Many of Australia’s invertebrates, which include insects and other animals without backbones, are doing it tough. You can help by taking simple actions, like planting local native flowers, leaving part of your garden ‘wild’, or switching off outdoor lights 🐝

#invertebrates #insects

Postdoc in Avian Behaviour (2.5 yrs)
Study evolution of escape behaviour in threatened birds.
ARC-funded project w/ Matt Symonds & Mike Weston (Deakin), Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).
Exp. in bird behavioural ecology required
Apply : careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...

Here's my ten:

Box jellyfish
Emperor gum moth
Giant cuttlefish
Giant prickly stick insect
Nudibranch (Godiva quadricolor)
Peacock carpenter bee
Peacock mantis shrimp
Peacock spider (Maratus volans)
Rhinoceros beetle
Velvet worm (Peripatoides indigo)

Yours? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

At the start of this term, the Albanese Government promised to implement a suite of reforms to strengthen our environmental laws. Not only have these reforms not been delivered, but now we’re seeing a weakening of the legislation rushed through in days.

Read more: champ.ly/6AEnPmrN

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Australia’s two world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and the Great Barrier Reef on the east – are both experiencing coral bleaching. AMCS CEO, Paul Gamblin, says history would “record this profoundly distressing moment.”

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Hi Australian Researchers. I have a plan. Let's thank the amazing @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a decade of selfless work by nominating them for a Eureka Prize (Leadership in science). Are you with me? If so, repost this. Please also reply and state your support for this quest. We can do this people.