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Justine E. Hausheer

@justinehausheer.bsky.social
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Science writer & author. Princeton & SHERP alum. Book on Australian threatened species, The Vanishing Wild, out in 2026 w/ @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social 🦜🦋🐍🦘http://www.justinehausheer.com (Views mine.)

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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Reason #1 I’ve been quiet on here lately… we got a fur baby! His name is Marlow, he’s a standard poodle, and he’s the bestest boy there were was.
A woman and a puppy. The puppy is biting her hand and she is smiling at the camera. A puppy sitting next to a pot plant in front of a door.
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Judy Dunlop @judydunlop.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Thanks Guy!! As @benflips.bsky.social says "it's not rocket science, it's plumbing" #wildoz #esa2025
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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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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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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
And now Rich Fuller brings it home with a fantastic plenary on migration, from curlew to wagtails. #AOC2025 “Two ibis and a spoonbill walk into a pub…”
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Nick Leseberg on the uncertain fate of the Coxen’s fig parrot #AOC2025
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Jacinta Bowler @jacintabowler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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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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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
A few home truths about the orange-bellied parrot, an excellent #AOC2025 plenary from @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social
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Rob Davis @pezoporus.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Great talk by Mike Lohr on our newest research on rodenticide impacts on Masked Owls #AOC2025
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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Heather shares how the birds are culturally important to the people of Palau, embedded in many traditional stories and sayings. Protecting nature also ensures the protections of culture and traditions. #AOC2025
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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Plenary speaker Dejan Stojanovich describes how the orange bellied parrots have been resistant to conservation, and are generally a challenging species to study. A lot of research and conservation trial and effort has been put in to diagnosing causes of decline. #AOC2025
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Great #AOC2025 plenary by @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social on what we need to do to save the orange-bellied parrot. (And bonus points for photos of adorable parrot bubbas 🦜😍)
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Unraveling the mysteries of the painted snipe with @mattherring.bsky.social #AOC2025
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Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Welcome to #AOC2025!
Western spinebill
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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Marcel Klaassen walks us through the evolution of H5N1 bird flu, including tracking and testing of waders, with data being tracked in AviFluMap hpairisk.deakin.edu.au. Ducks are the main spreader currently. #AOC2025
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Kicking off #AOC2025! Looking forward to three days of bird nerding 🦜🤓
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Matt Herring @mattherring.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.
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caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Harvard Gazette:
Gazette: “You are the mother of two In ten years you have produced three novels and two short-story collections. Can you talk about your process and how you manage work and family?”
Groff: “I understand that this is a question of vital importance to a lot of people, particularly to other mothers who are artists trying to get their work done, and know that I feel for everyone in the struggle. But until I see a male writer asked that question, I am going to respectfully decline to answer it.”
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Y’all…
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Adventures in North American Birding, Part 1: Fall Warblers Make Me Want To Cry
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Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Do you work in conservation science, particularly outside the U.S.? Did you lose your job or funding for your job because of cuts to U.S. federal agencies? Do you want to talk about it? DM me please. (This is for a @biographic.bsky.social story) [Iceland photo for attention only]
Grassy dunes, the ocean, and jagged mountains in Iceland
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Came home from a workout, found a pink-tongued skink on the doorstep, and ate some tacos. 10/10 for a Tuesday.
A smiling woman holding a lizard.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Litoria tyleri and a cute little ringtail bum to round out a very long Wednesday. #wildoz
A yellow frog perched on a tree branch lit by a torch. A common ringtail possum on a tree branch looking back at the camera
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Ya'll I feel like such a grown-up writer...
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Sophie Black @sophieblackwords.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Catriona Menzies-Pike does the maths on Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
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Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin. www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
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The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating | Ben Walter
MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Also FYI the # of threatened animal species referenced in the comic (>150) is now more than SIX HUNDRED. (And for plants it's >1,400. So maybe pour yourself a drink with that cake.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Have I baked cakes in years past for #ThreatenedSpeciesDay? Yes. Am I tired and grumpy and really vibing with this FirstDogOnTheMoon carton? Also yes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How can we solve Australia's threatened species crisis? With baking! | First Dog on the Moon
This is a cake in the shape of democracy which is also endangered
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
If you love wildlife, your feeds are probably full of #ThreatenedSpeciesDay stories: tales of hope, eulogies to the species we’ve lost, and cries of rage at the fact that the Australian government is still failing wildlife. #wildoz
A dead Tasmanian devil lies by the side of the road as cars speed behind it.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
That feeling when you’re being watched…. 🐋
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Met some new (and very curious) friends over the weekend! 🐋 We stopped 100m away but they decided to come closer and say hello.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
If you’re looking for excellent apocalyptic climate fiction with a dash of murder mystery & botany, this one is a winner.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
If you're not mounting your taxidermy on a motorized scooter then you're doing it wrong.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Take. My. Money.
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
First earthquake! Surprised it took me this long. The windows were rattling for a good 20 seconds
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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Critics of #ColossalBio and #DeExtinction @toriherridge.bsky.social @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social, @flintdibble.bsky.social, and I have been targeted by "articles" attacking our credibility, looks like a targeted smear campaign against us for honest criticisms... www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
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Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
More on dingoes, led by @drcairns.bsky.social. "Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris." www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...
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Taxonomic tangles posed by human association - the urgent need for an evidence-based review of dingo and domestic dog taxonomy and nomenclature
A serious challenge in modern taxonomy is whether or how relationships with humans have altered the evolutionary trajectory of species and how this should be dealt with in taxonomic nomenclature. Desp...
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Ben Phillips @benflips.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
We're hiring. 2.5 year statistical ecology postdoc in Perth, Western Australia. Closing 6 July. 🌏 #bioinvasions #biosecurity Check it out: www.seek.com.au/job/85070198...
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Post Doctoral Research Associate in statistical ecology Job in Bentley, Perth WA - SEEK
The Population Biology and genomics Group is seeking to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Associate.
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Renee Catullo @reneecatullo.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I’m a mammal taxonomist now!!! 😜 Two new species of adorable marsupials, the kind that have the will to kill you but lack the size to be effective. Led by my PhD student @kultarrcam.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Cryptic Kultarr: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Unrecognized Species of Carnivorous Marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in Arid Australia
Conservation is impossible if we have not described all of the species we aim to conserve. This paper reviews the taxonomy of the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) a small arid-zone specialist native to....
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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
A sneak peek into a regent parrot nest hole - they like a deep cavity with a wide enough floor to fit the whole family 😍 here’s the kids just lounging around like they own the joint ♥️
Three yellow and green parrots sitting on the floor of a tree hole - it looks spacious but messy
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Australia’s invertebrates - like bees, snails, spiders and worms - have been doing it tough. But you can help many species that live in your own backyard by planting flowers, reducing light pollution or snapping pics for sites like @inaturalist.bsky.social 🐝
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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Averting complete extinction of multiple frog species in Kosciuszko National Park requires a proactive response in the face of chytrid, says David Hunter. #ICCB2025
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Conservation as a peace-building tool in Bougainville #iccb2025
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Society for Conservation Biology Oceania @scboceania.org · 19/06/2025
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Society for Conservation Biology Oceania @scboceania.org · 19/06/2025
Conservation is not a new thing in Melanesia! #ICCB2025
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
A powerful, persuasive, emotional & evidence-based rebuttal to Wallach & Lundgren’s claims, from Professor John Woinarski. My own view, it’s essential for science to challenge dogma, but if this is not done in a robust way, using weight of evidence, it is reckless & potentially harmful. #ICCB2025
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Standing room only for this fab session on conservation in Melanesia, by Melanesians. #iccb2025
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
How are the world’s mammals going? Well, more than 1 in 4 are threatened. - Carlo Rondinini #ICCB2025
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Nat Forsdick @natforsdick.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Red foxes are a real threat to shorebirds at their high tide roosts in Australia. Andrea Griffin used camera traps, detecting 183 independent visitation events by foxes, though eDNA revealed no shorebirds in fix scat from those sites. #ICCB2025 🪶
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Justine E. Hausheer @justinehausheer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“Like climate change denialism, invasive species denialism is toxic” and “does a disservice to conservation.” PREACH 🙌💯 #iccb2025
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