Justine E. Hausheer
@justinehausheer.bsky.social
Science writer & author. Princeton & SHERP alum. Book on Australian threatened species, The Vanishing Wild, out in 2026 w/ @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social 🦜🦋🐍🦘http://www.justinehausheer.com (Views mine.)
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We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Clive and Inhancer, a pair caught yesterday in the Macquarie Marshes and fitted with GPS 4G transmitters from Global Messenger. We are immensely grateful to the local landholders, Leanne, Garry and Jet Hall, who were central in making it happen.
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Adventures in North American Birding, Part 1: Fall Warblers Make Me Want To Cry
October 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Adventures in North American Birding, Part 1: Fall Warblers Make Me Want To Cry
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Do you work in conservation science, particularly outside the U.S.? Did you lose your job or funding for your job because of cuts to U.S. federal agencies? Do you want to talk about it? DM me please. (This is for a @biographic.bsky.social story)
[Iceland photo for attention only]
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September 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Do you work in conservation science, particularly outside the U.S.? Did you lose your job or funding for your job because of cuts to U.S. federal agencies? Do you want to talk about it? DM me please. (This is for a @biographic.bsky.social story)
[Iceland photo for attention only]
[Iceland photo for attention only]
Came home from a workout, found a pink-tongued skink on the doorstep, and ate some tacos. 10/10 for a Tuesday.
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Came home from a workout, found a pink-tongued skink on the doorstep, and ate some tacos. 10/10 for a Tuesday.
Ya'll I feel like such a grown-up writer...
Deal news! Really excited to share that @justinehausheer.bsky.social's book debut, "The Vanishing Wild. Australian Wildlife and the Fight Against Extinction", will be appearing courtesy of @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social in May next year! unsw.press/news/the-van...
NewSouth Acquires Justine E. Hausheer's The Vanishing Wild
NewSouth Publishing is thrilled to announce the acquisition of world rights to The Vanishing Wild: Australian Wildlife and the Fight Against Extinction, via literary agent Martin Shaw, a powerful and ...
unsw.press
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Ya'll I feel like such a grown-up writer...
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Catriona Menzies-Pike does the maths on Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Catriona Menzies-Pike does the maths on Meanjin www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/m...
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Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating | Ben Walter
MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
www.theguardian.com/books/commen...
Also FYI the # of threatened animal species referenced in the comic (>150) is now more than SIX HUNDRED. (And for plants it's >1,400. So maybe pour yourself a drink with that cake.
Have I baked cakes in years past for #ThreatenedSpeciesDay? Yes. Am I tired and grumpy and really vibing with this FirstDogOnTheMoon carton? Also yes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How can we solve Australia's threatened species crisis? With baking! | First Dog on the Moon
This is a cake in the shape of democracy which is also endangered
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Also FYI the # of threatened animal species referenced in the comic (>150) is now more than SIX HUNDRED. (And for plants it's >1,400. So maybe pour yourself a drink with that cake.
Have I baked cakes in years past for #ThreatenedSpeciesDay? Yes. Am I tired and grumpy and really vibing with this FirstDogOnTheMoon carton? Also yes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How can we solve Australia's threatened species crisis? With baking! | First Dog on the Moon
This is a cake in the shape of democracy which is also endangered
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Have I baked cakes in years past for #ThreatenedSpeciesDay? Yes. Am I tired and grumpy and really vibing with this FirstDogOnTheMoon carton? Also yes.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you love wildlife, your feeds are probably full of #ThreatenedSpeciesDay stories: tales of hope, eulogies to the species we’ve lost, and cries of rage at the fact that the Australian government is still failing wildlife. #wildoz
September 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you love wildlife, your feeds are probably full of #ThreatenedSpeciesDay stories: tales of hope, eulogies to the species we’ve lost, and cries of rage at the fact that the Australian government is still failing wildlife. #wildoz
That feeling when you’re being watched…. 🐋
September 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
That feeling when you’re being watched…. 🐋
Met some new (and very curious) friends over the weekend! 🐋 We stopped 100m away but they decided to come closer and say hello.
September 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Met some new (and very curious) friends over the weekend! 🐋 We stopped 100m away but they decided to come closer and say hello.
If you’re looking for excellent apocalyptic climate fiction with a dash of murder mystery & botany, this one is a winner.
August 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If you’re looking for excellent apocalyptic climate fiction with a dash of murder mystery & botany, this one is a winner.
If you're not mounting your taxidermy on a motorized scooter then you're doing it wrong.
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If you're not mounting your taxidermy on a motorized scooter then you're doing it wrong.
Take. My. Money.
It’s not a want it’s a need www.bonfire.com/support-ibp-...
August 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Take. My. Money.
First earthquake! Surprised it took me this long. The windows were rattling for a good 20 seconds
August 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
First earthquake! Surprised it took me this long. The windows were rattling for a good 20 seconds
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Critics of #ColossalBio and #DeExtinction @toriherridge.bsky.social @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social, @flintdibble.bsky.social, and I have been targeted by "articles" attacking our credibility, looks like a targeted smear campaign against us for honest criticisms...
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign
Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them
www.newscientist.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Critics of #ColossalBio and #DeExtinction @toriherridge.bsky.social @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social, @flintdibble.bsky.social, and I have been targeted by "articles" attacking our credibility, looks like a targeted smear campaign against us for honest criticisms...
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
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More on dingoes, led by @drcairns.bsky.social.
"Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris."
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...
"Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris."
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...
Taxonomic tangles posed by human association - the urgent need for an evidence-based review of dingo and domestic dog taxonomy and nomenclature
A serious challenge in modern taxonomy is whether or how relationships with humans have altered the evolutionary trajectory of species and how this should be dealt with in taxonomic nomenclature. Desp...
www.publish.csiro.au
July 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
More on dingoes, led by @drcairns.bsky.social.
"Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris."
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...
"Current evidence indicates...dingoes are on a different evolutionary trajectory to domestic dogs...we argue that the appropriate nomenclature for dingoes is Canis dingo or Canis lupus dingo, not Canis familiaris."
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/justaccep...
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We're hiring. 2.5 year statistical ecology postdoc in Perth, Western Australia. Closing 6 July. 🌏 #bioinvasions #biosecurity Check it out: www.seek.com.au/job/85070198...
Post Doctoral Research Associate in statistical ecology Job in Bentley, Perth WA - SEEK
The Population Biology and genomics Group is seeking to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Associate.
www.seek.com.au
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We're hiring. 2.5 year statistical ecology postdoc in Perth, Western Australia. Closing 6 July. 🌏 #bioinvasions #biosecurity Check it out: www.seek.com.au/job/85070198...
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I’m a mammal taxonomist now!!! 😜
Two new species of adorable marsupials, the kind that have the will to kill you but lack the size to be effective.
Led by my PhD student @kultarrcam.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Two new species of adorable marsupials, the kind that have the will to kill you but lack the size to be effective.
Led by my PhD student @kultarrcam.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Cryptic Kultarr: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Unrecognized Species of Carnivorous Marsupial (Dasyuridae: Antechinomys) in Arid Australia
Conservation is impossible if we have not described all of the species we aim to conserve. This paper reviews the taxonomy of the kultarr (Antechinomys laniger) a small arid-zone specialist native to....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I’m a mammal taxonomist now!!! 😜
Two new species of adorable marsupials, the kind that have the will to kill you but lack the size to be effective.
Led by my PhD student @kultarrcam.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Two new species of adorable marsupials, the kind that have the will to kill you but lack the size to be effective.
Led by my PhD student @kultarrcam.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A sneak peek into a regent parrot nest hole - they like a deep cavity with a wide enough floor to fit the whole family 😍 here’s the kids just lounging around like they own the joint ♥️
June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A sneak peek into a regent parrot nest hole - they like a deep cavity with a wide enough floor to fit the whole family 😍 here’s the kids just lounging around like they own the joint ♥️
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Australia’s invertebrates - like bees, snails, spiders and worms - have been doing it tough. But you can help many species that live in your own backyard by planting flowers, reducing light pollution or snapping pics for sites like @inaturalist.bsky.social 🐝
June 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Australia’s invertebrates - like bees, snails, spiders and worms - have been doing it tough. But you can help many species that live in your own backyard by planting flowers, reducing light pollution or snapping pics for sites like @inaturalist.bsky.social 🐝