Australian Mammal Society
@ausmammals.bsky.social
Contributing to the greater understanding and conservation of the Australasian mammal fauna
Banner Photo Credit: William Terry
Banner Photo Credit: William Terry
Love mammals AND movies? We need help from all the cinephiles out there!
Give us your best mammal-themed movie ideas for a very special screening night at next year's conference!
Give us your best mammal-themed movie ideas for a very special screening night at next year's conference!
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Love mammals AND movies? We need help from all the cinephiles out there!
Give us your best mammal-themed movie ideas for a very special screening night at next year's conference!
Give us your best mammal-themed movie ideas for a very special screening night at next year's conference!
Don't forget to record you #bogongmoth sightings on #zoosvictoria #mothtracker!
There have been over 500 verified as Bogong Moth sightings so far, with 3 from Aotearoa New Zealand - for the first time!
Image - Chloe/Moth Tracker
There have been over 500 verified as Bogong Moth sightings so far, with 3 from Aotearoa New Zealand - for the first time!
Image - Chloe/Moth Tracker
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don't forget to record you #bogongmoth sightings on #zoosvictoria #mothtracker!
There have been over 500 verified as Bogong Moth sightings so far, with 3 from Aotearoa New Zealand - for the first time!
Image - Chloe/Moth Tracker
There have been over 500 verified as Bogong Moth sightings so far, with 3 from Aotearoa New Zealand - for the first time!
Image - Chloe/Moth Tracker
Save the date - don't miss out!
The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety
- ECR workshops on 5th
- focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th
🦇🐾🐭🐨
The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety
- ECR workshops on 5th
- focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th
🦇🐾🐭🐨
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Save the date - don't miss out!
The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety
- ECR workshops on 5th
- focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th
🦇🐾🐭🐨
The 72nd Australian Mammal Society Conference will be held in Canberra (Shine Dome) from 5th - 10th July 2026! This very special conference will be jointly held with the #australasianbatsociety
- ECR workshops on 5th
- focussed #bat and #dasyurid symposia on 6th
🦇🐾🐭🐨
Voting is open! Visit the #australasianbatsociety page to vote for your fave bat before the end of the week! www.facebook.com/Australasian...
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Voting is open! Visit the #australasianbatsociety page to vote for your fave bat before the end of the week! www.facebook.com/Australasian...
Cute tiny mammals meets improv comedy this weekend in Carlton - with our El Presidente - @euanritchie.bsky.social - use code REVIEWER2 for 50% off your ticket price!
www.eventfinda.com.au/2025/the-pee...
www.eventfinda.com.au/2025/the-pee...
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Cute tiny mammals meets improv comedy this weekend in Carlton - with our El Presidente - @euanritchie.bsky.social - use code REVIEWER2 for 50% off your ticket price!
www.eventfinda.com.au/2025/the-pee...
www.eventfinda.com.au/2025/the-pee...
The Society strongly opposes plans to consider the importation of #Bengalcats into Australia as pets. The risks posed to #nativewildlife are too high.
Australia’s #biosecurity and #conservation frameworks must be robust and precautionary #ProtectAussieWildlife
📷Wesam Saka, WikiCommons, CCA 4.0.
Australia’s #biosecurity and #conservation frameworks must be robust and precautionary #ProtectAussieWildlife
📷Wesam Saka, WikiCommons, CCA 4.0.
September 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The Society strongly opposes plans to consider the importation of #Bengalcats into Australia as pets. The risks posed to #nativewildlife are too high.
Australia’s #biosecurity and #conservation frameworks must be robust and precautionary #ProtectAussieWildlife
📷Wesam Saka, WikiCommons, CCA 4.0.
Australia’s #biosecurity and #conservation frameworks must be robust and precautionary #ProtectAussieWildlife
📷Wesam Saka, WikiCommons, CCA 4.0.
🌿 Big win for koalas! A heartfelt thank you to Penny Sharpe on the announcement of the Great Koala National Park—a landmark move for native wildlife, climate, and communities.
We thank the many people who've worked tirelessly to make the #GKNP a reality. 🐨🌳
We thank the many people who've worked tirelessly to make the #GKNP a reality. 🐨🌳
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
🌿 Big win for koalas! A heartfelt thank you to Penny Sharpe on the announcement of the Great Koala National Park—a landmark move for native wildlife, climate, and communities.
We thank the many people who've worked tirelessly to make the #GKNP a reality. 🐨🌳
We thank the many people who've worked tirelessly to make the #GKNP a reality. 🐨🌳
This #nationalthreatenedspecies day, please enjoy some fabulous #australianmammal images submitted by our talented and dedicated Committee..
#numbat - @ellaloeffler.bsky.social
#fattaileddunnart - @drdunnart.bsky.social
#leadbeaterspossum - Arabella Eyre
#spottedtailedquoll - Jemma Cripps
#numbat - @ellaloeffler.bsky.social
#fattaileddunnart - @drdunnart.bsky.social
#leadbeaterspossum - Arabella Eyre
#spottedtailedquoll - Jemma Cripps
September 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This #nationalthreatenedspecies day, please enjoy some fabulous #australianmammal images submitted by our talented and dedicated Committee..
#numbat - @ellaloeffler.bsky.social
#fattaileddunnart - @drdunnart.bsky.social
#leadbeaterspossum - Arabella Eyre
#spottedtailedquoll - Jemma Cripps
#numbat - @ellaloeffler.bsky.social
#fattaileddunnart - @drdunnart.bsky.social
#leadbeaterspossum - Arabella Eyre
#spottedtailedquoll - Jemma Cripps
#BogongMoths are a crucial spring food source for #MountainPygmypossums - declines in Moth numbers are an urgent threat to the possums’ survival.
Help scientists track the Bogong Moths via #ZoosVictoria Moth Tracker: www.zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/
Image - Zoos Victoria. #citizenscience #wildoz
Help scientists track the Bogong Moths via #ZoosVictoria Moth Tracker: www.zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/
Image - Zoos Victoria. #citizenscience #wildoz
August 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#BogongMoths are a crucial spring food source for #MountainPygmypossums - declines in Moth numbers are an urgent threat to the possums’ survival.
Help scientists track the Bogong Moths via #ZoosVictoria Moth Tracker: www.zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/
Image - Zoos Victoria. #citizenscience #wildoz
Help scientists track the Bogong Moths via #ZoosVictoria Moth Tracker: www.zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/
Image - Zoos Victoria. #citizenscience #wildoz
Three #mammal PhD opportunities - understanding the physiological, behavioural and genetic resistance of vertebrate pests to 1080 - Contact Katherine Moseby (UNSW) k.moseby@unsw.edu.au
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Three #mammal PhD opportunities - understanding the physiological, behavioural and genetic resistance of vertebrate pests to 1080 - Contact Katherine Moseby (UNSW) k.moseby@unsw.edu.au
Interested in sharing your mammal research and stories? We're looking to feature our members stories! DM us here, on Insta, Facebook or LinkedIn!
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Interested in sharing your mammal research and stories? We're looking to feature our members stories! DM us here, on Insta, Facebook or LinkedIn!
Check out our journal #australianmammalogy - first observation of grey-headed flying foxes roosting in western New South Wales (Mo et al, 2025) - nearly 300km from nearest known roost! 📸 Andrew Mercer #wildoz #ausmammals @csiropublishing.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Check out our journal #australianmammalogy - first observation of grey-headed flying foxes roosting in western New South Wales (Mo et al, 2025) - nearly 300km from nearest known roost! 📸 Andrew Mercer #wildoz #ausmammals @csiropublishing.bsky.social
The only known photograph of a living Nullarbor barred bandicoot - extinct since the 1930s, discovered recently in a basement! Read the paper in our journal, #australianmammalogy #ausmammals #extinction #wildoz lnkd.in/gQCaTzEq
July 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The only known photograph of a living Nullarbor barred bandicoot - extinct since the 1930s, discovered recently in a basement! Read the paper in our journal, #australianmammalogy #ausmammals #extinction #wildoz lnkd.in/gQCaTzEq
Anyone still in sunny Toowoomba- the #ausmamsoc25 fabulous organising committee made this handy guide! See you around the traps!
June 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Anyone still in sunny Toowoomba- the #ausmamsoc25 fabulous organising committee made this handy guide! See you around the traps!
Look at this amazing effort from @angiesymon.bsky.social who finally completed the amazing art on a #ausmamsoc25 name tag! Kudos also for beautiful #mammalfashion!
June 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Look at this amazing effort from @angiesymon.bsky.social who finally completed the amazing art on a #ausmamsoc25 name tag! Kudos also for beautiful #mammalfashion!
Closing prizes at #ausmamsoc25 this arvo - very hard decisions for the judges!
Cameron Dodd - Adolph Bollinger Award for best spoken presentation
Hoang Uyen Thy Nguyen - inaugral FAME student sponsorship
Patra Petrohilos - John Seebeck Travel Award
Madeline Harding - A.G. Lyne award best poster
Cameron Dodd - Adolph Bollinger Award for best spoken presentation
Hoang Uyen Thy Nguyen - inaugral FAME student sponsorship
Patra Petrohilos - John Seebeck Travel Award
Madeline Harding - A.G. Lyne award best poster
June 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Closing prizes at #ausmamsoc25 this arvo - very hard decisions for the judges!
Cameron Dodd - Adolph Bollinger Award for best spoken presentation
Hoang Uyen Thy Nguyen - inaugral FAME student sponsorship
Patra Petrohilos - John Seebeck Travel Award
Madeline Harding - A.G. Lyne award best poster
Cameron Dodd - Adolph Bollinger Award for best spoken presentation
Hoang Uyen Thy Nguyen - inaugral FAME student sponsorship
Patra Petrohilos - John Seebeck Travel Award
Madeline Harding - A.G. Lyne award best poster
Final talk of #ausmamsoc25 from conference organiser extraordinaire Meg Edwards- we might be smarter than bandicoots, but definitely not cuter!! 🐾🐾
June 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Final talk of #ausmamsoc25 from conference organiser extraordinaire Meg Edwards- we might be smarter than bandicoots, but definitely not cuter!! 🐾🐾
Fashion off the field! The final day bought a gaggle of gliders with three of our fabulous mammalogists wearing various iterations! #mammalfashion #ausmamsoc25 #dangerfield #princesshighway #greaterglider
June 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Fashion off the field! The final day bought a gaggle of gliders with three of our fabulous mammalogists wearing various iterations! #mammalfashion #ausmamsoc25 #dangerfield #princesshighway #greaterglider
Snorkelling dunnarts and toasty pookilas- great talks this morning from @drdunnart.bsky.social and Phoebe Burns on two of our smaller critters 🐭🐾 #ausmamsoc25
June 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Snorkelling dunnarts and toasty pookilas- great talks this morning from @drdunnart.bsky.social and Phoebe Burns on two of our smaller critters 🐭🐾 #ausmamsoc25
It wouldn’t be Mamm Soc without the usual dinner shenanigans…
Congrats to the winners of the limerick award, and to #scruffyaward winner Vere who accepted his honour, and shirt, with grace and humour! 👏👏 #ausmamsic25
Congrats to the winners of the limerick award, and to #scruffyaward winner Vere who accepted his honour, and shirt, with grace and humour! 👏👏 #ausmamsic25
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It wouldn’t be Mamm Soc without the usual dinner shenanigans…
Congrats to the winners of the limerick award, and to #scruffyaward winner Vere who accepted his honour, and shirt, with grace and humour! 👏👏 #ausmamsic25
Congrats to the winners of the limerick award, and to #scruffyaward winner Vere who accepted his honour, and shirt, with grace and humour! 👏👏 #ausmamsic25
Fabulous conference dinner here at #ausmamsoc25 in Toowoomba last night - big thanks to the outstanding organising committee 🥰🤩
June 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Fabulous conference dinner here at #ausmamsoc25 in Toowoomba last night - big thanks to the outstanding organising committee 🥰🤩
#mammalfashion post two - this time the outfits and accessories- absolutely on point! 🐾🦇🐭 so many mammalogists shopping at #princesshighway and #dangerfield!
June 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#mammalfashion post two - this time the outfits and accessories- absolutely on point! 🐾🦇🐭 so many mammalogists shopping at #princesshighway and #dangerfield!