Michael Walsh
@epidoctor.bsky.social
Landscape epidemiology; disease ecology; wetlands; forests; wildlife; biodiversity; One Health; ಒಂದು ಆರೋಗ್ಯ 🦘🐘🦢🦜🦟 in the Sydney School of Public Health @sydney.edu.au & @Sydney_ID & @MAHE_Manipal & @thePHFI
+ Canyoneer 🧗♂️ & Jiujiteiro
He/him Epibiolab.org
+ Canyoneer 🧗♂️ & Jiujiteiro
He/him Epibiolab.org
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🚨 Wildlife Incident Updates 🐾🔥🌡️
In response to recent bushfires and heatwaves, Wildlife Health Australia has published two new incident entries.
These reports link to jurisdictional updates and relevant WHA Fact Sheets. Please share with your networks to help keep responders informed.
In response to recent bushfires and heatwaves, Wildlife Health Australia has published two new incident entries.
These reports link to jurisdictional updates and relevant WHA Fact Sheets. Please share with your networks to help keep responders informed.
January 25, 2026 at 7:18 AM
🚨 Wildlife Incident Updates 🐾🔥🌡️
In response to recent bushfires and heatwaves, Wildlife Health Australia has published two new incident entries.
These reports link to jurisdictional updates and relevant WHA Fact Sheets. Please share with your networks to help keep responders informed.
In response to recent bushfires and heatwaves, Wildlife Health Australia has published two new incident entries.
These reports link to jurisdictional updates and relevant WHA Fact Sheets. Please share with your networks to help keep responders informed.
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🌍 WDA Global Voice 2026 is coming July 26–31!
Fully virtual, global, and accessible with real-time translation in 30+ languages.
Abstracts close Feb 13.
Theme: Thriving Together: Urban One Health & Ecosystem Resiliency🏙️🌱♻️.
🔗 wda2026.com/global-voice-2026/
Fully virtual, global, and accessible with real-time translation in 30+ languages.
Abstracts close Feb 13.
Theme: Thriving Together: Urban One Health & Ecosystem Resiliency🏙️🌱♻️.
🔗 wda2026.com/global-voice-2026/
Global Voice 2026 (virtual event) - wda2026.com
Global Voice 2026 (virtual event) Join the Wildlife Disease Association's innovative virtual conference experience, WDA2026 Global Voice, where wildlife health professionals worldwide connect across t...
wda2026.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
🌍 WDA Global Voice 2026 is coming July 26–31!
Fully virtual, global, and accessible with real-time translation in 30+ languages.
Abstracts close Feb 13.
Theme: Thriving Together: Urban One Health & Ecosystem Resiliency🏙️🌱♻️.
🔗 wda2026.com/global-voice-2026/
Fully virtual, global, and accessible with real-time translation in 30+ languages.
Abstracts close Feb 13.
Theme: Thriving Together: Urban One Health & Ecosystem Resiliency🏙️🌱♻️.
🔗 wda2026.com/global-voice-2026/
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🧪 Figuring out the right way to represent interactions as a network is a really difficult task, makes a big difference on the interpretation.
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Scaling from Metawebs to Realised Webs: A Hierarchical Approach to Network Ecology
ecoevorxiv.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
🧪 Figuring out the right way to represent interactions as a network is a really difficult task, makes a big difference on the interpretation.
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
In a new preprint by @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social we attempt to provide a hierarchical framework for network ecology:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Hey museum / collection / natural history folks! I am looking for a database of inter-institution loans of specimens. Does such a thing exist? Is this info that would be in @gbif.org in some way?
@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
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@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
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January 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Hey museum / collection / natural history folks! I am looking for a database of inter-institution loans of specimens. Does such a thing exist? Is this info that would be in @gbif.org in some way?
@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
🧪
@thelabandfield.bsky.social ?
🧪
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What Is an Elevational Range? A New Study Advises on How to Measure Where Species Live
Summary & Analysis by Peter Billman of "What Is an Elevational Range?" by Ethan B. Linck
Read here!
www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
Summary & Analysis by Peter Billman of "What Is an Elevational Range?" by Ethan B. Linck
Read here!
www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM
What Is an Elevational Range? A New Study Advises on How to Measure Where Species Live
Summary & Analysis by Peter Billman of "What Is an Elevational Range?" by Ethan B. Linck
Read here!
www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
Summary & Analysis by Peter Billman of "What Is an Elevational Range?" by Ethan B. Linck
Read here!
www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...
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Do you want to join @epic-biodiversity.org to do research on biodiversity, disease emergence, equity in data access, or related topics?
We are looking to support one application for the Impact+ program.
🗓️ Jan. 30 (the application is ~ 1 page)
💰 120k$
epic-biodiversity.org/opportunities/
🧪🌎😷
We are looking to support one application for the Impact+ program.
🗓️ Jan. 30 (the application is ~ 1 page)
💰 120k$
epic-biodiversity.org/opportunities/
🧪🌎😷
Join us! | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Do you want to join @epic-biodiversity.org to do research on biodiversity, disease emergence, equity in data access, or related topics?
We are looking to support one application for the Impact+ program.
🗓️ Jan. 30 (the application is ~ 1 page)
💰 120k$
epic-biodiversity.org/opportunities/
🧪🌎😷
We are looking to support one application for the Impact+ program.
🗓️ Jan. 30 (the application is ~ 1 page)
💰 120k$
epic-biodiversity.org/opportunities/
🧪🌎😷
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New paper out today 🧵
Flexible methods for species distribution modeling with small samples (Ecography, OA). nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Flexible methods for species distribution modeling with small samples (Ecography, OA). nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Flexible methods for species distribution modeling with small samples
Species distribution models (SDMs) predict where species live or could potentially live and are a key resource for ecological research and conservation decision-making. However, current SDM methods o....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
New paper out today 🧵
Flexible methods for species distribution modeling with small samples (Ecography, OA). nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Flexible methods for species distribution modeling with small samples (Ecography, OA). nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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New One Health case study about avian influenza surveillance in Ontario, Canada www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
New One Health case study about avian influenza surveillance in Ontario, Canada www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/...
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🐝 🦠 🌼Local floral diversity and landscape-level resource availability drive the spread of viruses from honey bees to wild solitary bees through shared floral hubs. Read more here 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 8, 2026 at 12:21 PM
🐝 🦠 🌼Local floral diversity and landscape-level resource availability drive the spread of viruses from honey bees to wild solitary bees through shared floral hubs. Read more here 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
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Back from holiday and it's finally time to post about this. I am taking on a section editor role for the new diamond open access journal Biogeography, put together by @biogeographyjfab.bsky.social. That means that it's free to publish and free to read. (thread)
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
Biogeography
Biogeography is an academic-owned, diamond Open Access journal, published by the academic, non-profit, Stanford University Press (SUP), using the Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems platfo...
biog.journals.sup.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Back from holiday and it's finally time to post about this. I am taking on a section editor role for the new diamond open access journal Biogeography, put together by @biogeographyjfab.bsky.social. That means that it's free to publish and free to read. (thread)
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
biog.journals.sup.org/index.php/bi...
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🚨We're seeking information on Globally Threatened Birds!🚨
We collate up-to-date information used to evaluate the classification of each bird species on the IUCN Red List.🦜
Our team have opened discussions for 90 species until 25 January.🗺️
Contribute here👉 forums.birdlife.org/red-list-cha...
We collate up-to-date information used to evaluate the classification of each bird species on the IUCN Red List.🦜
Our team have opened discussions for 90 species until 25 January.🗺️
Contribute here👉 forums.birdlife.org/red-list-cha...
January 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
🚨We're seeking information on Globally Threatened Birds!🚨
We collate up-to-date information used to evaluate the classification of each bird species on the IUCN Red List.🦜
Our team have opened discussions for 90 species until 25 January.🗺️
Contribute here👉 forums.birdlife.org/red-list-cha...
We collate up-to-date information used to evaluate the classification of each bird species on the IUCN Red List.🦜
Our team have opened discussions for 90 species until 25 January.🗺️
Contribute here👉 forums.birdlife.org/red-list-cha...
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To much of the Global South, Trump is acting like a typical US president.
To the Global North, he's a mad king, an aberrant, Hitler-like figure hellbent on global domination.
It's very telling and should be prompting everyone in the imperial core to reconsider their perspective and values.
To the Global North, he's a mad king, an aberrant, Hitler-like figure hellbent on global domination.
It's very telling and should be prompting everyone in the imperial core to reconsider their perspective and values.
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
To much of the Global South, Trump is acting like a typical US president.
To the Global North, he's a mad king, an aberrant, Hitler-like figure hellbent on global domination.
It's very telling and should be prompting everyone in the imperial core to reconsider their perspective and values.
To the Global North, he's a mad king, an aberrant, Hitler-like figure hellbent on global domination.
It's very telling and should be prompting everyone in the imperial core to reconsider their perspective and values.
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New R Coding for Ecology chapter on measuring landscape patterns with landscapemetrics and motif 📊🌍
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
New R Coding for Ecology chapter on measuring landscape patterns with landscapemetrics and motif 📊🌍
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Preprint: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Code: github.com/Nowosad/land...
#LandscapeEcology #RSpatial #GIS
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rspatialdata: a repository of spatial datasets & tutorials for spatial analysis & visualization in #rstats, supporting real-world applications such as estimating air pollution, quantifying disease burden, and monitoring progress toward the SDGs🌍💻📊
👉 rspatialdata.github.io
👉 rspatialdata.github.io
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
rspatialdata: a repository of spatial datasets & tutorials for spatial analysis & visualization in #rstats, supporting real-world applications such as estimating air pollution, quantifying disease burden, and monitoring progress toward the SDGs🌍💻📊
👉 rspatialdata.github.io
👉 rspatialdata.github.io
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"As a wildlife ecologist and conservation expert, these fires bring an unwelcome but familiar mixture of deep sadness and intense frustration. As the climate gets hotter, such events will only become more likely and more severe."
My article about Victoria's fires
theconversation.com/in-the-most-...
My article about Victoria's fires
theconversation.com/in-the-most-...
In the most cleared state in Australia, Victoria’s native wildlife needs our help after fires
The Victorian fires burned though diverse environments across the state. Native animals suffered through heat and smoke, including thousands of dead flying foxes.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"As a wildlife ecologist and conservation expert, these fires bring an unwelcome but familiar mixture of deep sadness and intense frustration. As the climate gets hotter, such events will only become more likely and more severe."
My article about Victoria's fires
theconversation.com/in-the-most-...
My article about Victoria's fires
theconversation.com/in-the-most-...
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I tried to warn people. They even signalled it.
Labor is little better than the other mob when it comes to emissions.
Labor is little better than the other mob when it comes to emissions.
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I tried to warn people. They even signalled it.
Labor is little better than the other mob when it comes to emissions.
Labor is little better than the other mob when it comes to emissions.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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we're excited to share that Proceedings B has also come on board for listing PHAROS as a recommended repository for open wildlife pathogen and parasite testing data! thanks to @royalsociety.org for the support. @viralemergence.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
For Authors | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
For Authors | Proceedings B | The Royal Society
Information for authors
Presubmission enquiries
...
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
we're excited to share that Proceedings B has also come on board for listing PHAROS as a recommended repository for open wildlife pathogen and parasite testing data! thanks to @royalsociety.org for the support. @viralemergence.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/pages/f...
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Just remember that last year @albomp.bsky.social’s government approved a carbon bomb, the North West Shelf Gas project.
For those that pay attention to and respect climate science, and laws of physics and chemistry, you’ll appreciate why this is an issue.
For those that pay attention to and respect climate science, and laws of physics and chemistry, you’ll appreciate why this is an issue.
Acting to prevent dangerous climate change is too costly for the economy, some say…
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Cars washed to sea, rain record smashed in Great Ocean Road deluge
People in the popular holiday region have been issued with an emergency warning afer a storm cell dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain, flooding campsites and washing three cars to sea.
www.abc.net.au
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Just remember that last year @albomp.bsky.social’s government approved a carbon bomb, the North West Shelf Gas project.
For those that pay attention to and respect climate science, and laws of physics and chemistry, you’ll appreciate why this is an issue.
For those that pay attention to and respect climate science, and laws of physics and chemistry, you’ll appreciate why this is an issue.
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This is a real tour de force by Maria Isabel. This paper is, put together, a whole century of CPU time done with the help of Calcul Québec. We will also be moving some of the outputs to BON-in-a-Box, @geobon.org cloud-based tool to facilitate the reporting of biodiversity indicators.
🧪🌎 Only 12% of Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest is located within protected areas, which puts over 750 species of plants, birds, and mammals at risk of habitat loss.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Are we there yet? Ongoing habitat loss in Colombia’s Tropical Dry Forests | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is a real tour de force by Maria Isabel. This paper is, put together, a whole century of CPU time done with the help of Calcul Québec. We will also be moving some of the outputs to BON-in-a-Box, @geobon.org cloud-based tool to facilitate the reporting of biodiversity indicators.
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🧪🌎 Only 12% of Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest is located within protected areas, which puts over 750 species of plants, birds, and mammals at risk of habitat loss.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Are we there yet? Ongoing habitat loss in Colombia’s Tropical Dry Forests | ÉPICBiodiversity
epic-biodiversity.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
🧪🌎 Only 12% of Colombia's Tropical Dry Forest is located within protected areas, which puts over 750 species of plants, birds, and mammals at risk of habitat loss.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
Read more about our most recent paper, where we also tie this trend to national-level biodiversity commitments.
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1/🧵 Paper out! 🎉🌿🔒
VegVault is now published in Nature Scientific Data: a global database linking palaeo + modern vegetation with traits + climate/soil drivers.
🌐website: bit.ly/VegVault
📜paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits
VegVault is now published in Nature Scientific Data: a global database linking palaeo + modern vegetation with traits + climate/soil drivers.
🌐website: bit.ly/VegVault
📜paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits
January 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
1/🧵 Paper out! 🎉🌿🔒
VegVault is now published in Nature Scientific Data: a global database linking palaeo + modern vegetation with traits + climate/soil drivers.
🌐website: bit.ly/VegVault
📜paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits
VegVault is now published in Nature Scientific Data: a global database linking palaeo + modern vegetation with traits + climate/soil drivers.
🌐website: bit.ly/VegVault
📜paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#VegVault #Ecology #Paleoecology #Vegetation #FunctionalTraits
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Victoria's fires have been devastating for people & communities, & likely so too wildlife & ecosystems. I am particularly worried about Wilkerr (dingoes), which we've been studying for over 10 years. If you'd like to support our work, please visit & donate at engage.deakin.edu.au/dingofirerec...
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Victoria's fires have been devastating for people & communities, & likely so too wildlife & ecosystems. I am particularly worried about Wilkerr (dingoes), which we've been studying for over 10 years. If you'd like to support our work, please visit & donate at engage.deakin.edu.au/dingofirerec...