Sebastian Chekunov
@bastianltc.bsky.social
Final stage PhD candidate investigating the international pet trade in Australian reptiles & amphibians 🐍 🐸
herpetologist 🦎
lacrosse player 🥍
he/him 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
herpetologist 🦎
lacrosse player 🥍
he/him 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
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An awesome mix of talks addressing impacts, genomic tools, cyber tools, quantitative tools for law enforcement. Including @bastianltc.bsky.social and Shyam Sharma of the Wildlife & Environmental Crime Res Hub. @counteringcrime.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB2025
June 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
An awesome mix of talks addressing impacts, genomic tools, cyber tools, quantitative tools for law enforcement. Including @bastianltc.bsky.social and Shyam Sharma of the Wildlife & Environmental Crime Res Hub. @counteringcrime.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB2025
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💕Happy Valentine's Day!❤️
We got you a gift: Anilany karsticola, a #newspecies of miniaturised frog from Madagascar! 🧪
Published #OA today in Salamandra
Read more and get the paper here: www.markscherz.com/archives/6117
Phenomenal 🐸 illustrations by postdoc & first author, @alicepetzold.bsky.social
We got you a gift: Anilany karsticola, a #newspecies of miniaturised frog from Madagascar! 🧪
Published #OA today in Salamandra
Read more and get the paper here: www.markscherz.com/archives/6117
Phenomenal 🐸 illustrations by postdoc & first author, @alicepetzold.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
💕Happy Valentine's Day!❤️
We got you a gift: Anilany karsticola, a #newspecies of miniaturised frog from Madagascar! 🧪
Published #OA today in Salamandra
Read more and get the paper here: www.markscherz.com/archives/6117
Phenomenal 🐸 illustrations by postdoc & first author, @alicepetzold.bsky.social
We got you a gift: Anilany karsticola, a #newspecies of miniaturised frog from Madagascar! 🧪
Published #OA today in Salamandra
Read more and get the paper here: www.markscherz.com/archives/6117
Phenomenal 🐸 illustrations by postdoc & first author, @alicepetzold.bsky.social
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How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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For folks in Brisbane, a cockatoo has a field marker stuck around its neck (looks like it has been out towards The Gap). Details below on who to contact if you see it
February 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For folks in Brisbane, a cockatoo has a field marker stuck around its neck (looks like it has been out towards The Gap). Details below on who to contact if you see it
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Work with me!
AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks.
nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...
AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks.
nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...
Field Ecologist | Mt Gibson
Australian Wildlife Conservancy - Mt Gibson Wildlife Sactuary (via Wubin), WA
nrmjobs.com.au
January 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Work with me!
AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks.
nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...
AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks.
nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...
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New Year, New Paper! We investigated the extent and magnitude of wildlife trade, and the potential risks it poses for biodiversity 🌎🧪 The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New Year, New Paper! We investigated the extent and magnitude of wildlife trade, and the potential risks it poses for biodiversity 🌎🧪 The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk
The trade of alien pets is a clear biosecurity risk but the risks of native pet trade remains poorly studied. We investigated the trade of pets native to Australia and found a high degree of trade oc...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The pet trade of native species outside of their natural distributions within Australia is a biosecurity risk. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our new paper, led by PhD student Luke Bonifacio, demonstrating that the Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider qualifies for listing as Critically Endangered. @monashbiol.bsky.social. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24048
A noodle in a haystack: determining the conservation status of the rare and Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider, Lerista viduata
Context One-seventh of the ~157,000 species assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species are Data Deficient (DD), with insufficient information to assess their extinction risk. Such a statistic...
www.publish.csiro.au
November 21, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Our new paper, led by PhD student Luke Bonifacio, demonstrating that the Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider qualifies for listing as Critically Endangered. @monashbiol.bsky.social. www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24048
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Here, a summary of our previous work revealing evolution in action in #Chornobyl frogs. 🧪 #EvoBio
theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl...
(and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl...
(and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection among these animals.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Here, a summary of our previous work revealing evolution in action in #Chornobyl frogs. 🧪 #EvoBio
theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl...
(and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl...
(and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
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hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
docs.google.com
November 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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This Conservation Biology special issue is on #wildlifetrade beyond big grey/fluffy megafauna: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739...
Papers on trade in cacti, carnivorous plants, birds, fungi, spiders, snails, crayfish, and more
Edited with Alice Hughes & @jaredmargulies.bsky.social
Papers on trade in cacti, carnivorous plants, birds, fungi, spiders, snails, crayfish, and more
Edited with Alice Hughes & @jaredmargulies.bsky.social
Special Issue: Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade: Conservation Biology: Vol 38, No 5
<em>Conservation Biology</em> is the leading global journal in the field of conservation, publishing groundbreaking papers contributing to the conservation of biological diversity.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:30 AM
This Conservation Biology special issue is on #wildlifetrade beyond big grey/fluffy megafauna: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739...
Papers on trade in cacti, carnivorous plants, birds, fungi, spiders, snails, crayfish, and more
Edited with Alice Hughes & @jaredmargulies.bsky.social
Papers on trade in cacti, carnivorous plants, birds, fungi, spiders, snails, crayfish, and more
Edited with Alice Hughes & @jaredmargulies.bsky.social
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A significant bust on the Sunny Coast. @bastianltc.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Queensland woman fined $20,000 for illegally buying and selling reptiles
Wildlife authorities received a tip-off before raiding the woman's home where they found dozens of snakes, lizards and eggs.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2024 at 12:31 PM
A significant bust on the Sunny Coast. @bastianltc.bsky.social @invasionecology.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...