Dasyuridae
@dasyuridae.bsky.social
Comparative immunologist. Wildlife conservationist. My views are my own.
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🚨🐾 #Conservationists are raising the alarm as off-leash #dogs have been spotted entering #wombat #burrows along the coast.
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Fears wombats are under threat from dogs on Victoria's Bass Coast
Conservationists say wombats on Victoria's Bass Coast are under threat from off-leash dogs that have been spotted entering their coastal burrows.
ab.co
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🚨🐾 #Conservationists are raising the alarm as off-leash #dogs have been spotted entering #wombat #burrows along the coast.
📖 Read more: ab.co/4o8wYwR
Image: #ABCNewsVic #ABCMelbourne
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As Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most accomplished wordsmith ever - said, "When a man is tired of #wombats, he is tired of life".
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
As Samuel Johnson - perhaps the most accomplished wordsmith ever - said, "When a man is tired of #wombats, he is tired of life".
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz
"Understanding why species have specific anatomical features and how they use them helps scientists understand more about their place and importance in the environment. It ultimately helps us conserve these incredible species."
theconversation.com/whiskers-for...
#AusMammalogy @womsat.bsky.social
theconversation.com/whiskers-for...
#AusMammalogy @womsat.bsky.social
Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts
Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
.@JackNunn talking #citizenscience #australia
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
.@JackNunn talking #citizenscience #australia
theconversation.com/whiskers-for... #WombatWednesday #wombat #wildlife #mammal #conservation #australia #burrow #warren #whisker #anatomy #behaviour @ecolsocaus.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Whiskers for warrens: why wombats have such whiskery snouts
Wombats’ whiskery noses help them snuffle for food, navigate burrows and sense friend or foe.
theconversation.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
. @jacknunn.bsky.social will be presenting our work @ #citizenscience #australia conference in Melbourne next week #wombat #conservation #science #policy @womsat.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
. @jacknunn.bsky.social will be presenting our work @ #citizenscience #australia conference in Melbourne next week #wombat #conservation #science #policy @womsat.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
A proud moment for science and Seattle!
🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#Wombat noses #anatomy #behaviour #australia #wildlife #comparativeimmunology doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
The marsupial nasal system: a review of its structure, function, and evolutionary significance, with a focus on wombats
The nose or snout is an important anatomical structure of mammals. It is responsible for inspiration and expiration of gases into the lungs, temperature regulation and olfaction, and it is also essent...
doi.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New research in #AusMammalogy compared the whiskers of wombats, finding that southern hairy-nosed wombats have longer, thicker whiskers.
Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
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Without a rhinarium, the study's authors suggest they may depend more on whiskers to navigate & interact.
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
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September 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Interesting this is occurring in the UK. Think it is likely true here too? #australia #education #fieldwork #mammal @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
To read more about the decline of fieldwork across UK universities, including ministers' responses, click here: mammal.org.uk/blog/decline...
To read a guide to fieldwork for students, click here: mammal.org.uk/blog/why-fie...
#conservationtraining #ecologytraining
Photo credit: Arron Roberts
To read a guide to fieldwork for students, click here: mammal.org.uk/blog/why-fie...
#conservationtraining #ecologytraining
Photo credit: Arron Roberts
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Interesting this is occurring in the UK. Think it is likely true here too? #australia #education #fieldwork #mammal @ausmammals.bsky.social @ecolsocaus.bsky.social
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Proposed amendments to the Australian EPBC Act - to accelerate approval processes. i.e. weaken the act
Comment deadline 5 pm 15 Sep 2025 engage.pc.gov.au/page/make-a-...
Under 'Productivity Commission’s interim report Investing in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy and the Net‑Zero Transformation (2025)'
Comment deadline 5 pm 15 Sep 2025 engage.pc.gov.au/page/make-a-...
Under 'Productivity Commission’s interim report Investing in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy and the Net‑Zero Transformation (2025)'
Make a submission
District
engage.pc.gov.au
September 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Proposed amendments to the Australian EPBC Act - to accelerate approval processes. i.e. weaken the act
Comment deadline 5 pm 15 Sep 2025 engage.pc.gov.au/page/make-a-...
Under 'Productivity Commission’s interim report Investing in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy and the Net‑Zero Transformation (2025)'
Comment deadline 5 pm 15 Sep 2025 engage.pc.gov.au/page/make-a-...
Under 'Productivity Commission’s interim report Investing in Cheaper, Cleaner Energy and the Net‑Zero Transformation (2025)'
This trial will explore how #wombat gates can:
✅ Reduce fence damage
✅ Support #coexistence between people and wombats
If you’re a landholder in the Southern Highlands experiencing wombat-related fence issues, apply here: 👉 bit.ly/3HQBmAZ
✅ Reduce fence damage
✅ Support #coexistence between people and wombats
If you’re a landholder in the Southern Highlands experiencing wombat-related fence issues, apply here: 👉 bit.ly/3HQBmAZ
September 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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🚧🐾 Testing wombat gates along the M12! 🐾🚧
Designed by WPSA, these gates aim to give #wombats and other wildlife freedom of movement through the #landscape — complementing #underpasses and #overpasses 🌿.
But we need to be extra vigilant for wildlife when driving. 🚗🐾
Designed by WPSA, these gates aim to give #wombats and other wildlife freedom of movement through the #landscape — complementing #underpasses and #overpasses 🌿.
But we need to be extra vigilant for wildlife when driving. 🚗🐾
September 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🚧🐾 Testing wombat gates along the M12! 🐾🚧
Designed by WPSA, these gates aim to give #wombats and other wildlife freedom of movement through the #landscape — complementing #underpasses and #overpasses 🌿.
But we need to be extra vigilant for wildlife when driving. 🚗🐾
Designed by WPSA, these gates aim to give #wombats and other wildlife freedom of movement through the #landscape — complementing #underpasses and #overpasses 🌿.
But we need to be extra vigilant for wildlife when driving. 🚗🐾
Florida’s move on vaccine mandates will lead to avoidable illnesses and deaths.
What Florida Is Doing To Vaccine Mandates Is Sick
Florida’s move on vaccine mandates will lead to avoidable illnesses and deaths.
www.forbes.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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It's #FathersDay & #ThreatenedSpeciesDay! Today, we spotlight Australia’s rarest #dad – the #NorthernHairyNosedWombat. #WombatFoundation highlights the #conservation efforts to save this #criticallyendangered #wombat. 💪
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@QldEnvironment
September 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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🐾 PhD student Sujatha Mayadunnage from our School of Science is leading vital research to protect #wombats from road collisions and disease. Her project is using data from the #WomSAT platform to make a difference. 🔗 Read her story and get involved: tinyurl.com/4s52z6xc #PhDAtWestern
April 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
🐾 PhD student Sujatha Mayadunnage from our School of Science is leading vital research to protect #wombats from road collisions and disease. Her project is using data from the #WomSAT platform to make a difference. 🔗 Read her story and get involved: tinyurl.com/4s52z6xc #PhDAtWestern
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Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited.
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
Wild and Comparative Immunology Consortium
Rewilding immunology across species and environments
www.wacimmuno.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Registration for the Wild and Comparative Immunology 2026 #WACI2026 conference is open! Register early at space is limited.
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
www.wacimmuno.com
@wildimmunity.bsky.social @menzies-research.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
You’ve probably heard about #wombat #poop, but their #pouch faces backwards too! At least they keep their #joey clean while the mum #burrows www.facebook.com/australianmu...
Australian Museum
You may have heard about their cube-shaped poo, but did you know that wombats have backward-facing pouches? 🤯
As marsupials, they raise their young in pouches just like kangaroos and koalas.
But.....
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August 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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I don’t know who needs to hear this
But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly
It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.
But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly
It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.
August 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this
But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly
It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.
But “citizen science” does not mean random untrained people guessing what to do and reinventing the wheel poorly
It means trained volunteers under the supervision of a credentialed professional who designs the study and analyzes the data.
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#WombatWednesday - update on #wombat status
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
#WombatWednesday - update on #wombat status
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on wombats...these are a few of our favourite things!
Check out this new paper in our journal #australianmammalogy!
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
Check out this new paper in our journal #australianmammalogy!
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
Whisker morphology and distribution in wombats: a comparative anatomical study
Whiskers are specialised hairs used to collect somatosensory information to support navigation, foraging and socialisation. They are important to many small, arboreal and nocturnal species, supporting...
www.publish.csiro.au
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on wombats...these are a few of our favourite things!
Check out this new paper in our journal #australianmammalogy!
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
Check out this new paper in our journal #australianmammalogy!
www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM25025
Who doesn’t want to know more about #wombat whiskers #wildife #anatomy #Australia @ausmammals.bsky.social @womsat.bsky.social
Australian Mammalogy 47, AM25025 doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
Australian Mammalogy 47, AM25025 doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
Whisker morphology and distribution in wombats: a comparative anatomical study
Whiskers are specialised hairs used to collect somatosensory information to support navigation, foraging and socialisation. They are important to many small, arboreal and nocturnal species, supporting...
doi.org
August 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Who doesn’t want to know more about #wombat whiskers #wildife #anatomy #Australia @ausmammals.bsky.social @womsat.bsky.social
Australian Mammalogy 47, AM25025 doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
Australian Mammalogy 47, AM25025 doi.org/10.1071/AM25...
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Happy #NationalScienceWeek
Green Debate: AI Good or Bad?
It requires a #balanced view of benefits for the #environment & its #impact. #AI can contribute positively to #sustainability, but can contribute to #climatechange. Your #thoughts? #ScienceCommunication
Pros&Cons: bit.ly/4lWaMVe
Green Debate: AI Good or Bad?
It requires a #balanced view of benefits for the #environment & its #impact. #AI can contribute positively to #sustainability, but can contribute to #climatechange. Your #thoughts? #ScienceCommunication
Pros&Cons: bit.ly/4lWaMVe
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy #NationalScienceWeek
Green Debate: AI Good or Bad?
It requires a #balanced view of benefits for the #environment & its #impact. #AI can contribute positively to #sustainability, but can contribute to #climatechange. Your #thoughts? #ScienceCommunication
Pros&Cons: bit.ly/4lWaMVe
Green Debate: AI Good or Bad?
It requires a #balanced view of benefits for the #environment & its #impact. #AI can contribute positively to #sustainability, but can contribute to #climatechange. Your #thoughts? #ScienceCommunication
Pros&Cons: bit.ly/4lWaMVe