📢: New publication! #AWMS members Stuart Dawson, Tracey Kreplins, Jim Hone and colleagues recently published their paper “Management, demographic and dietary insights from 7 years of aerial shooting of feral pigs in an agricultural landscape” in #WildlifeResearch. doi.org/10.1071/WR26...

Management, demographic and dietary insights from 7 years of aerial shooting of feral pigs in an agricultural landscape

Seven years of aerial shooting in northern Western Australia removed over 13,500 feral pigs but did not reduce population density. Catch-per-unit-effort in

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An interesting story about feral cats and their impact on native wildlife. theconversation.com/feral-cats-l... #Science #Australia #Conservation #Ecology

Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

We cannot fence the whole of Australia. Therefore, we need to know which species are most at risk from cats.

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New #AusJBotany #EditorsChoice article 🧪 🌱 'Scenarios for ecosystems in the year 2100' By Mark Westoby, et al. Published #OpenAccess in @ausjbotany.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1071/BT26...

New #EditorsChoice article 🧪 'Coordinated induction of the sunscreen pigments and antioxidant enzymes is indispensable in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) plants for the tolerance of UV-B radiation, the scary face of the Sun' By Ali Doğru, et al. #FunctionalPlantBio: doi.org/10.1071/FP25...

New #AusJBotany #EditorsChoice article 🧪 🌱 'Structure and composition of a mixed-species eucalypt forest in south-eastern Australia' By Ella Hellessey, Craig R. Nitschke, Andrew W. Western, Darius Culvenor & Patrick J. Baker #OpenAccess in @ausjbotany.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1071/BT26...

Calling all dasyurid-ologists! We're looking for your contributions to a special collection to be published in #australianmammalogy! See graphic and contact @drdunnart.bsky.social for more details! #dasyurids #australianmammals 🐾🐾

🔥 New in IJWF: Ren et al. present a high-accuracy workflow for georeferencing drone thermal imagery during a fast-moving prescribed canyon fire. Using fire anatomy, terrain-aware transformation and strategic tie point. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25... #IJWildlandFire

New #EditorsChoice article 'Sexual dimorphism in banded kraits (Bungarus fasciatus, Elapidae) from Java' By Alamsyah Elang Nusa Herlambang, Mumpuni, Evy Arida, Noor Laina Maireda, Awal Riyanto, Amir Hamidy, Richard Shine, & Daniel J. D. Natusch. #OpenAccess in #AusJZoology: doi.org/10.1071/ZO25...

For #SharkWeek, we're highlighting research tracking white sharks from Atlantic Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, revealing critical overwintering habitat and key migration routes that can inform conservation! 🦈 doi.org/10.1071/WR25... #WildlifeResearch #Sharks #MarineScience

"Prescribed burns, used to reduce fuel loads & hopefully bushfire severity, may be lethal for lizards, with Australian research recording 27 dead lizards from four species after 10 prescribed burns in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia." #AusJZoology Read more: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/pre...

Prescribed burns may be lethal for lizards

Prescribed burns may be lethal for lizards Prescribed burns, used to reduce fuel loads and hopefully bushfire severity, may be lethal for lizards, with Australian research recording 27 dea

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"Researchers in Victoria have conducted a census of a lowland eucalypt forest in south-eastern Australia... The census recorded over 51,000 individual trees from 46 species, revealing a complex pattern in forest structure" @ausjbotany.bsky.social #AusJBotany #OpenAccess Read more 👇

Census of eucalypt forest in Vic will help show the long term impacts

Census of eucalypt forest in Vic will help show the long term impacts of climate change Much like the upcoming national census run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, researchers

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New #EditorsChoice article 🧪 🐄 'Vitamin D supplementation sources for hyperprolific sows in the pre-lactation phase' By Hemille Antunes Ferreira Miranda, et al. Published in #AnimalProdSci: doi.org/10.1071/AN25...

A really interesting story about peat-fires from an Australian perspective. theconversation.com/fire-can-des...

Fire can destroy peatlands. But in Australia, it can also help protect them

These ancient wetlands are wildlife hotspots and crucial carbon stores.

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New in the Press! Liu et al. report a dinuclear silver NHC macrometallocycle as a highly selective fluorescent probe for iodide ions. A valuable contribution to supramolecular coordination chemistry and sensing. #AusJChem #OpenAccess @csiropublishing.bsky.social connectsci.au/ch/article/7...

"Aussie researchers say early prevention and management of sea urchins on our reefs is a far better way to control outbreaks than just reactively trying to control them." This research #OpenAccess in #MarineFreshwaterRes | @marinefreshwater.bsky.social Read more: www.scimex.org/newsfeed/man...

Manage rather than react is best for dealing with the prickly problems

Manage rather than react is best for dealing with the prickly problems of our reefs Aussie researchers say early prevention and management of sea urchins on our reefs is a far better way t

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What can historic cuttlebones tell us about our oceans? A new study shows giant Australian cuttlebones preserve chemical records that reveal geographic origin and environmental change across decades. doi.org/10.1071/MF25... #MarineFreshwaterRes #cuttlefish

When the #Climate turns up the temperature, even a barking gecko goes quiet The #Pilbara barking gecko is losing the cool, shaded refuges it relies on as the region warms A small gecko, with a big warning Read more here doi.org/10.1071/PC25... #PacificConsBio #OpenAccess

Targeted conservation assessment of the climate-sensitive, poorly known Pilbara barking gecko (Underwoodisaurus seorsus)

Species that depend on cool, stable microclimates are among the wildlife most vulnerable to climate change. Our targeted study combined field surveys and h

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Tiritiri Matangi: where the #birds are wild but the governance is wildly #collaborative Volunteers, DOC staff, researchers & community groups have spent decades building an #island #sanctuary where animals & people thrive together Read more doi.org/10.1071/PC25... #PacificConsBio #conservation

Evaluating protected area and tourism partnerships: a case study of Tiritiri Matangi Open Sanctuary, New Zealand

Tiritiri Matangi Island showcases how community passion can revive nature. We reveal that its successful public-private partnership boosted conservation an

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New paper out! Using tree rings, fire records, Landsat biomass data, and SEMs, we show that atmospheric dryness acts as a coordinating driver of boreal forest dynamics, raising questions about the extent to which growth gains can offset increasing fire-driven biomass losses doi.org/10.1071/WF25...

Atmospheric dryness as a coordinated driver of fire activity and biomass accumulation in northwestern boreal Canada

Rising vapor pressure deficit in northwestern boreal Canada is linked to increased burned area and reduced tree growth, with indirect effects on biomass ac

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If you want to know the actual technical details about boreal forest dynamics, check out this paper via @mgirardin.bsky.social

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New paper out! Using tree rings, fire records, Landsat biomass data, and SEMs, we show that atmospheric dryness acts as a coordinating driver of boreal forest dynamics, raising questions about the extent to which growth gains can offset increasing fire-driven biomass losses doi.org/10.1071/WF25...

New #EditorsChoice article 🧪 'Assessing the HIV prevention needs of transgender men and non-binary people who have sex with men: an analysis of repeated, cross-sectional behavioural surveillance, 2019–2023' By Akhila Bandlora, et al. #OpenAccess in #SexualHealth: doi.org/10.1071/SH25...

In this paper Siyao Qiu & al. present a DFT study of the hydrogen evolution mechanism for the widely studied [FeFe]-hydrogenases-inspired molecular catalysts. They also investigate the effect different ligands have on the hydrogen evolution reaction. #AusJChem Details: connectsci.au/ch/article/7...

Disclosure of the hydrogen evolution mechanism on [FeFe]-hydrogenases-inspired molecular catalysts – a DFT study

Theoretical calculations on the hydrogen evolution process by [FeFe]-hydrogenases-inspired molecular catalysts were linked with experimental catalytic perf

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Celebrating 25 years of Research4Life! 🎉 We are proud to work alongside partners worldwide through @r4lpartnership.bsky.social, supporting a more connected and inclusive global research community. #R4L25

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25 years of Research4Life. 🌍 Since 2001: from a @who.int pilot to a movement across 120+ countries. 12,000+ institutions, 250,000+ journals, books & databases, research publishing up 75%. Thank you to every partner, and here's to the next 25! www.who.int/news/item/21... #R4L25 #ResearchEquity

New #EditorsChoice article 🧪 'Sequential herbicide strategies for mitigating weed stress in direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa) systems' By Muhammad Shahbaz, et al. This research published in #FunctionalPlantBio: doi.org/10.1071/FP25...

🔥 New in IJWF: Girardin et al. show that rising atmospheric dryness coordinates boreal forest change: higher VPD suppresses tree growth, increases annual area burned, and indirectly reduces biomass accumulation through linked growth and fire pathways. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25... #IJWildlandFire

🔥 New in IJWF: Yang et al. show that accounting for uncertainty in forecast fuel moisture improves 1–4 day spatially explicit forecasts of human-caused wildfires across Ontario, reducing underprediction and producing better-calibrated prediction intervals. 🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25... #IJWildlandFire

Australia is filled with iconic species, it's important that we are working to conserve the smaller, less well known species as well. theconversation.com/we-set-10-00...

We set 10,000 traps in search of a rare native mouse. Here’s what we found

The pint-sized pookila faces uncertainty in Queensland, as two experts explain.

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Pretty interesting consideration for calculating death tolls on native wildlife after burning. au.news.yahoo.com/alarm-after-... #Australia #Wildlife #Lizards

Alarm after 27 bodies disappear from charred Aussie bushland

The findings could have far-reaching implications.

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Wilhelm et al. reveal the first topological stereoisomers in conotoxins, showing how topology can alter peptide activity. A fascinating advance for peptide engineering and next-generation pain therapeutics. #AusJChem #OpenAccess @csiropublishing.bsky.social connectsci.au/ch/article/7...

A single stable topological stereoisomer of a two disulfide conotoxin mimetic demonstrates full potency on the human norepinephrine transporter

One peptide, two topological stereoisoforms: cysteine-rich peptides are thought to have a defined number of folds depending on the number of cysteine resid

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Congratulations to Breony Webb, winner of #AusMammalogy's inaugural Annual Student Prize! 🏆 This award recognises & celebrates the important contribution made by students to all branches of mammalogy studies, & is presented for the best student-authored paper. @ausmammals.bsky.social #StudentPrize