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Evie Jones

@devilevie.bsky.social

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Carnivore ecologist. PhD on Tasmanian devils, quolls and forestry. Dogs are great. She/they

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Evie Jones @devilevie.bsky.social · Jun 29

First postdoc paper published! Featuring carnivores, climate, and land use change www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Forecasting habitat suitability across large carnivore ranges with climate and land use change

Climate and land use change are major drivers of current and future species distributions. Large carnivores are particularly vulnerable to human impac…

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic that this attribution research by climate scientists is out in the world!

Hope citizens, schoolchildren & journos use it to hold fossil fuel corps like Woodside & their enablers like SA Premier Malinauskas & fed Enviro Min Watt accountable for deaths & enviro harm fr fossil fuel projects

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Evie Jones @devilevie.bsky.social · 13d

What an incredible life and legacy.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13d

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

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NPR @npr.org · 25d

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · Sep 15

National Climate Change Risk Assessment out now 👇🏽

Risk to current ecosystems VERY HIGH. Rick by 2050 VERY HIGH to SEVERE

A map of Australia showing climate change risks to natural environments

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Sep 14

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Sep 14

We've got to stop the assault on dingo populations, in the A.C.T., in Victoria, and elsewhere. There are far better ways to protect livestock than barbaric trapping, shooting and poisoning of dingoes. Comments from me in this article by @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social au.news.yahoo.com/warning-cont...

Warning controversial practice could be 'diabolical' for survival of Aussie animal

Caution is being urged to prevent the extinction of an apex predator in Australia's capital. Find out more.

au.news.yahoo.com

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Sep 14

The final boss of Earth has just hunted a kraken and is having snax

Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · Sep 14

Me, savoring the last piece of sushi:

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Angus Hervey @angushervey.com · Sep 10

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!

Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.

https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

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Kate Auty @kateauty.bsky.social · Sep 11

theconversation.com/victoria-is-...

Victoria is on the cusp of signing a Treaty with Indigenous people. It could change lives

If successful, Victoria will demonstrate to the nation that truth, justice, and Indigenous self-determination can finally move from rhetoric to reality.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Sep 9

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez

From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · Sep 4

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show

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Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show

Documents tabled in NSW parliament show state agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier

www.theguardian.com

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · Aug 27

My latest! I wrote about a newly-discovered land crocodile the size of a siberian tiger, part of a larger story of competition between galloping crocodiles and predatory dinosaurs in South America that lasted well into the Cenozoic

This Crocodile Relative Was One of Dinosaurs’ Most Fearsome Predators

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 26

Friends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon.

All information can be found in this link:

www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Aug 21

Dingoes are NOT domestic dogs, and we show why in theconversation.com/dingoes-are-... @aunz.theconversation.com.

Research www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052 published today in Australian Mammalogy (@ausmammals.bsky.social) and led by @drcairns.bsky.social.

Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path

New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Aug 11

"Sanctions on Israeli ministers could be widely expanded, restrict visas, trade embargoes...[to pressure Israel] and prevent this unfolding genocide"

Helen Clark calls for government action on the #GazaGenocide that Albanese and Wong have cowardly avoided. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Australia and New Zealand must act on Gaza, says former NZ PM - ABC listen

Pressure is growing on the Australian government to sanction Israel after the Netanyahu government announced plans for a military takeover of Gaza City.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr David Hamilton @drdevildave.bsky.social · Aug 10

As part of eastern quoll translocation work, we use supplementary feeding stations that are meant to exclude Tasmanian devils.

The devils disagree…

A Tasmanian devil standing pensively outside a tube containing food. The tube is CLEARLY too small for the devil to fit into…

Oh wait, no it isn’t… The devil has comically managed to insert the entire front half of his body into the narrow tube. It looks like he is entering another dimension

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jul 29

Good to see that you're *finally* starting to get it, @albomp.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....

Now, more importantly, it's well past time for you to ACT! Ed Husic is spot on and on the right side of history, you and Penny currently are not www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....

Albanese says Israel's denial of starvation in Gaza 'beyond comprehension'

Anthony Albanese expresses his astonishment at claims made by Israel's prime minister that "there is no starvation in Gaza", telling Labor MPs that statement is "beyond comprehension".

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jul 27

🌱 Can fake meat help real change?

A new review asks if plant-based meat alternatives can support healthier, greener diets in the UK and Ireland.

The answer? They might help, but they are no silver bullet.

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S002...

#SciComm #FoodSystems #Sustainability 🧪

Are plant-based meat alternatives the stepping stone to healthier and more sustainable diets? A review of the literature | Proceedings of the Nutrition Society | Cambridge Core

Are plant-based meat alternatives the stepping stone to healthier and more sustainable diets? A review of the literature

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Jul 26

Right, ok, @albomp.bsky.social, this is open corruption, if true. What are you going to do?

Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?

Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · Jul 26

The chief statistician of the Woodside funded report used by the Australian Government to lobby the UN to drop safeguards protecting Murujuga from Woodside’s acid gas emissions says the WA government doctored the report.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Gagged scientist speaks out over WA government's claims in rock art report

A leading scientist expresses "grave concern" about "unacceptable interference" in a major study of the impacts of industrial emissions on ancient Aboriginal rock carvings.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Jul 26

“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · Jul 26

‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation www.ft.com/content/e5d7...

‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation

Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine

www.ft.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Jul 26

PM @albomp.bsky.social, you issued strong words yesterday

Will you back words with ACTIONS today❓
Will you #SanctionIsrael❓
Stop selling them weapons/weapon parts❓
End economic investment❓
Expel the Israeli ambassador❓

Or continue to talk in order not to ACT❓
#EndTheGenocide #Gaza #Palestine

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 23

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, warned on Wednesday that mass starvation was spreading across Gaza, adding to calls for Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave. nyti.ms/46TKTRO

Text reads: "Aid Groups Warn of Starvation in Gaza, Saying Suffering Is at 'New Depths'" over an image of people holding empty metal pans and stretching out their arms while waiting for food. Photo by Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

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Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️‍🌈♾️ @oceanfilly.bsky.social · Jul 16

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

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