Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026And previously known as Great Sandy before known as Fraser Island … K’gari much more applicable. 051
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellCSIRO Publishing @csiropublishing.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Ahead 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 🎧connectsci.au‘Remarkable’ freshwater turtles face quiet declineIt 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 ... 062
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026“Shooting ducks matters to thousands of Victorians “ - I’d venture to say that bird watching matters to many, many thousands …. but wait, they don’t count 😢 070
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Why do successive govts overlook needs of wildlife & their habitat?? We their voters are not happy… Hope the turtles can ‘hang on’🤞🏼🤞🏼 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... Serious problem that is solvable… where is the Will 🤔🤔theguardian.com‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlandsFrogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Interesting list of species captured on wildlife camera set in riparian zone of Mary River … bandicoots, short eared brushtailed possums, swamp rat, maybe melomy, yellow robin, grey shrike thrush, bush turkey AND feral cat. Surprised at diversity despite presence of feral cat. 120
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 12/01/2026We count hatched turtle eggs from our nest protection program. Indicates success of nest protection (positive for Landcare members & funders), BUT has 25yrs of nest protection increased the population????? 100
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 11/01/2026www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...abc.net.au'Extraordinary' nesting season for endangered freshwater turtleA record number of clutches of white-throated snapping turtles have been found along the Burnett River in Queensland's Bundaberg region. 14811
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellTasmanian Land Conservancy @tasland.bsky.social · 05/01/2026TLC 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/106176110abc.net.au'So, I had this idea': Scientists dispense insecticide-coated feathers for birds to build nestsDonning 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. 23612
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Shameful how this tragic event is being responded to by so many thru politically tinted glasses rather than by their humanity. 060
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Hugh Possingham is a great practical role model for standardised bird monitoring. 110
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025How many threatened species are waiting for Recovery plans??? An enormous task ahead IF govt actively undertakes this process. 110
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Religious cults seem to be on the increase. Coercive control… disastrous consequences. 010
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellThe Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 08/08/2025Research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/butterf... 285
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe attack on Australia’s net zero target is reckless and gutless. Voters expect more than ‘intergenerational bastardry’ | Zoe DanielWhile 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 000
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellBiodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Invertebrates, 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 0175
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellClimate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · 02/06/2025US 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 231170645
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Climate change has a profit & loss balance sheet the type of which isn’t promoted by financial sector.. 082
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Big benefit of camera traps biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...biodiversitycouncil.org.auFirst Leadbeater’s possum detection in NSW shows importance of protecting big conservation areas | Biodiversity Council AustraliaThe 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... 010
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Obvious what the environmental consequences will be of an approval decision. But what consequence is there for Watt either way? Not so sure environmental consequences are top of Watts mind. 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 25/05/2025A dilemma. Eg. foxes ARE eating endangered freshwater turtle eggs. Fox culprits can be baited , shot etc legally. Can’t reduce predation pressure from native predators eg goannas. Possible to reduce predation from all species at very localised area but resource intensive & unachievable at scale. 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...abc.net.au'My heart sank': Forest home to endangered gliders pegged to be loggedThree 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. 064
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Only rejected by a whisker more than supported her tho. 000
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellProf Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025We want to help demystify these vaccines and have put together this report to help address people questions about the technologyindependentsage.orgDemystifying messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and debunking the myths – Independent SAGEIndependent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public. 18233
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025And likelihood of his replacement being an improvement??? 110
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025As a species, we seem to be so hell bent on degrading nature. What is wrong with us?? 050
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellPeter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Another gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in Australia reneweconomy.com.au/another-giga...reneweconomy.com.auAnother gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in AustraliaSupernode battery will be the biggest in Australia after Queensland state owned generator signed massive new off take, despite government’s support of coal. 11229
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Thanks Euan but ‘takes a village’ to conserve threatened species - collaboration between scientists and community. 130
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025It takes a community to help save #threatenedspecies. What a privilege to be part of. #landcare #turtle #conservation 0115
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...open.spotify.comEpisode 3 - Marilyn ConnellWhat's Your Story? · Episode 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Last Chance series by The Guardian - so many Australian fauna species in peril. 141
Reposted by Marilyn ConnellLisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The 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 harbourtheguardian.comEndangered far eastern curlews, and the scientist standing up for them – videoDr Amanda Lilleyman is defending the critically endangered migratory bird as residential and industrial development threatens to encroach on shorelines vital to its survival 05323
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I wonder what Peter Garretts opinion would be? Was Env Minister with some spine. 120
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025www.abc.net.au/news/science...abc.net.auSaltwater crocs' feral pig diet may be changing NT waterwaysA new study suggests nutrient-rich crocodile poop could be benefiting wetland vegetation in the Top End while predation pressure limits feral pig damage. 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025How good would a ‘repairability’ label be, like France??? 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Why not include ‘cost effectiveness’ especially as pool of $ is always inadequate?? 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025If all that is being reported is true, it’s appalling. Surely animal cruelty is an additional problem. Is consumption of non Australian salmon increasing?? 000
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Why not give Conservation Advices same legal status as Recovery Plans?? 130
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Threatened species recovery mostly has to rely on goodwill of the local community. 010
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025It was attached on the opposite side of the #eucalypt tree in the 2nd photo. 010
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Anyne know what the purpose of this presumably a #nestbox is for??? Torrington national park, nr Tenterfield NSW. #conservation #wildlife 100
Marilyn Connell @marilynjc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025#DynamicLagoons Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Ramsar site. 010
