Dr. Sean Buckley
@theg-cat.bsky.social
Lecturer in Molecular Ecology, Edith Cowan Uni | Conservation and Ecological Genetics | Science Blogger @ www.theg-cat.com | Amateur Wildlife Photographer | ⚣ He/him 🏳️🌈 | 🐟🦘🐦🦎🧬
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Recently discovered this species for the first time down at Dwellingup a few weeks ago! Pretty speccy shade of yellow
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Recently discovered this species for the first time down at Dwellingup a few weeks ago! Pretty speccy shade of yellow
Just a few! Lucky it was exactly where I thought it was which minimised the damage 🤣
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just a few! Lucky it was exactly where I thought it was which minimised the damage 🤣
Sounds like some figgin' great jam, Rob!
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Sounds like some figgin' great jam, Rob!
Lovely article but especially love that it ends with sending a correction to the journalist about what bird species they saw, which is perhaps the most birder thing I can imagine someone doing 😂 great work @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social!
September 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Lovely article but especially love that it ends with sending a correction to the journalist about what bird species they saw, which is perhaps the most birder thing I can imagine someone doing 😂 great work @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social!
Still the most terrifying bird call I have ever heard in the wild (especially when you aren't expecting it!)
September 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Still the most terrifying bird call I have ever heard in the wild (especially when you aren't expecting it!)
The chat came about based on a blog post I wrote back in April, which was a bit of a philosophical/moralistic viewpoint of the issue, which you can check out here: theg-cat.com/2025/04/22/t...
The Absolution of De-Extinction
You will have likely seen in the news recently about the ‘de-extinction of the dire wolf’, a canid species which went extinct over ten thousand years ago. Using gene editing techniques and gray wol…
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September 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The chat came about based on a blog post I wrote back in April, which was a bit of a philosophical/moralistic viewpoint of the issue, which you can check out here: theg-cat.com/2025/04/22/t...
I also dislike the suggestion that active learning activities online are anywhere near as effective as the same (or similar) activities run face-to-face. Imo trying to move away from the traditional lecture format of passive learning is better supported by /more/ in-person classes, not fewer...
September 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I also dislike the suggestion that active learning activities online are anywhere near as effective as the same (or similar) activities run face-to-face. Imo trying to move away from the traditional lecture format of passive learning is better supported by /more/ in-person classes, not fewer...
Holy shit there is so much wasted potential in my simulations that I did not even consider
But the real question is, what is the optimum mutation rate/recombination rate/genome structure to enable the right BPM for "Rasputin"?
But the real question is, what is the optimum mutation rate/recombination rate/genome structure to enable the right BPM for "Rasputin"?
August 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Holy shit there is so much wasted potential in my simulations that I did not even consider
But the real question is, what is the optimum mutation rate/recombination rate/genome structure to enable the right BPM for "Rasputin"?
But the real question is, what is the optimum mutation rate/recombination rate/genome structure to enable the right BPM for "Rasputin"?
The Disco Genome is one of my favourite features of the SLiM GUI and it's almost enough to make me abandon using the command line only (no I don't really need it for any of the simulations I run)
August 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Disco Genome is one of my favourite features of the SLiM GUI and it's almost enough to make me abandon using the command line only (no I don't really need it for any of the simulations I run)