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Marilyn Connell

@marilynjc.bsky.social
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Freshwater turtle conservation, Landcare, Churchill Fellow, nature.

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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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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Serious problem that is solvable… where is the Will 🤔🤔
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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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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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Tasmanian Land Conservancy @tasland.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
TLC are also working with Dr Fernanda Alves to help protect forty-spotted pardalotes by providing feather dispersers & specialised next boxes for our important feathered residents! Read the story at: abc.net.au/news/2026-01-04/forty-spotted-pardalote-bruny-island-endangered-species/106176110
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'So, I had this idea': Scientists dispense insecticide-coated feathers for birds to build nests
Donning a helmet and a well-equipped harness, Dr Fernanda Alves looks like she is set to take on an extreme sport. Instead, she is climbing trees to check nesting boxes for a tiny and very rare bird.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Hugh Possingham is a great practical role model for standardised bird monitoring.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
How many threatened species are waiting for Recovery plans??? An enormous task ahead IF govt actively undertakes this process.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 08/08/2025
Research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/butterf...
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The attack on Australia’s net zero target is reckless and gutless. Voters expect more than ‘intergenerational bastardry’ | Zoe Daniel
While Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack try to ditch the 43% net zero 2030 emissions target, Australia’s net zero target for 2035 has not yet been set
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Who would’ve thought???? Gotta love nature.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thought provoking.
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Invertebrates, like bees, worms and spiders, play many vital functions in our ecosystems. But almost 1,000 Aussie invertebrates are threatened with extinction. We asked Assoc Prof Kate Umbers from Biodiversity Council and Invertebrates Australia how to help 🐝 #insects #conservation #CitizenScience
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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated". #climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Big benefit of camera traps biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...
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First Leadbeater’s possum detection in NSW shows importance of protecting big conservation areas | Biodiversity Council Australia
The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park near the Yarrangobilly Caves. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outs...
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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'My heart sank': Forest home to endangered gliders pegged to be logged
Three hours north of Brisbane, a group of greater gliders is living in a section of the St Mary State Forest set to be logged, despite them being a protected species.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We want to help demystify these vaccines and have put together this report to help address people questions about the technology
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Demystifying messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and debunking the myths – Independent SAGE
Independent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Here here.
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Another gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in Australia reneweconomy.com.au/another-giga...
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Another gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in Australia
Supernode battery will be the biggest in Australia after Queensland state owned generator signed massive new off take, despite government’s support of coal.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It takes a community to help save #threatenedspecies. What a privilege to be part of. #landcare #turtle #conservation
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
#Maryriver experienced multiple high velocity major #floods in 2022. Impacts on #threatenedspecies #criticallyendangered #Maryriverturtle and #environment explored in new Podcast series #What’syourstory open.spotify.com/episode/178B...
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Episode 3 - Marilyn Connell
What's Your Story? · Episode
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Last Chance series by The Guardian - so many Australian fauna species in peril.
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Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The next video in our Last Chance nature series is about the critically endangered far-eastern curlew and the people working to protect this amazing migratory shorebird’s coastal habitat at Darwin harbour
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Endangered far eastern curlews, and the scientist standing up for them – video
Dr Amanda Lilleyman is defending the critically endangered migratory bird as residential and industrial development threatens to encroach on shorelines vital to its survival
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
abc.net.au
Saltwater crocs' feral pig diet may be changing NT waterways
A new study suggests nutrient-rich crocodile poop could be benefiting wetland vegetation in the Top End while predation pressure limits feral pig damage.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
If all that is being reported is true, it’s appalling. Surely animal cruelty is an additional problem. Is consumption of non Australian salmon increasing??
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Anyne know what the purpose of this presumably a #nestbox is for??? Torrington national park, nr Tenterfield NSW. #conservation #wildlife
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#DynamicLagoons Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Ramsar site.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Unbelievable. #Reconyx #wildlifecamera still operational despite being submerged for at least 6 consecutive days #wildoz
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Rare event. 6 times in 114yrs of records, Mary River at Miva has exceeded 10m in Dec - twice this century incl today; river still rising. Dec matters as wild #criticallyendangered #MaryRiverturtle embryos are incubating. Unprotected embryos won’t survive. #wildoz
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Asbestos to force relocation of Queensland's Borumba Pumped Hydro camp - ABC News
The discovery of naturally occurring asbestos at concerning levels will force the relocation of a workers' camp at Borumba Pumped Hydro.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Concerning that #iNaturalist could get caught up in the social media legislation….. #wildoz
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Acacia implexa, a beauty. Two small groups growing on Bruce Highway south of Tiaro - under 3hrs nth of Brisbane. Until I recorded it last week there’d been no records between Sunshine Coast & Gladstone. How did it get missed?? It’s not that it’s been hidden away in some remote area. #wildoz #acacia
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Fantastic fusion of science, creativity & communication.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Nice idea that seems to be working - anything to help conserve threatened turtle populations.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Borumba Dam purpose on is irrigation, potable water supply for Gympie & Noosa & environmental flows. Will LNP modify Borumba pumped hydro costing $14.2 billion - Snowy 2.0 current cost of $12 billion. Exploratory drilling 2.6km tunnel 400m below surface. qldhydro.com.au/projects/bor...
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Borumba Pumped Hydro Project | Queensland Hydro
The Borumba Pumped Hydro Project is a 2,000 MW pumped hydro energy storage system at Lake Borumba, located near Imbil southwest of Gympie.
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Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2... Good news story- some creative thinking required to replace decades of lost instream timber hollows.
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Mary River cod log trial an 'absolute dream come true' with endangered species already moving in
Using underwater endoscopes, researchers have already discreetly filmed the freshwater cod taking refuge in several of the new purpose-built habitats.
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