getting sucked inside the jumanji game for 30 years is starting to sound pretty good at this point

A close look at some of the unique features of the platypus #PlatypusWeekendTreat UNSW Science Ecosystem Science Gilad Bino 🐭🎗 Tahneal Hawke

Somehow at the age where a wild Sunday arvo means going to Coles before I do my regular Woolworths shopping... nothing more exciting than those unfamiliar snacks

Lots of amazing mammals here… but obviously it’s the #platypus for me! #AusMammalOfTheYear

Wanted: citizen scientists to spot a platypus this September. #nature #WildOz #platyproject Story by Lucy Ormsby Williams 🦘 Bendigo Advertiser bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/7861988/…

Gettin swole, #platypus style 😀

The left side shows a paddock with unrestricted livestock access, where the vegetation and bank stability has been significantly impacted, compared to the right side where there are no cattle. Big impacts for platys dependent on river banks Platypus Conservation Initiative

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Machine learning methods predict more than half of data deficient IUCN Red List species are threatened by extinction #biodiversity nature.com/articles/s4200…

Great story on ABC Landline Sunday featuring our Director Prof Richard Kingsford and PhD student Jana Stewart discussing our Environmental Water #wetland #waterbird monitoring at #Booligal #Lowbidgee UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW Science abc.net.au/news/rural/pro…

Up close with a #platypus heading back into the water after a check up with Platypus Conservation Initiative Tahneal Hawke UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

WWF_Australia & partners have rewilded the platypus to Australia's first National Park! Culturally significant for the Dharawal Aboriginal community & an iconic mammal for all Australians. Hoping we're the first & last generation to live without sharing the Royal with Platypus!

📣 UNSW scientists have re-introduced platypuses to the world's second-oldest National Park. The Royal National Park in Sydney previously supported a platypus population but the iconic native animal has not been seen in the park in 50 years. newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-t…

New work from Mike Letnic, Mathew Crowther, Heidi Parker, Elaine Ostrander and I in Molecular Ecology finds most DNA tested wild dingoes were pure. Prior DNA studies frequently misidentified pure dingoes as hybrids. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16… UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Ecosystem Science E&ERC 1/n

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to begin in 2024. The project will focus on the conservation of platypuses in regulated rivers and will entail fieldwork. The student will be enrolled UNSW Science and be part of Ecosystem Science. DM for info or email us.

River regulation in Australia... Downstream of a large dam at 98% capacity but no water being released to support freshwater species. Guess no platypuses here anymore...

🏆 The Waterbirds Aerial Survey Team UNSW Science UNSW is awarded the @nswenviromedia Eureka Prize for Applied Environmental Research. #EurekaPrizes Learn more: youtu.be/MGxuTqTQ89w

1/2 It’s been 3 months since platypuses were reintroduced to Sydney’s Royal National Park, & all 10 founding members remain healthy! Learn more about this project to bring the platypus back from local extinction, led by UNSW, Taronga Zoo & WWF_Australia: news.unsw.edu.au/en/platypuses-…

Upcoming PhD opportunity to study platypuses Platypus Conservation Initiative unsw.edu.au/research/platy…