Pleased to finally get a decent photo of White-cheeked Honeyeater near Port Macquarie this afternoon, whilst on yet another unsuccessful hunt for Glossy-black Cockatoo. One of Australias smartest Honeyeaters in my opinion.

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑖 and #𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑥, two new species of heptapterid #catfishes are described from the Upper #Orinoco and Upper Negro rivers in #Colombia .

I used a very tall tripod to achieve this unique angle and waited patiently for the perfect moment.

Two spots have become available for tomorrow #milkywayworkshopcanberra which is great for beginners and those that want to delve into night photography.
arirex.com.au/bookings

It’s not just the Great Barrier Reef. Climate change is devastating reefs around the world. I grew up seeing Mussismilia hartii, a very unique species only found in Brazil, and now they are all bleaching. So, so sad. 😞 🎥 Pedro Henrique

🚨WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE LOOKS LIKE🚨

It's been the driest 6 months EVER in South West WA

Images by Piers Verstegen at Mt Mehniup where used to have one of the highest rainfalls

Majority of vegetation is now dead on north facing side, including mature trees there for many decades

Occasionally encountered these chooks during fieldwork in Oaxaca. Heard them almost daily. Such cool animals, with so much cryptic diversity; nicely echoing the mountain-tops where they dwell.

Evening all.

Young researcher leads identification of new sauropod dinosaurs in outback Queensland abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Heard my first Blackcap singing not long after sun-up today, fresh in from North Africa. Liquid-metal notes, amid the glitter-chaff of the Goldfinches.
A real heart-lifter. They back with you yet?

DARWIN! ☀️
Come see us at the museum markets tonight and see us debut some new prints! 😍🦋🦜

New Eocene hoopoe-like bird Waltonirrisor tendringensis, roller-like bird Septencoracias simillimus, and possible stem-piciforms Pristineanis minor and Pristineanis major: link.springer.com/article/10.100… 'Neanis' kistneri is also reassigned to Pristineanis. #birds #dinosaurs

Thus is huge.

An algae with a nitrogen-fixing organelle.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Good news from folk who walked the Cascade Trail which just re-opened after March feral animal control: no signs of feral horses, deer or pigs where in previous years they regularly saw piles of horse manure.
Trail-side grasses long & healthy.
Anecdotal, but an encouraging sign.

The Call for Abstracts for ESA 2024 is now open!

ESA 2024 is shaping up to be HUGE with over 40 Symposia to choose from. Abstract submissions are open for any of these symposia and the Open Forum.

esa2024.org.au

Submissions close Friday 12 July.

📷️: Kristian Bell

Several species of South American fishes🌎live in leaf litter🍂🍂, including electric fishes⚡️🐡🐠🐟
Even when already captured and with the aid of ⚡️🐟detector 🔊 , finding ⚡️🐠 among 🍂 can be like finding a needle in a haystack! Smithsonian NMNH Sound up! 🔊 #FrenchGuianaExpedition

Top corporate climate stds group SBTi 'in turmoil', Reuters reports, after board decision to greenlight offsets for 'scope 3' emissions

'staff accused SBTi's leadership of acting without a sound scientific basis, throwing the group - whose role as the leading arbiter of how…

Consider ecological overshoot.

Someone in my lab referred to a paper from 1984 as “semi-ancient.” In unrelated news, we have an unexpected opening for a postdoc.