Rob Harcourt
@robharcourt.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof- founded the Marine Predator Research Group @Macquarie_Uni & lead the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility- always repost research positions in marine & conservation science 🏄🏻♂️🤿📸🦭🐬🐠🐟🐢🐧🦈🐋🐳🦑🐙
Albanese’s folly of pandering to Donald Trump www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Albanese’s folly of pandering to Donald Trump
ANALYSIS: The prime minister’s flattery of Donald Trump may be about preserving US relations, but he ought to focus on leaders who will really shape Australia’s future.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Albanese’s folly of pandering to Donald Trump www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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wow, which common vaccine was it?
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
wow, which common vaccine was it?
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is amazing!!
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
The one-man super scheme www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The one-man super scheme
Of all the things Scott Morrison does not understand, and the list is long and often embarrassing, somewhat in the shape of his prime ministership, China would rate very close to the top.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The one-man super scheme www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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🐳 Collecting small skin samples from southern right whales to examine questions on genetics, diet, sex and age. With @robharcourt.bsky.social and @emma-carroll.bsky.social. 🔗 tohoravoyages.ac.nz/welcome-to-m... 🇦🇺 #southernrightwhale
September 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🐳 Collecting small skin samples from southern right whales to examine questions on genetics, diet, sex and age. With @robharcourt.bsky.social and @emma-carroll.bsky.social. 🔗 tohoravoyages.ac.nz/welcome-to-m... 🇦🇺 #southernrightwhale
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Giving a talk on Mirnong Southern Right #Whales @UWA Albany with @robharcourt.bsky.social and Kate Sprogis
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz
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September 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Giving a talk on Mirnong Southern Right #Whales @UWA Albany with @robharcourt.bsky.social and Kate Sprogis
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz
www.tohoravoyages.ac.nz
Our latest paper 🐋🐳🌏
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Dr Leena Riekkola - @finntasticleena.bsky.social on X: "New paper alert!🚨 Satellite tracking reveals southern right whales🐳feed in key high seas area, outside of existing protections. https://t.co/OGuywyNjUA Funders: @AucklandUni @royalsocietynz LiveOcean @docgovtnz @AntarcticaSouth @iwc_int SORP @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation https://t.co/7naA6zyKj0" / X
New paper alert!🚨 Satellite tracking reveals southern right whales🐳feed in key high seas area, outside of existing protections. https://t.co/OGuywyNjUA Funders: @AucklandUni @royalsocietynz LiveOcean @docgovtnz @AntarcticaSouth @iwc_int SORP @Macquarie_Uni RaeFamilyFoundation https://t.co/7naA6zyKj0
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August 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Our latest paper 🐋🐳🌏
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The curse of AUKUS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The curse of AUKUS
Probably it is worth remembering a little about Scott Morrison, the man who conceived AUKUS. He is the single worst leader the country has ever had, unique in his venality and unseriousness. He is a m...
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July 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The curse of AUKUS www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The moment for bold climate action is now www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The moment for bold climate action is now
As I write, I’m listening to the sound of repairs to my home following the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, a rare category 2 system that tracked as far south as the Gold Coast in March, and left a...
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June 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The moment for bold climate action is now www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Amazing news!
This is why you don’t cut cancer research funding…
On the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. Paves the way for move onto the human trial stage.
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This is why you don’t cut cancer research funding…
On the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. Paves the way for move onto the human trial stage.
newatlas.com/cancer/pancr...
Pancreatic cancer vaccine eradicates trace of disease in early trials
We could be on the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. This paves the way for it to move on...
newatlas.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Amazing news!
This is why you don’t cut cancer research funding…
On the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. Paves the way for move onto the human trial stage.
newatlas.com/cancer/pancr...
This is why you don’t cut cancer research funding…
On the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. Paves the way for move onto the human trial stage.
newatlas.com/cancer/pancr...
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🧵New paper + open database drop!
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
MOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body Sizes
Motivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🧵New paper + open database drop!
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How migrating marine megafauna tracks with conservation | Science very proud to be a core @MegaMove_Org author of this very important paper lead by @AnaMMSequeira - we need a dynamic approach to marine conservation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...
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June 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
How migrating marine megafauna tracks with conservation | Science very proud to be a core @MegaMove_Org author of this very important paper lead by @AnaMMSequeira - we need a dynamic approach to marine conservation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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No Aurora tonight but the moon is beautiful 🌔🌙🌏
June 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
No Aurora tonight but the moon is beautiful 🌔🌙🌏
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This is huge Australian wildlife news. Critically endangered Leadbeaters possums had never been found beyond Victoria, but one has turned up in a New South Wales national park. It may have been there all along. Thank goodness that habitat had been protected
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First Leadbeater’s possum detection in NSW shows importance of protecting big conservation areas | Biodiversity Council Australia
The Leadbeater’s possum has just been detected in Kosciusko National Park near the Yarrangobilly Caves. This extraordinary discovery is the first live record of this Critically Endangered species outs...
biodiversitycouncil.org.au
May 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is huge Australian wildlife news. Critically endangered Leadbeaters possums had never been found beyond Victoria, but one has turned up in a New South Wales national park. It may have been there all along. Thank goodness that habitat had been protected
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/first-l...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy – and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act?
May 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy – and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act?
Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables!
April 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables!
How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia - The Atlantic
April 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia - The Atlantic
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Can’t believe I blagged an exclusive interview with Katy Perry!
April 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Can’t believe I blagged an exclusive interview with Katy Perry!