Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
@drdunnart.bsky.social
Dr Dunnart! Research Associate @UniMelb
Fat-tailed dunnarts. Carnivorous marsupials/ Dasyurids, conservation, captive management, reintroduction ecology, behaviour, skull morphology.
Fat-tailed dunnarts. Carnivorous marsupials/ Dasyurids, conservation, captive management, reintroduction ecology, behaviour, skull morphology.
🏆 #Animalwelfare Award for my continued commitment to improving welfare for our #fattaileddunnarts. #Captivemanagement of animals is a privilege, and every animal life is valued and respected. My efforts are supported by my incredible manager Andrew Pask and Colossal Biosciences.
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🏆 #Animalwelfare Award for my continued commitment to improving welfare for our #fattaileddunnarts. #Captivemanagement of animals is a privilege, and every animal life is valued and respected. My efforts are supported by my incredible manager Andrew Pask and Colossal Biosciences.
Years ago a couple of our #dunnarts got #trichobezoars (hairballs) so preventative protocols were developed. 2000+ animals later, we haven't seen any more hairballs, so I helped #veterinarians publish this result, highlighting our commitment to our animals' health and #welfare 🙏
June 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Years ago a couple of our #dunnarts got #trichobezoars (hairballs) so preventative protocols were developed. 2000+ animals later, we haven't seen any more hairballs, so I helped #veterinarians publish this result, highlighting our commitment to our animals' health and #welfare 🙏
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
#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!
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
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
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
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
First ever poster #presentation at #ICCB2025! Fat-tailed #dunnarts of the Victorian #grasslands are #threatened with #extinction
Sheep farming landscapes ✅️ Cropped landscapes ❌️
#climatechange is forcing Victorian farmers toward cropping = less #habitat for #native #fauna
Sheep farming landscapes ✅️ Cropped landscapes ❌️
#climatechange is forcing Victorian farmers toward cropping = less #habitat for #native #fauna
June 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
First ever poster #presentation at #ICCB2025! Fat-tailed #dunnarts of the Victorian #grasslands are #threatened with #extinction
Sheep farming landscapes ✅️ Cropped landscapes ❌️
#climatechange is forcing Victorian farmers toward cropping = less #habitat for #native #fauna
Sheep farming landscapes ✅️ Cropped landscapes ❌️
#climatechange is forcing Victorian farmers toward cropping = less #habitat for #native #fauna
Recent #research we #published! In non-fancy terms, this represents the first step for developing #marsupial IVF; working out how to collect high-quality eggs from female fat-tailed #dunnarts ✅
#assistedreproduction #reproduction
#assistedreproduction #reproduction
June 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Recent #research we #published! In non-fancy terms, this represents the first step for developing #marsupial IVF; working out how to collect high-quality eggs from female fat-tailed #dunnarts ✅
#assistedreproduction #reproduction
#assistedreproduction #reproduction
Fresh #research paper out today! Long-term impacts of #captivity on #skull #morphology and #endocranial volume in fat-tailed #dunnarts 💀🐭
Captive skulls = significantly shorter basal + upper molar lengths, broader zygomatic widths and longer palate and toothrow lengths, compared with wild dunnarts.
Captive skulls = significantly shorter basal + upper molar lengths, broader zygomatic widths and longer palate and toothrow lengths, compared with wild dunnarts.
May 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Fresh #research paper out today! Long-term impacts of #captivity on #skull #morphology and #endocranial volume in fat-tailed #dunnarts 💀🐭
Captive skulls = significantly shorter basal + upper molar lengths, broader zygomatic widths and longer palate and toothrow lengths, compared with wild dunnarts.
Captive skulls = significantly shorter basal + upper molar lengths, broader zygomatic widths and longer palate and toothrow lengths, compared with wild dunnarts.
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
Less than a week to get your abstracts in for the 71st Annual Australian Mammal Society meeting! Get cracking - deadline Friday 2nd May!
April 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Less than a week to get your abstracts in for the 71st Annual Australian Mammal Society meeting! Get cracking - deadline Friday 2nd May!
Calperum Station #floodplains; "dig in" day is done!
Fingers crossed for dunnarts, planigale and amazing reptiles 🤞 #pitfalls #pitfalltrapping #surveying #ecology
Fingers crossed for dunnarts, planigale and amazing reptiles 🤞 #pitfalls #pitfalltrapping #surveying #ecology
March 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Calperum Station #floodplains; "dig in" day is done!
Fingers crossed for dunnarts, planigale and amazing reptiles 🤞 #pitfalls #pitfalltrapping #surveying #ecology
Fingers crossed for dunnarts, planigale and amazing reptiles 🤞 #pitfalls #pitfalltrapping #surveying #ecology
FRONT COVER of February Dev. Dynamics! 📸Caleb McElrea
"Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem
"Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem
February 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
FRONT COVER of February Dev. Dynamics! 📸Caleb McElrea
"Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem
"Breeding fat-tailed #dunnarts in #captivity: Revised practices to minimize stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild biology": anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#scientist #research #wildlife #womeninstem
Nice size #easternbrownsnake skin in my tile grid today. Did you know you can sometimes identify a #snake to species based on its shed? EBs have 17 dorsal rows and a divided anal scale. Though I wouldn't suggest counting the anal scales on a live one 🤷♀️ 🐍
#fieldwork #ecology #grassland #womeninSTEM
#fieldwork #ecology #grassland #womeninSTEM
February 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Nice size #easternbrownsnake skin in my tile grid today. Did you know you can sometimes identify a #snake to species based on its shed? EBs have 17 dorsal rows and a divided anal scale. Though I wouldn't suggest counting the anal scales on a live one 🤷♀️ 🐍
#fieldwork #ecology #grassland #womeninSTEM
#fieldwork #ecology #grassland #womeninSTEM
Forgot to get a card? I got you covered! Show your loved one you care with one of my widely applicable and not-at-all-niche Valentine's messages 🥰💝💘
#fattaileddunnart #dunnart #marsupial #threatenedspecies #ValentinesDay #Valentines
#fattaileddunnart #dunnart #marsupial #threatenedspecies #ValentinesDay #Valentines
February 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Forgot to get a card? I got you covered! Show your loved one you care with one of my widely applicable and not-at-all-niche Valentine's messages 🥰💝💘
#fattaileddunnart #dunnart #marsupial #threatenedspecies #ValentinesDay #Valentines
#fattaileddunnart #dunnart #marsupial #threatenedspecies #ValentinesDay #Valentines
This is just awesome 😍 #criticallyendangered #plainswanderer found in the western #basaltgrasslands for the first time in 30 years... a #habitat with <1% of original extent remaining (and the same #ecosystem #fattaileddunnarts call home!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Like finding gold’: plains-wanderers spotted in Melbourne’s west for first time in 30 years with help of AI
Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is just awesome 😍 #criticallyendangered #plainswanderer found in the western #basaltgrasslands for the first time in 30 years... a #habitat with <1% of original extent remaining (and the same #ecosystem #fattaileddunnarts call home!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in #Science; adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote equal participation of #womeninSTEM. Grateful for my manager Prof. Andrew Pask, and all other mentors who provide a supportive and inclusive workplace for ALL #scientists.
February 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in #Science; adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote equal participation of #womeninSTEM. Grateful for my manager Prof. Andrew Pask, and all other mentors who provide a supportive and inclusive workplace for ALL #scientists.
Fresh publication alert! 🔥
"Breeding #fattaileddunnarts in #captivity: revised practices to minimise #stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild #biology".
#glucocorticoids #endocrinology #captivemanagement #marsupials doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...
"Breeding #fattaileddunnarts in #captivity: revised practices to minimise #stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild #biology".
#glucocorticoids #endocrinology #captivemanagement #marsupials doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...
February 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Fresh publication alert! 🔥
"Breeding #fattaileddunnarts in #captivity: revised practices to minimise #stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild #biology".
#glucocorticoids #endocrinology #captivemanagement #marsupials doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...
"Breeding #fattaileddunnarts in #captivity: revised practices to minimise #stress whilst maintaining considerations of wild #biology".
#glucocorticoids #endocrinology #captivemanagement #marsupials doi.org/10.1002/dvdy...
Where are our Australian #invasivespecies specialists at? Who works on #redfoxes and #feralcats? Got any references for evidence of #fox and #cat prey-caching behaviour for me? Are they likely to cache some items more than others?
Thank you! 🦊🐱
Thank you! 🦊🐱
January 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Where are our Australian #invasivespecies specialists at? Who works on #redfoxes and #feralcats? Got any references for evidence of #fox and #cat prey-caching behaviour for me? Are they likely to cache some items more than others?
Thank you! 🦊🐱
Thank you! 🦊🐱
In absolute awe of my little brother Lockie, who is about to set sail on a ~45 day trip to #Antarctica. He'll be working for 12+ months at Mawson #Scientific #Research Station, with the Australian #Antarctic Division.
Follow him on insta and tiktok! (@scic.travels)
Follow him on insta and tiktok! (@scic.travels)
December 9, 2024 at 5:48 AM
In absolute awe of my little brother Lockie, who is about to set sail on a ~45 day trip to #Antarctica. He'll be working for 12+ months at Mawson #Scientific #Research Station, with the Australian #Antarctic Division.
Follow him on insta and tiktok! (@scic.travels)
Follow him on insta and tiktok! (@scic.travels)
Slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
#science #ecology #fieldwork #dunnart #calperum #carnivorousmarsupial #dasyurids #WildOz #ausmammals #research #womeninstem #womeninwildlife #womeninscience
#science #ecology #fieldwork #dunnart #calperum #carnivorousmarsupial #dasyurids #WildOz #ausmammals #research #womeninstem #womeninwildlife #womeninscience
November 27, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
#science #ecology #fieldwork #dunnart #calperum #carnivorousmarsupial #dasyurids #WildOz #ausmammals #research #womeninstem #womeninwildlife #womeninscience
#science #ecology #fieldwork #dunnart #calperum #carnivorousmarsupial #dasyurids #WildOz #ausmammals #research #womeninstem #womeninwildlife #womeninscience
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
Squealing over my first fat-tailed dunnart with — who else? — @drdunnart.bsky.social, plus thylacine bones in the Tiegs Museum
November 23, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Squealing over my first fat-tailed dunnart with — who else? — @drdunnart.bsky.social, plus thylacine bones in the Tiegs Museum
A couple gems of the #mallee.
#spinytailedgecko #growlinggrassfrog #commonscalyfoot #redtailedwormlizard #coralsnake
#snake #gecko #herpetology #WildOz #WomenInSTEM #fieldwork #ecology #science
#spinytailedgecko #growlinggrassfrog #commonscalyfoot #redtailedwormlizard #coralsnake
#snake #gecko #herpetology #WildOz #WomenInSTEM #fieldwork #ecology #science
November 23, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
Catch of the day: double dunnies! Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) lucky @drdunnart.bsky.social is here #calperum
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Catch of the day: double dunnies! Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) lucky @drdunnart.bsky.social is here #calperum
Reposted by Dr Emily Scicluna 🌏
Final catch of the day, what a beauty! The apex predator Burton’s legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) wrapping up an amazing week, many thanks to @harrison-kent.bsky.social @hannah-churches.bsky.social @rebeccaarnold.bsky.social and the formidable @drdunnart.bsky.social and her team of legends!
November 21, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Final catch of the day, what a beauty! The apex predator Burton’s legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) wrapping up an amazing week, many thanks to @harrison-kent.bsky.social @hannah-churches.bsky.social @rebeccaarnold.bsky.social and the formidable @drdunnart.bsky.social and her team of legends!
Today's #dasyurids...
Southern #ningaui (Ningaui yvonneae) and slender-tailed #dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
#womeninscience #ecology #fieldwork #science
@heatherneilly.bsky.social
Southern #ningaui (Ningaui yvonneae) and slender-tailed #dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
#womeninscience #ecology #fieldwork #science
@heatherneilly.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Today's #dasyurids...
Southern #ningaui (Ningaui yvonneae) and slender-tailed #dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
#womeninscience #ecology #fieldwork #science
@heatherneilly.bsky.social
Southern #ningaui (Ningaui yvonneae) and slender-tailed #dunnart (Sminthopsis murina)
#womeninscience #ecology #fieldwork #science
@heatherneilly.bsky.social