Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
@charlottebirky.bsky.social
• Wildlife scientist
• Shark biologist
• Superstar of STEM
• Australian STEM Ambassador
• Keynote speaker & MC
• Broadcast producer & host
• Director, Marine Philanthropic Foundation
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck
• Shark biologist
• Superstar of STEM
• Australian STEM Ambassador
• Keynote speaker & MC
• Broadcast producer & host
• Director, Marine Philanthropic Foundation
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
Spectacular strawberry squid! Histioteuthis squid w/massively asymmetrical eyes: 1 larger for viewing the silhouettes of predators & prey above, & 1 smaller eye for capturing glimmers of bioluminescent snacks below. #AsgardArchea - 730m - ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Spectacular strawberry squid! Histioteuthis squid w/massively asymmetrical eyes: 1 larger for viewing the silhouettes of predators & prey above, & 1 smaller eye for capturing glimmers of bioluminescent snacks below. #AsgardArchea - 730m - ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute
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Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20.
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
What new protections will mean for these widely hunted sharks
The sharks and rays are widely hunted, their parts used in commercial products like makeup and moisturizers and in culinary delicacies.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Sweeping trade protections adopted for sharks and rays at #CITESCOP20.
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
“It’s taken 20 to 30 years to get recognition that sharks and rays — keystone predators in marine ecosystems globally — need that protection,” says WCS’s @lukedavid301.bsky.social.
🌏 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
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Platform-independent experiments on social media
"Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Platform-independent experiments on social media
"Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Changing algorithms with artificial intelligence tools can influence partisan animosity"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Threatened Species Index! The latest data indicate that threatened and near-threatened species in Australia have declined by an average of 75% since 1985. View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We are thrilled to announce the release of the 2025 Threatened Species Index! The latest data indicate that threatened and near-threatened species in Australia have declined by an average of 75% since 1985. View the latest trends here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
@tern-aus.bsky.social 🦎🐸🐦🌿🐨
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Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
Help shape the future of Australia’s research infrastructure. The NRI Issues Paper consultation survey is now open. Your input will guide the 2026 NRI Roadmap and future funding priorities.
🔗 bit.ly/4qKpVwo
🔗 bit.ly/4qKpVwo
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Help shape the future of Australia’s research infrastructure. The NRI Issues Paper consultation survey is now open. Your input will guide the 2026 NRI Roadmap and future funding priorities.
🔗 bit.ly/4qKpVwo
🔗 bit.ly/4qKpVwo
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New Study Reveals Persistent Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks with Calls to Strengthen World’s Wildlife-Trade Treaty to Prevent Extinctions.
@wcs.org
@fiu.bsky.social
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Open Planet Studios | Silverback Films
@wcs.org
@fiu.bsky.social
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Open Planet Studios | Silverback Films
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
New Study Reveals Persistent Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks with Calls to Strengthen World’s Wildlife-Trade Treaty to Prevent Extinctions.
@wcs.org
@fiu.bsky.social
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Open Planet Studios | Silverback Films
@wcs.org
@fiu.bsky.social
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Open Planet Studios | Silverback Films
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
🧪 🐙 🦑
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
🧪 🐙 🦑
Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers'
Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly vanish into the background.
www.sciencealert.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
🧪 🐙 🦑
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...
🧪 🐙 🦑
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
Travel to the coast of Chile and into Antarctica via the interactive Schmidt Ocean Institute 2024 Impact Report. We are bringing the depths to light: www.2024annualreport.schmidtocean.org
Impact Report 2024
www.2024annualreport.schmidtocean.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Travel to the coast of Chile and into Antarctica via the interactive Schmidt Ocean Institute 2024 Impact Report. We are bringing the depths to light: www.2024annualreport.schmidtocean.org
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🔬✨Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change.
🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🔬✨Applications are open! The Science for Public Good Fund offers up to $1500 to support community-driven science advocacy projects. From workshops to local campaigns, you can help spark change.
🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
🔗 Apply here now: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
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📢 SARDI have #marine #jobs available:
🐟 Research Officer
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Data Lead
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Coordinator
🐟 Senior Research Scientist (x2)
🐟 Field Operations Manager
🐟 Senior Research Services Officer
🚨 16 Oct
👀 iworkfor.sa.gov.au
🐟 Research Officer
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Data Lead
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Coordinator
🐟 Senior Research Scientist (x2)
🐟 Field Operations Manager
🐟 Senior Research Services Officer
🚨 16 Oct
👀 iworkfor.sa.gov.au
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
📢 SARDI have #marine #jobs available:
🐟 Research Officer
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Data Lead
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Coordinator
🐟 Senior Research Scientist (x2)
🐟 Field Operations Manager
🐟 Senior Research Services Officer
🚨 16 Oct
👀 iworkfor.sa.gov.au
🐟 Research Officer
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Data Lead
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Coordinator
🐟 Senior Research Scientist (x2)
🐟 Field Operations Manager
🐟 Senior Research Services Officer
🚨 16 Oct
👀 iworkfor.sa.gov.au
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
🧪 Science Spotlight 🧪 Researchers have successfully reintroduced brush-tailed bettongs into a National Park, despite the presence of feral predators like cats and foxes.
Bettongs sourced from populations with larger body sizes and previous predator exposure survived better.
Bettongs sourced from populations with larger body sizes and previous predator exposure survived better.
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🧪 Science Spotlight 🧪 Researchers have successfully reintroduced brush-tailed bettongs into a National Park, despite the presence of feral predators like cats and foxes.
Bettongs sourced from populations with larger body sizes and previous predator exposure survived better.
Bettongs sourced from populations with larger body sizes and previous predator exposure survived better.
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship
In a lifetime studying the behavior of chimpanzees, Jane Goodall became something of an authority on the aggressiveness of alpha male adults. Now, in an interview released just days after her death, the famed primatologist reveals what she would do with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and other human beings she saw as showing similar traits: launch them on a one-way trip into space.
The insight into Goodall’s thinking comes in the Netflix documentary Famous Last Words, recorded in March and kept under wraps until her death last week at the age of 91. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space
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A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ
October 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ
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A species of lungfish found in South America has claimed the title of the animal with the biggest genome sequenced so far.
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/46OMl6v
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/46OMl6v
October 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A species of lungfish found in South America has claimed the title of the animal with the biggest genome sequenced so far.
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/46OMl6v
Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/46OMl6v
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IMOS is producing a comprehensive national seagrass mega-dataset, which will soon be available through the new Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) Portal.
Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/3IAmTtm
Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/3IAmTtm
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
IMOS is producing a comprehensive national seagrass mega-dataset, which will soon be available through the new Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) Portal.
Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/3IAmTtm
Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/3IAmTtm
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JCU is thrilled to be involved in The Australian Venom Innovation and Discovery (AVID) Initiative. 🐍💉💊
This new national program is building the first large-scale molecular data resource on Australia’s venomous biodiversity.
Read more here bioplatforms.com/australian-v...
This new national program is building the first large-scale molecular data resource on Australia’s venomous biodiversity.
Read more here bioplatforms.com/australian-v...
A national effort to decode venoms for science and innovation - Bioplatforms Australia
Australia harbours one of the world’s richest diversities of venomous species, from spiders and snakes to marine organisms and insects. Venoms play critical ecological roles, helping species hunt, def...
bioplatforms.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
JCU is thrilled to be involved in The Australian Venom Innovation and Discovery (AVID) Initiative. 🐍💉💊
This new national program is building the first large-scale molecular data resource on Australia’s venomous biodiversity.
Read more here bioplatforms.com/australian-v...
This new national program is building the first large-scale molecular data resource on Australia’s venomous biodiversity.
Read more here bioplatforms.com/australian-v...
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A team led by JCVI and @scrippsocean.bsky.social have decoded the DNA of a critical algae group found in every ocean. Despite challenges it poses to fishing, tourism, and public health, it plays pivotal role in the ocean food web, climate, and even cloud formation. 🧪🧬
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
Unveiling the secrets of an adaptable, ubiquitous ocean algae
La Jolla, California—September 30, 2025—Phaeocystales, a group of bloom-forming marine algae, are gaining attention for their remarkable...
www.jcvi.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A team led by JCVI and @scrippsocean.bsky.social have decoded the DNA of a critical algae group found in every ocean. Despite challenges it poses to fishing, tourism, and public health, it plays pivotal role in the ocean food web, climate, and even cloud formation. 🧪🧬
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
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🌟 Postdoc Opportunity in Marine Biogeochemistry at CNRS-CEREGE!
🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!
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🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌟 Postdoc Opportunity in Marine Biogeochemistry at CNRS-CEREGE!
🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!
⬇️
🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!
⬇️
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Are you hoping to attend the #IUCN World Conservation Congress?
We're coordinating check-ins and meet-ups in Abu Dhabi for delegates from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.
Join the Australian delegation: shorturl.at/lz7WC
Join our webinar to learn how to participate at Congress: shorturl.at/XWuJQ
We're coordinating check-ins and meet-ups in Abu Dhabi for delegates from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.
Join the Australian delegation: shorturl.at/lz7WC
Join our webinar to learn how to participate at Congress: shorturl.at/XWuJQ
August 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Are you hoping to attend the #IUCN World Conservation Congress?
We're coordinating check-ins and meet-ups in Abu Dhabi for delegates from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.
Join the Australian delegation: shorturl.at/lz7WC
Join our webinar to learn how to participate at Congress: shorturl.at/XWuJQ
We're coordinating check-ins and meet-ups in Abu Dhabi for delegates from Australia, NZ and the Pacific.
Join the Australian delegation: shorturl.at/lz7WC
Join our webinar to learn how to participate at Congress: shorturl.at/XWuJQ
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We've recently published research basking shark breaching behavior. How kind of them to demonstrate it again on camera!
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
August 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
We've recently published research basking shark breaching behavior. How kind of them to demonstrate it again on camera!
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
Footage from Treas Heapes onboard Sally O’Keefee sailing to Inis Oirr.
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
This National Science Week, we’re decoding the ocean’s hidden language, one ‘ping’ at a time.
Learn more about the many ways IMOS collects critical marine data.
🔗 bit.ly/4mxjNVk
#NCRISImpact
Learn more about the many ways IMOS collects critical marine data.
🔗 bit.ly/4mxjNVk
#NCRISImpact
August 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This National Science Week, we’re decoding the ocean’s hidden language, one ‘ping’ at a time.
Learn more about the many ways IMOS collects critical marine data.
🔗 bit.ly/4mxjNVk
#NCRISImpact
Learn more about the many ways IMOS collects critical marine data.
🔗 bit.ly/4mxjNVk
#NCRISImpact
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
Check out the agenda to see what’s happening each day at the second part of the #INC5 as negotiators come together to finalize a #PlasticsTreaty for a plastic pollution-free future: www.unep.org/inc-plastic-...
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Check out the agenda to see what’s happening each day at the second part of the #INC5 as negotiators come together to finalize a #PlasticsTreaty for a plastic pollution-free future: www.unep.org/inc-plastic-...
Reposted by Dr Charlotte Birkmanis
FINAL REMINDER
Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in Australia and Southeast Indian Ocean, the final deadline is on August 16th.
Stay tuned for more updates on the ISRA project!
#shark #ray #chimaera #ISRA #marine #conservation #research
Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in Australia and Southeast Indian Ocean, the final deadline is on August 16th.
Stay tuned for more updates on the ISRA project!
#shark #ray #chimaera #ISRA #marine #conservation #research
August 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM