Marcel Cardillo
@marcelcardillo.bsky.social
Australian National University. Macroevolution, macroecology, biogeography, biodiversity, conservation.
www.macroevoeco.com
www.macroevoeco.com
Pinned
A bit late to the Bluesky party, but I'll start with a plug for our non-technical, non-mathematical, introductory text on macroevolution & macroecology.
It probably won't give you many answers to big questions about biodiversity. But hopefully it will give you the tools to ask good questions.
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Over five years after cameras were set up within a sprawling Western Australian landscape, an elusive “chuditch” has been filmed for the first time.
au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...
au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...
Camera captures rare Aussie predator believed extinct across 70km landscape
A $5 million project has helped change the region, allowing for the animal's return.
au.news.yahoo.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Over five years after cameras were set up within a sprawling Western Australian landscape, an elusive “chuditch” has been filmed for the first time.
au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...
au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...
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Neat paper: A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution
Phylogenetic comparative methods are important tools in biology, providing insights into the way traits evolve. There are many technical resources describing how these methods work. Our aim here is to...
www.annualreviews.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Neat paper: A Guided Tour of Phylogenetic Comparative Methods for Studying Trait Evolution
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
New paper led by Emmeline Norris based on her Honours project: Land tenure contributions to protected area growth under alternative conservation targets in the Australian monsoon tropics
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New paper led by Emmeline Norris based on her Honours project: Land tenure contributions to protected area growth under alternative conservation targets in the Australian monsoon tropics
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New Not Drowning, Waving album with Sir George Telek entitled “Malira” out Sept 19th ahead of Melb Recital Centre show on Sat 20th. Front cover features Wargi Apelis from the acclaimed Moab Stringband of Raluana, Rabaul.
September 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
New Not Drowning, Waving album with Sir George Telek entitled “Malira” out Sept 19th ahead of Melb Recital Centre show on Sat 20th. Front cover features Wargi Apelis from the acclaimed Moab Stringband of Raluana, Rabaul.
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Other countries will take American scientists, they say.
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
Exclusive: Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump’s deep cuts into US science agencies
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Other countries will take American scientists, they say.
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And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
Why is there such variation in species diversity among regions? Work led by @alexskeels.bsky.social shows that the history of climate change driving expansion & contraction of biomes is at least as important as current environments. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2502129122
New paper out today in @pnas.org presenting near-complete phylogeny of the Grevilleoideae subfamily of Proteaceae plants, representing years of work and huge collaboration from an amazing team - ft. @marcelcardillo.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @austinmast.bsky.social and many others not on bsky
July 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Why is there such variation in species diversity among regions? Work led by @alexskeels.bsky.social shows that the history of climate change driving expansion & contraction of biomes is at least as important as current environments. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2502129122
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New paper out today in @pnas.org presenting near-complete phylogeny of the Grevilleoideae subfamily of Proteaceae plants, representing years of work and huge collaboration from an amazing team - ft. @marcelcardillo.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @austinmast.bsky.social and many others not on bsky
July 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
New paper out today in @pnas.org presenting near-complete phylogeny of the Grevilleoideae subfamily of Proteaceae plants, representing years of work and huge collaboration from an amazing team - ft. @marcelcardillo.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @austinmast.bsky.social and many others not on bsky
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The hardest part of PhDing is coming up with important, original questions that can feasibly addressed. Pretty sure Grok can't come up with good research questions.
Grok 4 release event has started
MUSK: "Grok 4 is smarter than almost all graduate students in all disciplines simultaneously."
"Grok 4 is post-grad level in everything. ... Grok 4 is Ph.D level in everything."
MUSK: "Grok 4 is smarter than almost all graduate students in all disciplines simultaneously."
"Grok 4 is post-grad level in everything. ... Grok 4 is Ph.D level in everything."
July 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The hardest part of PhDing is coming up with important, original questions that can feasibly addressed. Pretty sure Grok can't come up with good research questions.
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🚨🐸 Frog Nerds Assemble 🐸🚨
Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae.
Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm
What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers?
There's a whole bunch more names to use!
Let me explain ...
Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae.
Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm
What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers?
There's a whole bunch more names to use!
Let me explain ...
July 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
🚨🐸 Frog Nerds Assemble 🐸🚨
Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae.
Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm
What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers?
There's a whole bunch more names to use!
Let me explain ...
Recently we published a paper on the phylogenetics and taxonomy of Australia and New Guinea's tree frogs, the Pelodryadidae.
Link here: tinyurl.com/4udpmxsm
What does this mean for you Litoria-lovers?
There's a whole bunch more names to use!
Let me explain ...
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‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
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For millions of years, whales walked on land.
Early whale evolution was an evolutionary burst in wetlands, estuaries, and ocean shallows, otter-like mammals with crocodile smiles moving between land and water. This form, Maiacetus, lived in what’s now Pakistan about 47.5 million years ago. 🧪
Early whale evolution was an evolutionary burst in wetlands, estuaries, and ocean shallows, otter-like mammals with crocodile smiles moving between land and water. This form, Maiacetus, lived in what’s now Pakistan about 47.5 million years ago. 🧪
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
For millions of years, whales walked on land.
Early whale evolution was an evolutionary burst in wetlands, estuaries, and ocean shallows, otter-like mammals with crocodile smiles moving between land and water. This form, Maiacetus, lived in what’s now Pakistan about 47.5 million years ago. 🧪
Early whale evolution was an evolutionary burst in wetlands, estuaries, and ocean shallows, otter-like mammals with crocodile smiles moving between land and water. This form, Maiacetus, lived in what’s now Pakistan about 47.5 million years ago. 🧪
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Congratulations to 17 new Australian Research Council Laureate Fellows, announced today. Regrettably, this appears to be the final year of this scheme. www.arc.gov.au/selection-re...
www.arc.gov.au
June 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Congratulations to 17 new Australian Research Council Laureate Fellows, announced today. Regrettably, this appears to be the final year of this scheme. www.arc.gov.au/selection-re...
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Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations | PNAS
Evolution of complexity in human languages has been vigorously debated, including
the proposal that complexity can build in small, isolated populat...
www.pnas.org
June 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Macroevolutionary analysis of polysynthesis shows that language complexity is more likely to evolve in small, isolated populations
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Bromham et al., PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Excited to be at #ICCB2025 in Brisbane this week! If you're interested in plant traits, fire or rapid evolution, come along to my talk on 'trait-fire mismatch' Monday at 2:55 PM in Room P5. Hope to see you there! 🌿🔥
June 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Excited to be at #ICCB2025 in Brisbane this week! If you're interested in plant traits, fire or rapid evolution, come along to my talk on 'trait-fire mismatch' Monday at 2:55 PM in Room P5. Hope to see you there! 🌿🔥
How to tie a truckies knot
What’s something valuable your dad taught you ?
Mine showed me how to thrive as an entrepreneur
Mine showed me how to thrive as an entrepreneur
June 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
How to tie a truckies knot
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The US military parade starting with Fogerty's masterpiece about how millionaires send working class kids to war, 'Fortunate Son' is tippety-top subversive resistance. Trump may have missed that but not the lack of crowds or desultory trundling. youtu.be/ZWijx_AgPiA?...
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by CCRVEVO
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June 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The US military parade starting with Fogerty's masterpiece about how millionaires send working class kids to war, 'Fortunate Son' is tippety-top subversive resistance. Trump may have missed that but not the lack of crowds or desultory trundling. youtu.be/ZWijx_AgPiA?...
#ICCB2025 I'll be presenting our work on "Over the Horizon" extinction risk forecasting for proactive conservation planning at 10:30am on Monday, in M2.
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
June 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#ICCB2025 I'll be presenting our work on "Over the Horizon" extinction risk forecasting for proactive conservation planning at 10:30am on Monday, in M2.
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
It will be minus 3 degrees in Canberra tonight so looking forward to escaping to Brizzie for a few days...
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This year, at #ICCB2025, I will share our research on butterfly migration. If you are around, come and say hi! Also, feel free to reach out if you are looking for a PhD position. You can find more about our research here: shawanchowdhury.com.
June 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This year, at #ICCB2025, I will share our research on butterfly migration. If you are around, come and say hi! Also, feel free to reach out if you are looking for a PhD position. You can find more about our research here: shawanchowdhury.com.
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I'm proud of our li'l Schoolhouse Rock for Insect Taxonomists cartoon, but if you're not in Bug World here are some annotations for you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI... cc @danlwarren.bsky.social
The Pest Is Still To Come
YouTube video by Dan Warren
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June 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm proud of our li'l Schoolhouse Rock for Insect Taxonomists cartoon, but if you're not in Bug World here are some annotations for you... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYSI... cc @danlwarren.bsky.social
How did they know
May 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
How did they know