Luke Halpin
@seabirdresearch.bsky.social
PhD (Seabird Ecology). Thalassophile 🌊 Nemophilist 🌲 Cyclist 🚴
Research & conservation of seabirds.
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Subject Editor: Avian Conservation & Ecology https://ace-eco.org,
Northwestern Naturalist, Australian Field Ornithology
Research & conservation of seabirds.
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Subject Editor: Avian Conservation & Ecology https://ace-eco.org,
Northwestern Naturalist, Australian Field Ornithology
The circular #seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people
A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity explores the circular seabird economy around islands and discusses how healthy seabird populations can support more resilient island ecosystems. go.nature.com/4nn0bTD 🔒
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The circular #seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people
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Population genetic diversity, structure and relatedness in the cryptic Pilbara Olive Python. Zoë Hamilton The Biodiversity Conference
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Population genetic diversity, structure and relatedness in the cryptic Pilbara Olive Python. Zoë Hamilton The Biodiversity Conference
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🎃 Halloween costumes 👻 to scare scientists!!!
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🎃 Halloween costumes 👻 to scare scientists!!!
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Partnerships between Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation & DBCA have uncovered diversity of native bees in Walyarta Conservation Park. Sugarbag bee identified as high value to Nyangumarta people. 36 taxa recorded, 9 undescribed. Melaleuca spp. critical host. The Biodiversity Conference 2025.
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Partnerships between Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation & DBCA have uncovered diversity of native bees in Walyarta Conservation Park. Sugarbag bee identified as high value to Nyangumarta people. 36 taxa recorded, 9 undescribed. Melaleuca spp. critical host. The Biodiversity Conference 2025.
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Dorian Moro & Wiluna Martu Rangers. A site was identified by rangers in healthy spinifex. Ground searches found scats, active burrows & tracks. Remote cameras confirmed tjakurra, the first for Matuwa Kurrawa NP / IPA. Surveys have identified 116 active burrows. Biodiversity Conference 2025.
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Dorian Moro & Wiluna Martu Rangers. A site was identified by rangers in healthy spinifex. Ground searches found scats, active burrows & tracks. Remote cameras confirmed tjakurra, the first for Matuwa Kurrawa NP / IPA. Surveys have identified 116 active burrows. Biodiversity Conference 2025.
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Great overview of the Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru Project which is tagging green sea turtles and dugongs to identify and map how turtles, dugongs and humans all use Yawuru Saltwater Country (around Broome in Western Australia). www.yagarrajalajalan-nagula-buru.org TheBiodiversity Conference 2025
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Great overview of the Yagarrajalajalan Nagula Buru Project which is tagging green sea turtles and dugongs to identify and map how turtles, dugongs and humans all use Yawuru Saltwater Country (around Broome in Western Australia). www.yagarrajalajalan-nagula-buru.org TheBiodiversity Conference 2025
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In spring, over a billion Bogong moths travel from all over SE Australia to a place they have never been before, Alpine caves, to spend the summer in aestivation. In Autumn the same individual returns to its breeding ground & dies. How do they do it? Prof Eric Warrant. The Biodiversity Conference.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In spring, over a billion Bogong moths travel from all over SE Australia to a place they have never been before, Alpine caves, to spend the summer in aestivation. In Autumn the same individual returns to its breeding ground & dies. How do they do it? Prof Eric Warrant. The Biodiversity Conference.
Reposted by Luke Halpin
Reposted by Luke Halpin
@judydunlop.bsky.social tells us about the TOAD CONTAINMENT ZONE to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara. The Biodiversity Conference
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@judydunlop.bsky.social tells us about the TOAD CONTAINMENT ZONE to prevent cane toads from reaching the Pilbara. The Biodiversity Conference
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October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data.
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
October 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Post-doc position at CEBC to work on quantitative genetics of albatross populations using pedigree and genomic data.
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
Info and application at
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Contact Timothée Bonnet for more details
#postdoc #seabirds #Genomics
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Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species?
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Who gets the spotlight? Disparities in seabird research attention at scientific conferences
Seabirds are among the most threatened bird groups globally, yet research effort is unevenly distributed among species, with some taxa receiving exten…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species?
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Good evening from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Good evening from Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁
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Good news everybody! The Independent Planning Commission just REFUSED the bid to restart Redbank Power Station, noting unacceptable negative impacts on native flora and fauna. Common
Sense prevails!
www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/restar...
Sense prevails!
www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/restar...
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Good news everybody! The Independent Planning Commission just REFUSED the bid to restart Redbank Power Station, noting unacceptable negative impacts on native flora and fauna. Common
Sense prevails!
www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/restar...
Sense prevails!
www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/cases/restar...
Good morning from #BritishColumbia if you zoom in you can see the dorsal of a bull transient killer whale
September 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good morning from #BritishColumbia if you zoom in you can see the dorsal of a bull transient killer whale
Good evening from Hartley Bay #BritishColumbia
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Good evening from Hartley Bay #BritishColumbia
Cracker of a waterfall on the #britishcolumbia central coast 🇨🇦
September 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Cracker of a waterfall on the #britishcolumbia central coast 🇨🇦
Estuary goodness on the #britishcolumbia central coast
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Estuary goodness on the #britishcolumbia central coast
Steller sea lions in the beautiful Pacific Northwest #britishcolumbia #Canada
September 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Steller sea lions in the beautiful Pacific Northwest #britishcolumbia #Canada
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In Singleton to address the NSW Independent Planning Commission regarding a proposal to clear half a million hectares of woodlands in Western NSW, intended as biomass feedstock for Redbank Power Station. In my professional opinion this will push embattled outback flora and fauna closer to extinction
August 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
In Singleton to address the NSW Independent Planning Commission regarding a proposal to clear half a million hectares of woodlands in Western NSW, intended as biomass feedstock for Redbank Power Station. In my professional opinion this will push embattled outback flora and fauna closer to extinction
Reposted by Luke Halpin
New paper led by PhD student Ben Viola. We used shipboard data to better understand how snow petrels associate with their marine habitat!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New paper led by PhD student Ben Viola. We used shipboard data to better understand how snow petrels associate with their marine habitat!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Talk about a long-term study! The dataset for our fresh-off-the-press survival paper on Leach's storm-petrel was started before most of the authors were even born!
#seabirds #itsnevertoolatetostartalongtermstudy
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#seabirds #itsnevertoolatetostartalongtermstudy
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Adult survival in a small seabird, Hydrobates leucorhous, covaries with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation over the past six decades | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Seabirds’ annual survival is influenced by numerous factors, but oceanic conditions
are among the most significant. Indices used to monitor these conditions typically
cycle over decades. Using the lon...
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June 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Talk about a long-term study! The dataset for our fresh-off-the-press survival paper on Leach's storm-petrel was started before most of the authors were even born!
#seabirds #itsnevertoolatetostartalongtermstudy
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
#seabirds #itsnevertoolatetostartalongtermstudy
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...