Dasyuridae
@dasyuridae.bsky.social
Comparative immunologist. Wildlife conservationist. My views are my own.
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Please vote for 'Diary of a Wombat' to win best Australian children's picture book and donate to our research too! #WombatWeekend #wombat #research #australia #wildlife
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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‘Her name was Mothball and she changed my life’: the true story behind Diary of a Wombat
Jackie French was used to the quirks of wild animal behaviour – and then she met a carrot-mad wombat with an appetite for destruction. A bestseller was born
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Please vote for 'Diary of a Wombat' to win best Australian children's picture book and donate to our research too! #WombatWeekend #wombat #research #australia #wildlife
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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🌿What Wombats Really Eat: a review of wombat diets in captivity.
The authors recommend offering more grasses and greater variety to support healthier captive wombats 💚
doi.org/10.1071/AM20...
#WombatWeekend #WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #nutrition #CSIRO
youtu.be/KH2Ip9UkH2s
The authors recommend offering more grasses and greater variety to support healthier captive wombats 💚
doi.org/10.1071/AM20...
#WombatWeekend #WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #nutrition #CSIRO
youtu.be/KH2Ip9UkH2s
What Wombats Really Eat: a survey and critical review of wombat diets in captivity
YouTube video by WomSAT
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January 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
🌱🐾 Wombat diets under the spotlight!
This review explores how Australia’s three extant wombat species survive on tough native grasses.
doi.org/10.1071/AM20...
#WombatWeekend #WombatConservation #WomSAT #NorthernHairyNosedWombat #CitizenScience #Podcast #CSIRO #research
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This review explores how Australia’s three extant wombat species survive on tough native grasses.
doi.org/10.1071/AM20...
#WombatWeekend #WombatConservation #WomSAT #NorthernHairyNosedWombat #CitizenScience #Podcast #CSIRO #research
youtu.be/4vjlZtvqCJE
Wombat Survival Secrets
YouTube video by WomSAT
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January 9, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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🎄✨ Merry Christmas from the #WomSAT team! ✨🎄
Thank you for your incredible support throughout the year💚 Here’s to a 2026 dedicated to #WombatConservation!
Stay safe on roads & be mindful of wildlife🐾🚗
#SafeTravels #WildlifeAwareness #FestiveSeason #WombatWatch #HolidaySafety #MindfulTravel
Thank you for your incredible support throughout the year💚 Here’s to a 2026 dedicated to #WombatConservation!
Stay safe on roads & be mindful of wildlife🐾🚗
#SafeTravels #WildlifeAwareness #FestiveSeason #WombatWatch #HolidaySafety #MindfulTravel
December 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄✨ Merry Christmas from the #WomSAT team! ✨🎄
Thank you for your incredible support throughout the year💚 Here’s to a 2026 dedicated to #WombatConservation!
Stay safe on roads & be mindful of wildlife🐾🚗
#SafeTravels #WildlifeAwareness #FestiveSeason #WombatWatch #HolidaySafety #MindfulTravel
Thank you for your incredible support throughout the year💚 Here’s to a 2026 dedicated to #WombatConservation!
Stay safe on roads & be mindful of wildlife🐾🚗
#SafeTravels #WildlifeAwareness #FestiveSeason #WombatWatch #HolidaySafety #MindfulTravel
Brian @uwaterloo.ca on @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social about our @frontiersin.bsky.social paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... #comparativeimmunology but getting the message out about #vaccines is crucial: www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Frontiers | What’s cooking? The effect of temperature on the immune response
Animals have evolved to live in different environs, with some having developed specialised features to support survival in adverse conditions, whilst others ...
www.frontiersin.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Brian @uwaterloo.ca on @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social about our @frontiersin.bsky.social paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm... #comparativeimmunology but getting the message out about #vaccines is crucial: www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Wombat burrows are more than just wombat homes, they’re wildlife hubs. 🌏✨Researchers documented 11 species using wombat burrows, from macropods & possums to foxes & feral cats. Find out more: youtu.be/hvOUvxvAtSY
#WombatWeekend #WomSAT #Podcast #WombatConservation #CitizenScience #BurrowLife
#WombatWeekend #WomSAT #Podcast #WombatConservation #CitizenScience #BurrowLife
Wombat Burrows: Bush Estate
YouTube video by WomSAT
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December 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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👃🐾 Wombat noses under the microscope!
A wombat nose review highlights the marsupial’s snout as a powerhouse organ💚🌱✨
doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
#WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #WombatBehaviour #Snout #Marsupial #wombats
youtu.be/tpqY8Evco4U
A wombat nose review highlights the marsupial’s snout as a powerhouse organ💚🌱✨
doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
#WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #WombatBehaviour #Snout #Marsupial #wombats
youtu.be/tpqY8Evco4U
The Wombat s Nose
YouTube video by WomSAT
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December 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
👃🐾 Wombat noses under the microscope!
A wombat nose review highlights the marsupial’s snout as a powerhouse organ💚🌱✨
doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
#WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #WombatBehaviour #Snout #Marsupial #wombats
youtu.be/tpqY8Evco4U
A wombat nose review highlights the marsupial’s snout as a powerhouse organ💚🌱✨
doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
#WomSAT #Podcast #Research #WombatConservation #WombatBehaviour #Snout #Marsupial #wombats
youtu.be/tpqY8Evco4U
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Launching in September 24, #Course 2: ‘Treating Wombats with Sarcoptic Mange’ has been completed by over 200 passionate participants! 🎉Join the #community of #wombat protectors and take the FREE online course today. www.womsat.org.au/womsat/train...
Registration instructions: youtu.be/NQQyXMJQFZA
Registration instructions: youtu.be/NQQyXMJQFZA
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Launching in September 24, #Course 2: ‘Treating Wombats with Sarcoptic Mange’ has been completed by over 200 passionate participants! 🎉Join the #community of #wombat protectors and take the FREE online course today. www.womsat.org.au/womsat/train...
Registration instructions: youtu.be/NQQyXMJQFZA
Registration instructions: youtu.be/NQQyXMJQFZA
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📖🐾 New Research Alert!
E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...
E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
📖🐾 New Research Alert!
E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...
E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...
📖🐾 New Research Alert!
E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...
E. R. Fryett, C. N. Subasinghe, J. M. Old & H. J. Stannard (2025) have published a study on environmental factors driving sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats using citizen science data from #WomSAT.
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1155/tbed...
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Australia has no woodpeckers, but striped #possums are tropical #marsupials that do the same job: their big ears detect beetle grubs tunnelling in wood, which they chip out with large incisors, then use their elongated 4th finger to hook them out of the tunnels (just like aye-ayes do in Madagascar).
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Australia has no woodpeckers, but striped #possums are tropical #marsupials that do the same job: their big ears detect beetle grubs tunnelling in wood, which they chip out with large incisors, then use their elongated 4th finger to hook them out of the tunnels (just like aye-ayes do in Madagascar).
Risk of avian influenza to animals that scavenge on infected carcasses url: connectsci.au/wr/article-a... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @utas.edu.au #wildlife #avianinfluenza #AIV #australia #disease #conservation
Risk of avian influenza to animals that scavenge on infected carcasses
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses of subtype H5N1 have circulated for over two decades following its emergence in Southeast Asia. Various reassortm
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Risk of avian influenza to animals that scavenge on infected carcasses url: connectsci.au/wr/article-a... @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @utas.edu.au #wildlife #avianinfluenza #AIV #australia #disease #conservation
I visited Brian Dixon's lab @uwaterloo.ca
Our #comparativeimmunology paper in #FrontiersinImmunology is out now.
#Spoileralert #behaviouralfever might just improve #immune defence, but has some caveats.
doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
& video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDR...
@westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Our #comparativeimmunology paper in #FrontiersinImmunology is out now.
#Spoileralert #behaviouralfever might just improve #immune defence, but has some caveats.
doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
& video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDR...
@westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Frontiers | What’s cooking? The effect of temperature on the immune response
Animals have evolved to live in different environs, with some having developed specialised features to support survival in adverse conditions, whilst others ...
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I visited Brian Dixon's lab @uwaterloo.ca
Our #comparativeimmunology paper in #FrontiersinImmunology is out now.
#Spoileralert #behaviouralfever might just improve #immune defence, but has some caveats.
doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
& video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDR...
@westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Our #comparativeimmunology paper in #FrontiersinImmunology is out now.
#Spoileralert #behaviouralfever might just improve #immune defence, but has some caveats.
doi.org/10.3389/fimm...
& video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDR...
@westernsydneyu.bsky.social
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🚨🐾 #Conservationists are raising the alarm as off-leash #dogs have been spotted entering #wombat #burrows along the coast.
📖 Read more: ab.co/4o8wYwR
Image: #ABCNewsVic #ABCMelbourne
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📖 Read more: ab.co/4o8wYwR
Image: #ABCNewsVic #ABCMelbourne
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Fears wombats are under threat from dogs on Victoria's Bass Coast
Conservationists say wombats on Victoria's Bass Coast are under threat from off-leash dogs that have been spotted entering their coastal burrows.
ab.co
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🚨🐾 #Conservationists are raising the alarm as off-leash #dogs have been spotted entering #wombat #burrows along the coast.
📖 Read more: ab.co/4o8wYwR
Image: #ABCNewsVic #ABCMelbourne
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📖 Read more: ab.co/4o8wYwR
Image: #ABCNewsVic #ABCMelbourne
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As Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most accomplished wordsmith ever - said, "When a man is tired of #wombats, he is tired of life".
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
As Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most accomplished wordsmith ever - said, "When a man is tired of #wombats, he is tired of life".
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
"Understanding why species have specific anatomical features and how they use them helps scientists understand more about their place and importance in the environment. It ultimately helps us conserve these incredible species."
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Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts
Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
.@JackNunn talking #citizenscience #australia
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
.@JackNunn talking #citizenscience #australia
theconversation.com/whiskers-for... #WombatWednesday #wombat #wildlife #mammal #conservation #australia #burrow #warren #whisker #anatomy #behaviour @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts
Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
theconversation.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
. @jacknunn.bsky.social will be presenting our work @ #citizenscience #australia conference in Melbourne next week #wombat #conservation #science #policy @womsat.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
. @jacknunn.bsky.social will be presenting our work @ #citizenscience #australia conference in Melbourne next week #wombat #conservation #science #policy @womsat.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#Wombat noses #anatomy #behaviour #australia #wildlife #comparativeimmunology doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
The marsupial nasal system: a review of its structure, function, and evolutionary significance, with a focus on wombats
The nose or snout is an important anatomical structure of mammals. It is responsible for inspiration and expiration of gases into the lungs, temperature regulation and olfaction, and it is also essent...
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New research in #AusMammalogy compared the whiskers of wombats, finding that southern hairy-nosed wombats have longer, thicker whiskers.
Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
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Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
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September 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Interesting this is occurring in the UK. Think it is likely true here too? #australia #education #fieldwork #mammal @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
To read more about the decline of fieldwork across UK universities, including ministers' responses, click here: mammal.org.uk/blog/decline...
To read a guide to fieldwork for students, click here: mammal.org.uk/blog/why-fie...
#conservationtraining #ecologytraining
Photo credit: Arron Roberts
To read a guide to fieldwork for students, click here: mammal.org.uk/blog/why-fie...
#conservationtraining #ecologytraining
Photo credit: Arron Roberts
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Interesting this is occurring in the UK. Think it is likely true here too? #australia #education #fieldwork #mammal @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social