Bill Bateman

Bird nests support a diverse, dynamic and distinctive macroarthropod community on the forest floor Nests built by vertebrates, such as birds and mammals, constitute diverse microhabitats that are inhabited by many arthropod taxa and represent important hubs of local biodiversity. Compared to leaf...

New paper! Bird nests (Wood Warblers) are hubs of invertebrate biodiversity on forest floor, hosting more species/individuals than leaf litter. Probably due to heat & food detritus. Losing Wood Warblers = ecological networks lost. #ornithology
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Mosasaurs exist

Red wattled lapwing, magpie-robin, white-vented mynah - all urban Bangkok #birds #birdsseenin2026

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes London R.H. Porter 1890 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/57042

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes London R.H. Porter 1890 (source: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/57042) #nature #illustration #art

Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Bangkok #birds #birdsseenin2026

Simply incredible work. Among other findings- about half of all migration stopover hot spots are in urban areas! 🤯

Awesome mounted skeleton of reticulated python (Mahidol University Bangkok)

Asian open-billed stork Bangkok #thaibirds #birdsseenin2026

Water monitor cruising by #urbanecology

The majestic Asian water monitor Varanus salvator Bangkok Thailand #urbanecology

Using our bee-tracking drone, we discovered that honey bees 🐝 have highly precise and individual routes. Now published at @currentbiology.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

ECR/Postdoc position - 2 years.

ARC Discovery Project - Transgenerational implications of microplastic toxicity.

Field and mammal handling experience preferred. Microplastic analysis experience ideal.

Scope to support a PhD student.

Please email Renée (renee.firman@uwa.edu.au) for more details!

Curator Marine Invertebrate Zoology position advertised at the WA Museum, Perth. 🪸🪼🫙🔬
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#birdsseenin2026 masses of banded stilts and Australian shelduck on #Rottnest island: it’s not just quokka #birds #wildoz

Time management tips from the birds: why not combine breakfast and your morning shower?

#birdsseenin2026 Djenark or Silver Gull

The King of the Skinks - the King’s skink. #rottnest

I heard several Lemon-bellied Flyrobins making some noise in a tree, I had a closer look and saw a Tawny Frogmouth 'Podargus strigoides' #BirdsSeenIn2026 in Darwin #Australia

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#wildoz #aves

Native trees key to more woodland bird chicks A global synthesis of decades of research suggests that woodlands dominated by native tree species support higher numbers of breeding birds and more fledged chicks than forests with a high proportion of non-native trees.

Woodland birds produce more fledged chicks in forests dominated by native tree species than in those with a high proportion of non-native trees, according to a major new global study:

A figure depicting continental drift from when Gondwana existed to present day, with continents and countries colored according to the ratite species that occur or occurred on them. Next to that is a cartoon of a phylogeny that we would expect support for if continental drift explained patterns of species occurrence and relatedness. And next to that is a cartoon of the phylogeny supported by the genetic data presented in this paper, which demonstrates that closely related species must have traveled great distances after Gondwana broke up, after which flightlessness evolved, and that this happened more than once.

This paper is a great for teaching phylogenetic trees.

"Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution"

Clearly written. It discusses hypotheses of relatedness among species via continental drift vs genetic data. 🧪

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Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline

Emphasises how relatively easy some conservation actions are and how rapidly positive results happen www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘We shouldn’t be surprised’: bushfires in Victoria push threatened species to the brink The impact of fires on wildlife can be ‘catastrophic’, with some plant species feared extinct

Was glad to speak with The Guardian about the impacts of frequent fires on ecosystems, and bang my usual drum about the need for a state level strategy on how we manage the inevitable change that is going to occur to many forest ecosystems. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New Holland Honeyeater in the green shade at the hottest point of the afternoon #birdsseenin2026 #birds #WildOz

Ancient pine trees growing in eastern Spain have quietly recorded more than five centuries of Mediterranean weather. Analysis of tree rings clearly shows that todays storms and droughts are becoming more intense and more frequent than almost anything the region has experienced since the early 1500s.

Wide path through a forest if quite tall native trees

Comesperma virgatum - Milkwort - a pink flower spike against a tree trunk in the background

Ptilotus manglesii - Pom Pom - a fluffy flower head with bright pink tips

Xanthosia atkinsoniana - Tufted Xanthosia - a white flower divided into four groups of petals

A cool weekend with a bit of welcome rain is the perfect time to get out for a walk in the Perth Hills.

There are flowers to be seen out there too, despite last week’s scorching temperatures. Details in ALT

#ozflora #wildoz #bativeplants #inaturalist #nature

Tawny frogmouth doing what they do best - being an innocent stick #birdsseenin2026 #birds

The interesting applications of AI are all, like, "we built an open framework that uses processors on recycled cell phones to identify and triangulate the location of rare bugs in tropical rainforests" while big tech is going "what if we burned down that rainforest to summarize your emails?"

Crime against wildlife is surging in Australia. These 4 reforms can help tackle it A new study reveals the most prevalent crimes against Australia’s wildlife and environment.

Crime against wildlife is surging in Australia. These 4 reforms can help tackle it share.google/zWecZo5N9b3m... @counteringcrime.bsky.social

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