum looking from its massive trunk up towards its backlit canopy through its impressive gnarly branches. It looks radiant against a blue skyPhoto of a massive river red gum from a different position  but still looking from its massive trunk up towards its backlit canopy through its impressive gnarly branches. It looks radiant against a blue sky
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I've worked in Karijini National Park a fair bit and am always surprised how many people ask "is X gorge worth it?" Nah, you've only traveled across the country so far, don't bother 😅
A waterfall running down rocksA beautiful swimming hole in the sun with a small waterfall
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
These poor long dogs were forced to do a 10 km walk with me this morning! That's their allocation for the week done. Maybe the month #adoptagreyhound
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
From a national environmental management review document. Should we talk to any chicks about this issue? nah.
A list of 17 authors from different universities and govt departments, all male. "ross, barry, john, glen, ron.... etc"
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I can confirm that the #pilbara is sweaty this week, in case anyone was wondering. #wildoz #quollpatrol
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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Wiminyji in the Western Desert: Martu knowledge reveals historical declines of northern quolls in arid Australia by Muuki Taylor @harryymoore.bsky.social @judydunlop.bsky.social et al. connectsci.au/wr/article/5...
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Wiminyji in the Western Desert: Martu knowledge reveals historical declines of northern quolls in arid Australia
This study documents Martu Traditional Owners’ knowledge of the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) or wiminyji, in the Western Desert of Western Australi
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Guy Ballard @guyballard.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Blessed are those willing to act in the face of environmental threats. Saint @judydunlop.bsky.social inspired all at her #ESA2025 talk on stopping cane toads in their north western tracks. All power to the WA toad ‘stoppers’.
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#tool #radelaide I can't even tell you how excited I am 🤘🤩
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Dieter Hochuli @dieterhochuli.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I rescued this one from the side of the road on a holiday to Uluru last year. We bonded a bit before it ran off into some grassy thing.
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#esa2025 was this you
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Let’s get serious about a TCZ! @judydunlop.bsky.social presents a unique plan to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara at #ESA2025. theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Cane toads are advancing on WA's unique Pilbara region. @judydunlop.bsky.social and her team have a plan to stop them! @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 🌏 we're hearing about the Toad Containment Zone - creating a waterless barrier across the Pilbara to stop the invasion. 🐸
Judy has matched her dress colour to the mustard yellow cane toad on her title slideA once in a lifetime chance to stop the toad invasion. 'Working with Country to save Country' - Martin Bin Rashid, Karajarri
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Breaking news- fungi are plants now in SA 😁🍄 #esa2025 Phillipa McCormack gives us a rundown of thoughtful new and more flexible nature laws in SA. Including learning lessons from extinction?! Whodathunk it. #wildoz
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Today! #esa2025
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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
New favourite part of the conference alert 🎡😂 @hollykirk.bsky.social for the next Wheel of Fortune host, anyone? #ESA2025
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
’Tis conference season! This is my third, and I’m sort of all drawn out… pun intended. Here is the second logo reimagining for #ESA2025 which is from 23–28 November in Tarndanya (Adelaide)⁠ — Kaurna Country esa2025.org.au
Mallee emu-wren illustration by @terngirl
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Northern quoll, Wijeengadda, is culturally important to Dambimamgari Traditional Owners in WA Kimberley. Quolls threatened by toxic cane toads. Rangers and AWC tried conditioned-taste-aversion trial of cane toad sausages to train them not to eat toads. Unfortunately quolls declined by ~70%. #esa2025
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Fab talk from @megcevans.bsky.social about government trying to use capitalism (for profit model) to attempt to solve problems created by capitalism (environmental damage and biodiversity loss). But $2bn to solve biodiversity crisis isn't much compared to many other publicly funded things. #esa2025
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Some fantastic tips on engaging with the media coming from hugely experienced @biodivcouncil.bsky.social Jaana Dielenberg and Claire Peddie @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 - short, clear and fun pitches - prep photos/videos ahead of time - say yes to radio & tv to expand your audience
Panel speakers sitting on the stage at ESA, speaking about how to get your science into the media.
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
What a treat @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2024 to hear from @lilyvaneeden.bsky.social and @megcevans.bsky.social about pathways to impact for your research, especially how to inform policy. 🌏 - get to know how the government works, the mess and mechanisms!
Three speakers on the stage at ESA
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The motto of #ESA2025 this year is "Biodiversity on the brink – BOLD ACTIONS for a resilient future" On Thu I'm presenting on a super bold, landscape-scale biodiversity project that will keep 10-25 species from being added to Threatened species list. Thu 1030! Big room! Comfy chairs! Great photos!
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Really enjoying hearing so many expert, vibrant and sharp women as plenaries of #esa2025. What bloody superstars 🤩 #womeninSTEM @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Very excited to be speaking in the Nature Positive Cities symposium @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #ESA2025 In a last minute change to advertised content, I'll be talking about the super cool Superb City Wrens project! 🐦🪶🌏 Riverbank Room 3-4, 1:45pm is where it's at!
The Superb City Wrens logo, features a stylised blue Wren and a pale blue skyscraper silhouette
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Fab talks from @guyballard.bsky.social & Annalie Dorph today about monitoring feral cats. 1) how best to estimate populations? 2) how to detect change following management actions? These are Qs everyone asks around Aus, that keep me awake at night. Standardised monitoring protocol, anyone? #esa2025
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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Powerful and insightful Welcome to Country by Katrina (Karlapina) Power 🖤💛❤️ #ESA2025
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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Who's seen a grey Falcon in three states simultaneously? @ecosystemunraveller.com of course! Love hearing how Dave has developed an awesome undergrad ecology field course. Sharing all the adventures of the Aussie outback with students means lessons in both life and biodiversity. #ESA2025
Image of Dave Watson on stage, with a slide showing students at the field station and the bottom of a pitfall trap.A fully faaarked tyre on a field vehicle - changing tyres is an important skill for field workers
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Dan Rogers @coorongdan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Pre-conference #ESA2025 birding with the troops, led more than ably by @hollykirk.bsky.social. Highlight was black cockatoo, followed very closely by the company and giggles @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
#ecologicalfashion Day 1! @ecolsocaus.bsky.social #esa2025
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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Don't miss the launch of Ecology Matters tonight in the main conference hall at the @csiropublishing.bsky.social stall at 5:20pm. #ecology #booklaunch #booktok #naturephotography #ESA2025
Ecology Matters book is held in front of white and red flowers
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Dr Dave tells us about the deep time relationships between mistletoes and birds with weird hair. #esa2025 @ecosystemunraveller.com
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Stoked to see my photo on top left of the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social banner (rainbow bee-eaters) #esa2025 #wildoz
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Comparing western and Indigenous science - Tiahni Adamson, Bush Heritage Australia #esa2025 @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Indigenous vs western science Venn diagram. Indigenous science considers longer timeframes, holistic cultural values. Western is shorter budget timeframes, structured. Value is in the overlap of seeking understanding
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Ecological Society of Australia @ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The welcome drinks at #ESA2025 are in full swing! See you for the opening bright and early tomorrow 🐸
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
"Hell hath no fury like a planet scorned" Katrina "Karlapina" Power gives us a powerful welcome to Kaurna Country. It's ok not to know, be curious, be courageous, we can't succeed without each other. #esa2025 @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
WA is seeking public submissions on greyhound racing. It's a cruel and unnecessary "sport" that sees massive numbers of injuries and killing of thousands of "waste" (too slow to race) dogs every year. Please consider submitting www.freethehounds.com.au/wa-governmen... Submit by 17 Nov- this week!
A happy greyhound rescued from the racing industry
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
WA is seeking public submissions on greyhound racing. It's a cruel and unnecessary "sport" that sees massive numbers of injuries and killing of thousands of "waste" (too slow to race) dogs every year. Please consider submitting www.freethehounds.com.au/wa-governmen... Submit by 17 Nov- this week!
A happy greyhound rescued from the racing industry
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Toads are on track to reach the Pilbara in the next 20 years. If they do, they'll threaten 25 native mammals and reptiles- 8 of which occur nowhere else in the world. The Toad Containment Zone can stop them, here's how! #wildoz #tcz theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
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Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them
Cane toads will reach Broome in the next couple of years. Creating a waterless “containment zone” is the only way to stop them pillaging the Pilbara.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We should absolutely do all that we can to prevent toads reaching the Pilbara theconversation.com/cane-toads-a... By @judydunlop.bsky.social and team.
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Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them
Cane toads will reach Broome in the next couple of years. Creating a waterless “containment zone” is the only way to stop them pillaging the Pilbara.
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
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One of Australia’s worst pests is on the march to the Pilbara. But we have a ‘unique’ chance to stop them
A new study predicts that without containment efforts, cane toads will infest up to 75 per cent of the Pilbara within three decades.
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 31/10/2025
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here's a selection of some of our scariest gargoyles and grotesques 👀 #Halloween
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Bringing the blind cave eel to light: eDNA transforms detection in subterranean ecosystem. Michael Curran. The Biodiversity Conference 2025
Robe River Blind Cave Eel illustration by @terngirl
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Cryptic Kultarr: integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species of Antechinomys. Cameron S. Dodd. The Biodiversity Conference 2025. And winner of the best student talk!
Long-eared Kultarr illustration by @terngirl
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Which bird and bat species are likely to be affected by wind turbines and what’s missling in Collision Risk Monitoring? Trish Fleming and Graeme Hocking. The Biodiversity Conference
A new CRM
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
@judydunlop.bsky.social tells us about the TOAD CONTAINMENT ZONE to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara. The Biodiversity Conference
The toad containment zone illustration @terngirl
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Truth telling and acknowledging the past is a step toward healing.
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Massacre apology prompts debate over Stirling name across WA
The WA governor's apology for the Pinjarra Massacre sparks fresh debate over the renaming of roads and places that honour the state's first governor, James Stirling.
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Dorian Moro & Wiluna Martu Rangers. A site was identified by rangers in healthy spinifex. Ground searches found scats, active burrows & tracks. Remote cameras confirmed tjakurra, the first for Matuwa Kurrawa NP / IPA. Surveys have identified 116 active burrows. Biodiversity Conference 2025.
Great desert skink, Liopholis kintorei, illustration by @terngirl
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Partnerships between Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation & DBCA have uncovered diversity of native bees in Walyarta Conservation Park. Sugarbag bee identified as high value to Nyangumarta people. 36 taxa recorded, 9 undescribed. Melaleuca spp. critical host. The Biodiversity Conference 2025.
Essington's Austral-Stingless Bee Austroplebeia essingtoni illustration by @terngirl
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Great overview of the Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru Project which is tagging green sea turtles and dugongs to identify and map how turtles, dugongs and humans all use Yawuru Saltwater Country (around Broome in Western Australia). www.yagarrajalajalan-nagula-buru.org TheBiodiversity Conference 2025
Great Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
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