Cameron Charley
@camcharley.bsky.social
PhD student at QUT studying the distribution of antechinus across Australia and the potential impacts of climate change | https://bakerecologylab.wordpress.com/
Our new study shows how unlike other living predatory mammals the thylacine was, skull-wise: huge heads, altirostral, long & flared snouts, massive infraorbital foramina. Key point: Don't treat marsupials like copies of European placentals. @dsrovinsky.bsky.social
Skull morphology of the extinct Tasmanian tiger suggests unique biting style
Nature Communications - The recently extinct thylacine was Australia’s largest marsupial predator and famously likened to dog-family carnivorans such as wolves. However, here the authors show...
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Say hello to Australia's newest mammal species: Planigale petrophila. Known only from the rocky plateaus of the Arnhem Escarpment from specimens hidden in museum collections since the 1970s. Photographed here by the inimitable Pat Woolley doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Non-destructive environmental DNA extracted from owl pellet contents: A valuable tool for monitoring mammalian species richness
Environmental DNA (eDNA) offers valuable presence/absence data for populations and has been widely used in comprehensive biodiversity assessments. However, applying eDNA in terrestrial environments po...
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Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
New technologies are revolutionising ecology, with more data than ever available at our fingertips. But what are the costs and perils of ecologists doing less field work? Interviews with several BES members in this fascinating @nature.com article
‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.
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A cute little Brown Antechinus trying its hardest to get my bait. Remote camera trapping undertaken at Nightcap National Park #WildOz #antechinus
So exciting our lab won the Government Science project of the year for 2025! #WASciAwards #2025PremiersScienceAwards www.wa.gov.au/organisation...
Premier's Science Awards 2025: Government Science Project of the Year Finalists
Meet the 2025 finalists of the Premier's Science Awards: Government Science Project of the Year category.
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Save the date - don't miss out! The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety - ECR workshops on 5th - focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th 🦇🐾🐭🐨
Happy #WombatDay! "This animal has not any claim to swiftness of foot". This is one of our favourite quotes from the historic literature ("An account of the English colony in New South Wales", David Collins, 1804) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45924805 via #MuseumsVictoria #Wombat #ILoveBHL 📖 🧪
The latest Australian University wanting to diminish science capacity and training. At least 18 academic staff in the science faculty threatened with job loss. A petition to save science at #QUT Queensland University of Technology here www.change.org/p/stop-force...
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Stop Forced Redundancies at QUT's Faculty of Science
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As a previous staff member of this faculty I'm alarmed at the proposed forced redundancies! c.org/vWNX7G4Qkf
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Stop Forced Redundancies at QUT's Faculty of Science
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Is passive acoustic monitoring worth it for terrestrial mammals? 🎙️🐨 We find it's not the one for all solution, but for vocal species, yes! It's highly effective & saves lots of time and money, especially in the long-term. Find out more: doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔈🦊🧪🌎 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
Sensors versus surveyors: Comparing passive acoustic monitoring, camera trapping and observer‐based monitoring for terrestrial mammals
Mammals play vital roles in ecological communities, but many are in rapid decline worldwide. Comprehensive monitoring of mammal populations is crucial for effective conservation, but large-scale m...
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Hot off the press. Using species distribution models to find species in landscapes where they are increadibly rare. Our adventures finding potoroo in the Grampians landscape. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Finding a needle in a heath stack: A strategy to optimize the detection of a rare marsupial on the brink of local extinction
Anthropogenic pressures are reducing species distributions and driving extinctions within ecosystems. As the urgency to address biodiversity loss inte…
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This #MarsupialMonday we bring you a trio of critters: the fat-tailed dunnart, the yellow-footed antechinus and the red-tailed phascogale.
Happy #MarsupialMonday! Have you met our little friend, the #SandhillDunnart? Often called a “marsupial mouse” 🐀 the nocturnal dunnart is a carnivorous critter who likes to feed on invertebrates: think ants, spiders, termites, etc. In the rare periods when food is scarce, they can enter torpor.
It’s #3MT season, and #PhDstudent Abby talks about this important little mouse and its impact on the world. Head to the link to watch and vote (by simply liking the video on YouTube) to help raise awareness about the tiny mouse and help Abby win! youtube.com/watch?v=L1NLxg-inQA
3MT | Tiny mouse, big impact!
YouTube video by UniSQ Students
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Long-term evidence for the benefits of feral removal in our arid zone. New paper from Katherine Moseby et al. in Proc Royal Soc B - royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #wildoz
Feral-free zones spark small mammal boom in Australian desert
A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic reshaping of desert small mammal communities.
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Keen interest in ecology? Enjoy fieldwork? Want to work on dasyurids? The Baker Mammal Ecology lab @ QUT has a handful of PhD / MSc / Honours projects commencing 2026! Contact: am.baker@qut.edu.au #ecology #dasyurids #dunnart #antechinus Some more details below:
It’s now time for everyone’s favourite sex-crazed marsupials, Antechinus! - Cameron Charley What affects their distributions in southeast QLD? #AusMamSoc25
