Ever been swooped by a magpie or lapwing? Birds can be courageous parents and bush stone-curlews are no exception. Frodo staunchly defends his eggs from a hungry eastern quoll, both reintroduced species at Mulligans Flat Cultural sensitivity warning curlew footage

Are you curious about #detectiondogs? I'm a wildlife biologist who 'accidentally' started working with dogs. Find out how frisbees, GPS units and locally extinct birds are connected in the latest episode of the k9conservationists.org podcast hosted by the incredible @kaylafratt

When you're 5'4 and need a stick as tall as yourself to set mist nets 🐦💚

Hello hello 👋 #IWD2023 is nearly here, and so are companies' cut-and-paste platitudes. And once again we're bringing you the data to see whose support for #InternationalWomensDay is genuine, and who's still got work to do. Here's a reminder of how it works ⬇️ (1/8)

🌿🌧️ The Australia's Environment 2022 Report is coming soon! The joint @ANUFennerSchool & TERN annual review of the condition of Australia’s natural #resources & #ecosystems will be launched imminently. Watch our FB/Insta #livestream of the event March 29, 10am AEDT! #NCRISimpact

"2022 was a bumper year for our rivers and vegetation – but it wasn’t enough to reverse the long-term decline in plant and animal species." #AUResearch bit.ly/3nsJcpD by Shoshana Rapley & Albert Van Dijk @ANUFennerSchool and Mark Grant & Geoff Heard UQ News The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand.

Breathtaking woodland is under threat, but you can help. Make your morning count and sign the petition to protect Lee Point, it takes less than a minute actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop…

Your daily reminder: everything that's 'locked in' for climate change, as bad as it is, is basically tiny compared to what we have the collective power, the strength and the knowledge to avoid

Can warabin survive beyond the fence? Shoshana Rapley on curlew translocation. Plus bonus doggos.

The bulldozers are here at Lee Point. It’s devastating.

Larrakia Danggalaba Traditional Custodians have won an extended temporary halt to land clearing at Lee Point/Binybara! Lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia, acting on behalf of Larrakia TO Tibby Quall, have temporarily stopped bulldozers until August 11.

Short note from Shoshana Rapley Brittany Brockett and I on White Shark - seabird interactions at a fresh fur seal carcass. A really cool thing to see and document, especially with friends! UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Science UNSW Science

What do to when your GPS equipment is lost? Ask a doggo! Shoshana Rapley and adorable Koda presenting in absentia at #AOC2023

"Conditions deteriorated in 2023 but were stlil relatively good for ecosystems and agriculture. Unfortunately, the alarming decline of threatened species continued." 📖bit.ly/3vkApun by Albert Van Dijk, Shoshana Rapley ourANU & Tayla Lawrie UQ News via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand.

Bird nerd & visiting PhD student Shoshana Rapley gave a fascinating talk at WildCRU today on #reintroduction of Bush Stone-curlews in parts of S. Australia where the #birds’ populations have plummeted. From site selection to behaviour studies, head-starting, use of detector dogs & more.

Shoshana Rapley’s dog Koda has a nose for finding lost tech equipment – even in overgrown bush. It has proved very handy for Shoshana’s ecology research. @ANUFennerSchool Shoshana Rapley science.anu.edu.au/news-events/ne…