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...

Funded #PhD scholarship: Vocal mimicry in toothbilled bowerbirds @westsyduhie.bsky.social with @animalecolab.bsky.social @drbackhouse.bsky.social @pec-exeter.bsky.social Closes: 31 July 2026 More info tinyurl.com/2axjy7pn

Funded #PhD scholarship: Vocal mimicry in toothbilled bowerbirds @westsyduhie.bsky.social with @animalecolab.bsky.social @drbackhouse.bsky.social @pec-exeter.bsky.social Closes: 31 May 2026 More info tinyurl.com/2axjy7pn

My first paper: “Song structure and dialects in a peninsula population of the endangered Eastern Bristlebird” Published in IBIS @bou.org.uk: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.70000 Research in collaboration with the University of Wollongong, @westsyduhie.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social #ornithology 🐦🪶

The white-backed swallow survives the extreme temperatures of inland Australia by reducing its body temperature to save energy. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/tiny-ra...

1st recordings of vocal behavior in female Albert's lyrebird, from @drbackhouse.bsky.social @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social 🐦 documents song from 2 females during nesting and nest construction 🐦 shows ♀️s produce mimicry, conspecific song & alarm calls #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 11mo ago

Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

Vocal Mimicry, and Conspecific Song and Calls, in Female Albert's Lyrebirds (Menura alberti) | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

Funded #PhD scholarship- Vocal mimicry in tooth-billed bowerbirds at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University ‪‪@animalecolab.bsky.social‬ @drbackhouse.bsky.social @westsyduhie.bsky.social‬ ‬ Deadline: 30 Sept25 link: tinyurl.com/4uf92t5b

Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry

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The ghost bat is one of Australia’s most fascinating — and underrated — native animals. Help it take the spotlight this #ScienceWeek by casting your vote! 👻 🔗 www.abc.net.au/news/science... #GhostBat #SciWeek #ThreatenedSpecies #VoteBats

Funded #PhD scholarship on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat and its sensitivity to the impacts of fire at Western Sydney Univeristy. Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025

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Funded #PhD scholarship on the ecology of the eastern horseshoe bat and its sensitivity to the impacts of fire at Western Sydney Univeristy. Link: www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/... #IBRC2025

To commemorate this anniversary, we bring together a selection of research articles and news and opinion pieces on mimicry and other forms of deception from across journals in the @natureportfolio.nature.com 👇 www.nature.com/collections/...

Celebrating Bates

2025 marks 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies.

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Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World - Wu - 2025 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Seasonal Fattening Among Bat Populations Globally: Storing Energy for Survival in a Changing World

Bats fatten to cope in environments with seasonal energy shortages, gaining more weight in seasonally cold climates and in tropical climates with highly seasonal rainfall. In cold climates, females l...

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What's next for #mimicry research? A new Viewpoint in @natecoevo.nature.com inspired by Henry Bates 🦋 rdcu.be/et5Tl ‪by @gabrielajamie.bsky.social,‬ @lyrebirdlab.bsky.social & @animalecolab.bsky.social‬ ‬, Eunice J Tan, @colemag.bsky.social‬ & Esther Melamed doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The past and future of mimicry research

Nature Ecology & Evolution - This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry Walter Bates, an English naturalist who formally introduced ‘mimicry’ as a scientific...

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