Dr Sarah McGrath
@sarah-j-mcgrath.bsky.social
🌳 Ecologist 🐒 Primatologist 🐨 Senior Project Officer for the Threatened Species Index at TERN Australia 🌏 Views are my own
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📰 Excited to share our article published just now in @aunz.theconversation.com, offering a first-of-its-kind national snapshot of trends for Australia’s threatened and near-threatened herpetofauna!
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do
Australia is home to many endangered reptiles and frogs. This national snapshot shows their numbers have dropped sharply. But it’s possible to reverse this trend.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📰 Excited to share our article published just now in @aunz.theconversation.com, offering a first-of-its-kind national snapshot of trends for Australia’s threatened and near-threatened herpetofauna!
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
🦎🐸 Read the full article here:
theconversation.com/new-data-rev...
Reposted by Dr Sarah McGrath
🦎Today at the #ESA2025 conference, @aus-tsx.bsky.social’s Dr Geoff Heard revealed the key findings of Australia's first Threatened Reptile Index! The pilot index shows that threatened and near-threatened reptiles have declined by an average of 94% since 1985. Learn more here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🦎Today at the #ESA2025 conference, @aus-tsx.bsky.social’s Dr Geoff Heard revealed the key findings of Australia's first Threatened Reptile Index! The pilot index shows that threatened and near-threatened reptiles have declined by an average of 94% since 1985. Learn more here: tsx.org.au/tsx2025
The world has lost one of its true heroes. RIP Dr Jane Goodall, our world is a much better place because you were in it, and we will keep fighting for conservation, just like you taught us.
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The world has lost one of its true heroes. RIP Dr Jane Goodall, our world is a much better place because you were in it, and we will keep fighting for conservation, just like you taught us.
This week I presented on the TSX @aus-tsx.bsky.social at the @ausmammals.bsky.social conference. Like last year, I had a great time! Such a welcoming and friendly group of researchers doing really important work for Australia's mammals. Also still #1 for the best conference dinner in my book.
June 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This week I presented on the TSX @aus-tsx.bsky.social at the @ausmammals.bsky.social conference. Like last year, I had a great time! Such a welcoming and friendly group of researchers doing really important work for Australia's mammals. Also still #1 for the best conference dinner in my book.
Yesterday at #ICCB2025 I presented my poster on the Threatened Species Index (@aus-tsx.bsky.social). It was such a great time, thanks to everyone that came by for a chat!
June 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yesterday at #ICCB2025 I presented my poster on the Threatened Species Index (@aus-tsx.bsky.social). It was such a great time, thanks to everyone that came by for a chat!
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😄 We're at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Brisbane all week! If you're at the congress, make sure to come and chat to our team at the TERN Australia booth and score some freebies.
#iccb2025
#iccb2025
June 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
😄 We're at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Brisbane all week! If you're at the congress, make sure to come and chat to our team at the TERN Australia booth and score some freebies.
#iccb2025
#iccb2025
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Who else is presenting at #ICCB2025 ?
So many exciting talks and posters in the program! Repost this slide and let us know when / where to find you!
So many exciting talks and posters in the program! Repost this slide and let us know when / where to find you!
May 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Who else is presenting at #ICCB2025 ?
So many exciting talks and posters in the program! Repost this slide and let us know when / where to find you!
So many exciting talks and posters in the program! Repost this slide and let us know when / where to find you!
Amazing first day at #ICCB2025 yesterday! So many incredible speed talks including A/Prof Michael Wasserman's presentation on Red Colobus in forest fragments near Kibale National Park, Uganda!
#primates
#conservation
#primates
#conservation
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Amazing first day at #ICCB2025 yesterday! So many incredible speed talks including A/Prof Michael Wasserman's presentation on Red Colobus in forest fragments near Kibale National Park, Uganda!
#primates
#conservation
#primates
#conservation
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Next up for #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) which was presumed extinct until 1967. This small, carnivorous marsupial is found in WA. They breed in autumn and adult females can carry up to 8 joeys in their pouch at one time!
📷 Cathy Lambert, Perth Zoo
#WildOz
📷 Cathy Lambert, Perth Zoo
#WildOz
April 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Next up for #WildlifeWednesday is the endangered Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) which was presumed extinct until 1967. This small, carnivorous marsupial is found in WA. They breed in autumn and adult females can carry up to 8 joeys in their pouch at one time!
📷 Cathy Lambert, Perth Zoo
#WildOz
📷 Cathy Lambert, Perth Zoo
#WildOz
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🦜 For today's #WildlifeWednesday is the critically endangered Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) – one of three migratory parrots in the world! They breed in Tasmania in spring-summer, nesting in tree hollows of eucalypts, then migrate to the south-east of mainland Australia.
📷 Mick Roderick
#WildOz
📷 Mick Roderick
#WildOz
March 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🦜 For today's #WildlifeWednesday is the critically endangered Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) – one of three migratory parrots in the world! They breed in Tasmania in spring-summer, nesting in tree hollows of eucalypts, then migrate to the south-east of mainland Australia.
📷 Mick Roderick
#WildOz
📷 Mick Roderick
#WildOz
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In December, we released the 2024 Threatened Species Index! The latest data indicate that threatened and near-threatened species in Australia have declined by an average of 73% since 1985.🐸🐦🌿🐨
Visit tsx.org.au/tsx2024 to view the latest trends and tsx.org.au to learn more about the TSX!
Visit tsx.org.au/tsx2024 to view the latest trends and tsx.org.au to learn more about the TSX!
February 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
In December, we released the 2024 Threatened Species Index! The latest data indicate that threatened and near-threatened species in Australia have declined by an average of 73% since 1985.🐸🐦🌿🐨
Visit tsx.org.au/tsx2024 to view the latest trends and tsx.org.au to learn more about the TSX!
Visit tsx.org.au/tsx2024 to view the latest trends and tsx.org.au to learn more about the TSX!
Our lime tree has been cooked in the Brissie heat! Trying everything we can think of to bring it back - any tips would be much appreciated! #gardening #citrus
January 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Our lime tree has been cooked in the Brissie heat! Trying everything we can think of to bring it back - any tips would be much appreciated! #gardening #citrus
Quick trip down south to Victoria and loving the cooler mornings! I had forgotten what it felt like to be cold! 😂 Cowwarr Weir in Gippsland was magical today.
December 30, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Quick trip down south to Victoria and loving the cooler mornings! I had forgotten what it felt like to be cold! 😂 Cowwarr Weir in Gippsland was magical today.
I have been meaning to check out Oxley Creek Common for quite some time, mainly for the birds. I made a special trip today, only to realise when I got there that I had left my camera battery in the charger. 🤦♀️
December 27, 2024 at 12:23 PM
I have been meaning to check out Oxley Creek Common for quite some time, mainly for the birds. I made a special trip today, only to realise when I got there that I had left my camera battery in the charger. 🤦♀️
I can't even remember the last time I saw a stick insect in the wild, so it was very cool finding this one in our garage! I couldn't determine what species it is though - any info is much appreciated #wildoz
December 22, 2024 at 12:26 AM
I can't even remember the last time I saw a stick insect in the wild, so it was very cool finding this one in our garage! I couldn't determine what species it is though - any info is much appreciated #wildoz
Hey Bluesky, I'm Sarah 👋 I decided to create this account after having a blast at #ESAus24. I have a background in #zoology, #ecology and #wildlife #conservation. I studied the LHI stick insect for my masters at Unimelb, and then #primates (including #gibbon N. annamensis below) for my PhD at ANU!
December 15, 2024 at 7:16 AM