W. Maartin Strauss, Ph.D.
@fieldbiologist.bsky.social
Husband & father.
Field biologist (animal capture/handling, biologging, 📷traps, field physiology, pop surveys, project/staff management, vegetation surveys)
@UCNZ
SAE @Conservation Science & Practice.
❤️: ☕️ 🍷🚴♂️ 🎹 📷
https://www.wmstrauss.com
Field biologist (animal capture/handling, biologging, 📷traps, field physiology, pop surveys, project/staff management, vegetation surveys)
@UCNZ
SAE @Conservation Science & Practice.
❤️: ☕️ 🍷🚴♂️ 🎹 📷
https://www.wmstrauss.com
Great to be elected onto the new committee of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society - one of three NZ based committee members. @awmsociety.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Great to be elected onto the new committee of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society - one of three NZ based committee members. @awmsociety.bsky.social
Here we go - this is how temperatures have changed over time in Aotearoa, New Zealand. These changes likely increases the environmental impact of many invasive spp across the country... #ShowYourStripesDay #PF2050
June 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Here we go - this is how temperatures have changed over time in Aotearoa, New Zealand. These changes likely increases the environmental impact of many invasive spp across the country... #ShowYourStripesDay #PF2050
Today, there are only three extant genera of the Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed animals) worldwide, a group that had >100 genera in the early Eocene. Equus is one of the surviving genera. The plains zebra (Equus quagga) occurs through much of east and southern Africa. ##UngulatesAreAwesome
June 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Today, there are only three extant genera of the Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed animals) worldwide, a group that had >100 genera in the early Eocene. Equus is one of the surviving genera. The plains zebra (Equus quagga) occurs through much of east and southern Africa. ##UngulatesAreAwesome
Another beautiful sunrise over the (still rising) Kavango river, and Bwabwata National Park on the opposite bank.
April 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Another beautiful sunrise over the (still rising) Kavango river, and Bwabwata National Park on the opposite bank.
It's great to be back in Namibia's Zambezi Province (the old Caprivi strip) after 18 months. The flood plains are still inundated, which is likely to make our work a bit trickier than anticipated...
April 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It's great to be back in Namibia's Zambezi Province (the old Caprivi strip) after 18 months. The flood plains are still inundated, which is likely to make our work a bit trickier than anticipated...
Did you kow that there are four different species of #giraffe across Africa - Masai, northern, reticulated & southern? Pictured here is the South African subspecies of the southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) photographed in Marakele National Park, South Africa. #UngulatesAreAwesome #SANParks
March 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Did you kow that there are four different species of #giraffe across Africa - Masai, northern, reticulated & southern? Pictured here is the South African subspecies of the southern giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) photographed in Marakele National Park, South Africa. #UngulatesAreAwesome #SANParks
I am excited to be part of the organising committee of the next AWMS conference. DYK that It will be held in Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2–4 December 2025? The conference theme is 'New challenges. New solutions'.
Abstracts open on 1st July 2025!
Find out more:
awms.org.au/conference/a...
Abstracts open on 1st July 2025!
Find out more:
awms.org.au/conference/a...
March 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I am excited to be part of the organising committee of the next AWMS conference. DYK that It will be held in Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand, 2–4 December 2025? The conference theme is 'New challenges. New solutions'.
Abstracts open on 1st July 2025!
Find out more:
awms.org.au/conference/a...
Abstracts open on 1st July 2025!
Find out more:
awms.org.au/conference/a...
What they said! 😀
In their Special Issue Commentary, Robyn Hetem, Maartin Strauss & co discuss how biologging physiological variables in large terrestrial mammals provides mechanistic insights into the drivers and outcomes of animal movements in changing environments
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
February 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What they said! 😀
Reposted by W. Maartin Strauss, Ph.D.
Are you a fish biologist or ichthyologist with a PhD looking for a job? We’re hiring! Review of applications will begin March 20th.🐟🐠🎣🐡
careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...
careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...
Assistant Professor, Biology - Richmond Campus, Kentucky, United States
Title: Assistant Professor, Biology
Position Type: Fulltime Faculty
Search Type: Tenure Track - 30 days
Department: 21R000 - Science, Tech, Engineering & Math
Division: 2R0000 - Academic Affairs
P...
careers.eku.edu
February 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Are you a fish biologist or ichthyologist with a PhD looking for a job? We’re hiring! Review of applications will begin March 20th.🐟🐠🎣🐡
careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...
careers.eku.edu/jobs/5746126...
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Two postdocs on feral predator ecology in Australia with @conservresearch.bsky.social 'asap' Feb 2025 for two years
February 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Two postdocs on feral predator ecology in Australia with @conservresearch.bsky.social 'asap' Feb 2025 for two years
Our new paper has just been published by @jexpbiol.bsky.social (free access!). Using body temperature we provide insights into physiological states that drive animal movement.
#MovementEcologyFramework requires #animalphysiology 4 #mechanistic understanding
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#MovementEcologyFramework requires #animalphysiology 4 #mechanistic understanding
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Integrating physiology into movement ecology of large terrestrial mammals
Summary: Physiology underpins why animals move, so biologging physiological variables in large terrestrial mammals provides mechanistic insights into the drivers and outcomes of animal movements in ch...
journals.biologists.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Our new paper has just been published by @jexpbiol.bsky.social (free access!). Using body temperature we provide insights into physiological states that drive animal movement.
#MovementEcologyFramework requires #animalphysiology 4 #mechanistic understanding
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#MovementEcologyFramework requires #animalphysiology 4 #mechanistic understanding
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
It's usually entertaining when one gets to sit and observe the common #warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), widely distributed from West Africa across sub-Saharan Africa to Ethiopia. #UngulatesAreAwesome
February 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's usually entertaining when one gets to sit and observe the common #warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), widely distributed from West Africa across sub-Saharan Africa to Ethiopia. #UngulatesAreAwesome
A day late for #ReverseTheRedDay but the excitement was real when I saw a specimen of this plant, described as “the botanical equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on Earth.” in the Christchurch Botanical Garden. #conservation #WollemiPine
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
Meet The World’s Most ‘Safeguarded’ Tree—A Jurassic Survivor Thought Extinct Until 1994
The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age of dinosaurs.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A day late for #ReverseTheRedDay but the excitement was real when I saw a specimen of this plant, described as “the botanical equivalent of finding a small dinosaur still alive on Earth.” in the Christchurch Botanical Garden. #conservation #WollemiPine
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
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Fully funded PhD position on Paternities and spatial kinship structure in a population of South African bush Karoo rats. Field work in South Africa. Analysis of existing long-term data at LEEC / Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Please RT!
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Fully funded PhD position on Paternities and spatial kinship structure in a population of South African bush Karoo rats. Field work in South Africa. Analysis of existing long-term data at LEEC / Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord. Please RT!
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is the only mammal to have recovered from being "Extinct in the wild" (1972) to Vulnerable (2011). Picture from when I worked in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Jiddat-al-Harasis (Oman) - one of only a few fog deserts. #MondayMotivation #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography
February 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is the only mammal to have recovered from being "Extinct in the wild" (1972) to Vulnerable (2011). Picture from when I worked in the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Jiddat-al-Harasis (Oman) - one of only a few fog deserts. #MondayMotivation #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography
In celebration of International Zebra Day (Jan 31).
Mountain zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zabra National Park, South Africa. #SANParks, #wildlifephotography
Mountain zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zabra National Park, South Africa. #SANParks, #wildlifephotography
February 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In celebration of International Zebra Day (Jan 31).
Mountain zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zabra National Park, South Africa. #SANParks, #wildlifephotography
Mountain zebra (Equus zebra), Mountain Zabra National Park, South Africa. #SANParks, #wildlifephotography
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We are searching broadly for a PhD candidate interested in the evolvability of heat tolerance and the interaction between evolution and plasticity in 🐦🐣, based at @biologylu.bsky.social. Be great if you could re-post. Details 👇 #ERC #HotLife @ercresearch.bsky.social
Join us as a Doctoral student in Biology w/focus in ecological physiology. A PhD project with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social “HotLife – Pathways to survival in a hotter world” supported by @ercresearch.bsky.social. #lunduniversity
Please apply no later than 18 February!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Please apply no later than 18 February!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
We are searching broadly for a PhD candidate interested in the evolvability of heat tolerance and the interaction between evolution and plasticity in 🐦🐣, based at @biologylu.bsky.social. Be great if you could re-post. Details 👇 #ERC #HotLife @ercresearch.bsky.social
One of my favourite activities during the #publication process is working through the journal proofs (read out loud word-by-word, and sentence-by-sentence) with a co-author, to assess consistency with what was submitted. New paper loading!
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
One of my favourite activities during the #publication process is working through the journal proofs (read out loud word-by-word, and sentence-by-sentence) with a co-author, to assess consistency with what was submitted. New paper loading!
#MondayMotivation
Staring down the challenges of the new week like this endangered Southern mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), photographed during a hike in the #Drakensberg. #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography
Staring down the challenges of the new week like this endangered Southern mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), photographed during a hike in the #Drakensberg. #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography
January 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#MondayMotivation
Staring down the challenges of the new week like this endangered Southern mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), photographed during a hike in the #Drakensberg. #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography
Staring down the challenges of the new week like this endangered Southern mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), photographed during a hike in the #Drakensberg. #Ungulates #WildlifePhotography
Hippo, photographed while on foot in North Luangwa National Park (Zambia). When thinking of #hippo it is perhaps easier to appreciate that there is an evolutionary relationship between all the even-toed #ungulates and #whales. #WildlifePhotography #AfricanWildlife
January 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Hippo, photographed while on foot in North Luangwa National Park (Zambia). When thinking of #hippo it is perhaps easier to appreciate that there is an evolutionary relationship between all the even-toed #ungulates and #whales. #WildlifePhotography #AfricanWildlife
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Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...
Details : Research Fellow in Mammalian Movement Ecology and Energetics : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
January 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...
All animals are awesome but #ungulates are more awesome than others! Perhaps my African roots cloud my judgement? Nah...
To showcase their beauty, I'll share my favourite ungulate pictures every week, like this Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), from Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa.
To showcase their beauty, I'll share my favourite ungulate pictures every week, like this Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), from Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa.
January 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
All animals are awesome but #ungulates are more awesome than others! Perhaps my African roots cloud my judgement? Nah...
To showcase their beauty, I'll share my favourite ungulate pictures every week, like this Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), from Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa.
To showcase their beauty, I'll share my favourite ungulate pictures every week, like this Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), from Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa.
Happiness is... the first two invited reviewers accepting the assignment. 😀
January 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Happiness is... the first two invited reviewers accepting the assignment. 😀
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NZAS identified aspects of our aims and purpose that justified a strong, succinct submission opposing the Bill on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. scientists.org.nz/news/13447527
January 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NZAS identified aspects of our aims and purpose that justified a strong, succinct submission opposing the Bill on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. scientists.org.nz/news/13447527