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 🎧

‘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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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Serious problem that is solvable… where is the Will 🤔🤔

‘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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'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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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

'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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Hugh Possingham is a great practical role model for standardised bird monitoring.

William (Bill) Sutherland@billsutherland.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excellent advice from Hugh Possingham on monitoring conservation projects and why most Monitoring and Evaluation is flawed. youtu.be/qa6Ewt-W5mU?...

How many threatened species are waiting for Recovery plans??? An enormous task ahead IF govt actively undertakes this process.

Lisa Cox@lisacox.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The federal environment minister has conceded that successive governments acted unlawfully when they failed to create mandatory recovery plans for native species threatened with extinction

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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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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Who would’ve thought???? Gotta love nature.

The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · last yr.

A secret under-layer explains why songbirds’ colourful feathers look so damn good. 👉 theconversation.com/birds-u...

Thought provoking.

Victorian Forest Alliance@vicforestalliance.bsky.social · last yr.

A/Prof Phil Zylstra gave an incredible webinar on fire and forests last week, and the recording is up on the VFA website now! 🌳🔥 ➡ www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/recording_zy...

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

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

Big benefit of camera traps biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...

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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'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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We want to help demystify these vaccines and have put together this report to help address people questions about the technology

Here here.

Society for Conservation Biology@society4conbio.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy #EarthDay! Today—and every day—we stand with scientists, communities, and conservationists around the world working to protect the planet’s #biodiversity. 🌍🦑🐋🍄🌱🐛🦥

Another gigawatt hour added to Brisbane battery to make it biggest in Australia reneweconomy.com.au/another-giga...

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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It takes a community to help save #threatenedspecies. What a privilege to be part of. #landcare #turtle #conservation

Lisa Cox@lisacox.bsky.social · last yr.

The fifth video in our Last Chance series about the extinction crisis is about the critically endangered Mary River turtle and a rescue mission after unusual flooding during the turtle’s breeding season. @marilynjc.bsky.social

#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...

Episode 3 - Marilyn Connell

What's Your Story? · Episode

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Last Chance series by The Guardian - so many Australian fauna species in peril.

Lisa Cox@lisacox.bsky.social · last yr.

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

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

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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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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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??

Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · last yr.

In the middle of a disease-related mass mortality event, while rotting salmon fat is washing up on TAS beaches, …

Anyne know what the purpose of this presumably a #nestbox is for??? Torrington national park, nr Tenterfield NSW. #conservation #wildlife

#DynamicLagoons Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Ramsar site.

Unbelievable. #Reconyx #wildlifecamera still operational despite being submerged for at least 6 consecutive days #wildoz

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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Concerning that #iNaturalist could get caught up in the social media legislation….. #wildoz

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Quick question: does iNsturalist count as social media? Ping @mslods.bsky.social

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