#WildOz
A list of Australian ecologists ๐ฆ, botanists๐ณ, naturalists ๐ฟ, photographers ๐ธ and wildlife-and-plant-enjoyers ๐ with a passion for Australian flora and fauna
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@satellitesci.bsky.social
@biodivcouncil.bsky.social
A trusted expert voice communicating accurate information on Australiaโs most pressing biodiversity issues to the community, businesses and governments, to motivate effective evidence-based action to ensure biodiversity and Country prosper.
@neilcam57.bsky.social
Australian bloke who does a bit of photography and shit-stirring. https://motifwebs.com - nature, wildlife, misc. images https://competitionimages.com - motorcycle racing photography https://sportimages.com.au - various sport images, including athletics.
@keithhortonphotos.bsky.social
I take photos mostly of nature on Dharawal land in the Illawarra, south of Sydney in Australia: landscapes big and small; forests and woodlands; seascapes; plants; fungi; birds and other animals; and so on.
@mattherring.bsky.social
Ecologist | Wildlife-friendly farming | Wetlands | Waterbirds | #bitternfriendlyrice | http://paintedsnipe.com.au | Iโve had the pleasure of working on over 950 Murray-Darling farms | PhD
@drkeithbishop.bsky.social
Aquatic ecologist from the NSW Mid North Coast. #WildOz, rainforest and marine #citizenscience observations https://keithabishop.wixsite.com/living-growing-data
@birdlifeoz.bsky.social
๐ฆ๐ฆ Weโre proud to be Australia's largest bird conservation organisation. Join us in our mission to stop the extinction of Australiaโs threatened birds ๐ https://birdlife.org.au/
@jamestrezise.bsky.social
Director @biodivcouncil.bsky.socialโฌ Working to make sure we do a better job of looking after Australia's native wildlife and ecosystems. Ski bum at heart. Tired dad. Occasional sports rants. Views my own.
@that-frog-gorl.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Melbourne uni studying frogs and disease ๐ธ
@numbattaskforce.bsky.social
A group committed to raising awareness and the conservation of Western Australia's Fauna Emblem the Numbat. 2018 Australian Geographic Conservationists Of The Year recipients. Working to make a difference for nature and wildlife.
@nicolekearney.bsky.social
Manager of Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia (@bhl-au.bsky.social). Striving to link biodiversity knowledge online. Obsessed with #RetroPIDs, #OpenAccess & #StripedPossums. Participant of Homeward Bound's #TeamHB9. ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฉโ๐ป๐
@glinley.bsky.social
Ecology | Fire ecology | Conservation biology | PhD | Charles Sturt University
@jessmarsh.bsky.social
Researcher Uni of Adelaide. Arachnology, taxonomy, conservation. Caves + cave biodiversity. Mum, hiker, ally. She / her. Co-founder Invertebrates Australia, Councillor Biodiversity Council, Co-chair IUCN Australia Species Specialist Group.
@pericoleman.bsky.social
Botanist, Quaker, grandmother, friend of dogs, and lover of all things saltmarsh & salt lake.
@drdunnart.bsky.social
Dr Dunnart! Research Associate @UniMelb Fat-tailed dunnarts. Carnivorous marsupials/ Dasyurids, conservation, captive management, reintroduction ecology, behaviour, skull morphology.
@melissajensen1.bsky.social
Principal Zoologist at Stantec ๐ฆ| Research Adjunct at the Western Australian Museum ๐ค| PhD student at Uni of Adelaide๐ฉโ๐ป | Own views ๐ญ| She/her | Research: https://linktr.ee/MelissaJensen
@richpixel.bsky.social
Photographer and nature noticer from Ngunnawal and Ngambri country.๐Canberra, Australia ๐ฆ Neurodiverse, teaholic, dangerously close to joining the twitcher cult ๐ชถ ๐ป richpixelphotography.com
@hilaryrosed.bsky.social
It's all about plants in the end (and truffle diversity | soil carbon) she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌโฐ๏ธ๐ฑ #WomenInSTEM #botany #fungi #seeds PhD from UOregon ๐บ๐ธ Postdoc at the Australian National Uni ๐ฆ๐บ #MSCA postdoc UiBergen '26 ๐ณ๐ด HilaryRoseDawson.wordpress.com
@taxonomytim.bsky.social
Research Botanist (systematics/taxonomy) at the State Herbarium of South Australia & University of Adelaide ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ
@paulawasiak.bsky.social
Bringing weird birds back into the โburbs Penguin field biologist turned PhD candidate Reintroducing bush stone-curlews to Millowl #SuperstarOfSTEM alumnus
@fairywrensanu.bsky.social
Long-term study of superb fairy-wrens in Australian National Botanic Gardens by researchers at the Australian National University #superbfairywren
@franhckr.bsky.social
PhD Student at ANU studying foraging and habitat use in the superb fairy-wren ๐ฆ Wildlife photographer ๐ฑ IG: fran_x_photography MRes Animal Behaviour, MSci Bioacoustics, BSc Neuroscience
@sramellini.bsky.social
PhD student at ANU (Ecology and Evolution) studying social behaviour of superb fairy-wrens MSc in Biogeosciences, BSc in Natural Sciences @LaStatale, Milano #birds #animalbehaviour #sociality https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=jgsCs8kAAAAJ&hl=it
@zarahw.bsky.social
Monash University Honours Student studying the conservation of endemic reptiles of Norfolk Island ๐ณ๐ซ
@angelamoles.bsky.social
Ecologist at UNSW Sydney. I love a good hypothesis, natural history, and teaching.
@dcrayn.bsky.social
Director Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, Editor in Chief Australian Systematic Botany, #systematics #genomics #collections #conservation #ecology #taxonomy #botany #tropics #ozwild #ozflora terrible guitarist...opinions owned
@wallaboo.bsky.social
Licensed wildlife rehabilitator, nature nerd, enthusiastic citizen scientist, and exhausted parent. Always excited about Australian wildlife. Fond of bugs. AuDHD. She/her. ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐บ
@selinakosak.bsky.social
Master of Research at Macquarie Uni #MQBiology. Tree hollows, artificial habitat and the amazing fauna that use them. ๐ฑ๐๐๐ฆ๐ชฐ๐ชฒ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐๐๐ป๐พ = ๐
@terngirl.bsky.social
Ornithology, conservation, seabirds, freshwater crayfish, ectoparasites, scifi/fantasy, artist/illustrator, baking queen
@wa-moths.bsky.social
Exploring the #moths and other #inverts seen in Western Australia #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist ๐๐ชฒ๐ท๏ธ๐๐๐ชณ๐ชฐ Also posting native #orchids at WA Orchids (@wa-orchids.bsky.social) ๐Perth, WA (Whadjuk Noongar Boodja)
@lost-in-botany.bsky.social
Queer botanist and botanical illustrator, with a keen interest in Parasitic plants, Particularly Pilostyles!
@faunaverse.bsky.social
Everything Wildlife. Fauna surveys, photography, books about Aussie wildlife in poetry, educational field days, getting people to engage with Earth and learn about the ecosystem we live in and the ecosystem that lives in (and on) us. Read the Alt text!
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social
Wildlife scientist ๐ | Woman in STEAM | author | vessel operator | Sydney | ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐น | ๐ณ๐ณ calves www.vanessapirotta.com https://www.instagram.com/drvanessapirotta/profilecard/?igsh=ZnpieTR6cWV6Mm9t
@clawkins.bsky.social
Conservation biologist in lutruwita/Tasmania ๐๐ Coordinates citizen science to monitor threatened species: NatureTrackers & more with the Bookend Trust & the University of Tasmania https://naturetrackers.au/
@tinaskinner.bsky.social
Coral reef ecologist ๐ MSEL Postdoc, University of Queensland ๐ชธ Life is better underwater ๐ฅฝ
@itsnotfairman.bsky.social
Ecologist ร forester = forest scientist. Works with forests, fire and people in south-eastern Australia.
@mozziebites.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor Medical Entomology (NSW Health Pathology & University of Sydney); author CSIRO Publishing & The Conversation; mosquitoes, mosquito-borne disease, wetlands.
@hpwaudby.bsky.social
Dr Helen P Waudby. Conservation biologist working with threatened species in southern NSW. Northern Territorian. Natural history; fieldwork; wildlife; wildflower photography.
@aarongreenville.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Spatial Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. I'm an ecologist that studies how ecosystems respond to environmental change. https://aarongreenville.com/
@chapplelab.bsky.social
Leads the Evolutionary Ecology of Environmental Change research group at Monash University, Australia. chapplelab.com. #lizard #skink
@ecolojolly.bsky.social
Ecology | evolution | behaviour | fire | conservation | herpetology | Postdoc at Macquarie University. Living on Larrakia Country (Darwin)
@ecolsocaus.bsky.social
Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) is the peak group for ecologists in Australia ๐จ๐ธ๐๐ชฒ
@dainnes67.bsky.social
Professional Wildlife Photographer, Australia. https://www.inneswildlife.com https://www.instagram.com/dainnes67
@gliderhabitat.bsky.social
Research Fellow @unimelb. Studying arboreal mammal habitat in mixed species eucalypt forests and forest resilience and adaptation in the Australian alps.
@dremmaljohnston.bsky.social
Professor of Marine Ecology and Ecotoxicology at the University of Sydney, Australia. Director on the boards of GBRMPA, CSIRO, & IPF.
@theg-cat.bsky.social
Lecturer in Molecular Ecology, Edith Cowan Uni | Conservation and Ecological Genetics | Science Blogger @ www.theg-cat.com | Amateur Wildlife Photographer | โฃ He/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐งฌ
@becarcher.bsky.social
Environmental Scientist working and living on Wadandi Boodja in southwest Western Australia. Bird & native plant nerd. Lifelong leftie. Mum of two neurodivergent children. LGBTQIA+ and disability ally and advocate. No profile description = block.
@pezoporus.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. in Wildlife Conservation at Edith Cowan University. Birds, herps, rodenticide impacts on wildlife. Living on 5 acres in Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar country. www.wildlifelab.org
@lizardguy.bsky.social
Ecologist, poet, environmental educator, concerned about the future. Recognises that we're an ecosystem in an ecosystem. Socialist (not when it comes to billionaires though).
@rachelhollisart.bsky.social
Australian Bird & Wildlife Artist | Fascinated by birds & insects www.rachelhollis.com
@rowdynerd.bsky.social
Australian ecologist | Scientific software developer (#rstats) | Occasional frogger
@binchicken24.bsky.social
Old woman who loves to garden, loves dogs, and is a little obsessed with native Australian orchids and wildflowers.
@johnwturnbull.bsky.social
Marine ecologist focusing on social-ecological systems, remote and protected areas; ROV, photogrammetry and UVC specialist; Reef Life Survey coordinator and Research Fellow at Uni of Sydney, www.marineexplorer.org
@annamac.bsky.social
Uses DNA to study wildlife | plays hockey ๐ | drinks tea | hikes | adventures with dogs | open heart surgery x2 #conservation #genetics #consgen #eDNA #ecology #Antarctica #biodiversity #seabirds #marsupials #WildOz Live in lutruwita / Tasmania ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐ณ๏ธโ๐ she/her
@wildambience.bsky.social
Nature sound recordist @ Wild Ambience www.wildambience.com Recording the sounds of biodiversity. From vibrant habitat soundscapes to the voices of individual species, I track down rare and captivating sounds. Sydney, Australia
@gscumming.bsky.social
Ecologist of the frontiers... Prof at University of Western Australia & posting on ecology, conservation, academic life.
@drbrucewebber.bsky.social
Global change ecologist: conservation bioinvasions & climate change ๐ณ๐๐๐ | adventurer | coffee enthusiast | photographer (views my own) https://linktr.ee/drbrucewebber
@tesskou.bsky.social
Science Journalist ๐ฐ & Fact Checker ๐ @ScienceAlert ๐ โค๐ฆ #Nature, #Climate, #Health, #SciComm, #WildOz & ๐ท Wildlife Photog ๐๐ท๏ธ ๐MSciComm, BSc. Zoology & Genetics ๐ ๐ฟ Views my own ๐ฆ Narrm โพ๐ง ๐ally My work: https://www.sciencealert.com/tessa-koumoundouros
@jacintahumphrey.bsky.social
Research Fellow at ICON Science, RMIT University working on Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design ๐ณ๐ ๐ฆ | She/Her | linktr.ee/jacintahumphrey #UrbanEcology #WomeninSTEM
@timcurran.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Ecology at Lincoln Uni, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Scientist, teacher, dad, bibliophile, cricket tragic, snorkeler, rockpooler (fond of crabs). Uses traits to understand plant responses to disturbance. Likes to BBQ plants.
@daxkellie.bsky.social
Data Analyst & Science Lead at the Atlas of Living Australia | Evolutionary biologist & social psychologist (PhD) ๐งช | #rstats ๐ | Music enthusiast ๐ต www.daxkellie.com Opinions are my own, and they do not express those of my employer
@drdave.bsky.social
Professor of Ecology, educator, maker | ecology, mistletoe, acoustics, conservation | updates on research, family & other beasts. Living on unceded Wiradjuri country #AwesomeBirds #WildOz
@thescrogster.bsky.social
Ecologist, skeptic, batrachophile and stats geek. Scientist by day, volunteer firefighter by night. This is a personal account. Follow/like/retweet โ endorsement.
@cnzdenek.bsky.social
Ecologist and Herpetologist. Associate Researcher, People For Wildlife. Co-owner, Australian Reptile Academy. Fulbright alumna. Inspiring Australia Ambassador (Qld). #PalmCockatooProject. Ex UofCaliforniaIrvine / ANU
@timbarlow.bsky.social
i do #botany, #ecology, #grasslands, #wetlands, #floodplains, #agro-ecology & email in SE Australia. ๐ For social justice. ๐ @TimBarlow@ecoevo.social ๐ค@TimBarlow3
@ecologygrant.bsky.social
Professor of Ecology, QUT, Meanjin Brisbane. Director Conservation AI Network. https://conservationai.net/ Drones, cameras, satellites, acoustics & AI for biodiversity. Focusing on Nature Based Solutions.
@andrewstafford.bsky.social
Author (Pig City, Something to Believe In), freelance journalist. Content: music, wildlife/biodiversity, AFL, cats. patreon.com/andrewstafford
@lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social
Birdspotter; Nature Lover; Bird Banding; Owl Club; Powerful Owl Project.
@silverdory.bsky.social
Glen Ryan (he/him) - wild orchids, Australian flora, landscape art, gardening, head of Parks & Rec + Meteorological Observation at the independent republic of Corunna - occasionally moonlights at Silver Dory Productions (commercial imaging, stills+motion)
@heatherneilly.bsky.social
2024 ARC Industry Fellow. 2021 ESA Wiley Next Gen Ecologist. Arid zone. Rangelands. Ecological restoration. Plants. Animals. Soil. The whole shebang @FedUniAustralia Calperum Station. Nanya Station. Thoughts my own
@justinehausheer.bsky.social
Science writer & editor. Lover of wild places and wildlife, especially birds. Princeton & SHERP alum. Book on #wildoz threatened species out in 2026 w/ NewSouth Publishing. ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆhttp://www.justinehausheer.com (Views mine.)
@acanthoplus.bsky.social
At Curtin Uni, Perth, W. Aus - urban ecology, behavioural ecology, wildlife, conservation, eDNA. Twitter @Acanthoplus Lab. Page: https://www.facebook.com/CurtinUniversityBehaviouralEcology
@leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social
shorebird volunteer monitoring and protecting beach-nesting birds in southeast Australia occasional bird photographer Merimbula, Australia http://www.flickr.com/photos/0ystercatcher/
@deannicolle1.bsky.social
Eucalyptologist (gum nut). Botanist, arborist, ecologist & author, specialising in the eucalypts. Landscapes / wildlife / science / biodiversity / climate / fire / conservation / evolution / wilderness / taxonomy Currency Creek Arboretum www.dn.com.au
@julianschrader.bsky.social
Ecology | Biodiversity | Biogeography | Conservation Lecturer at Macquarie U, Sydney, Australia youtube.com/@EcolClips https://julianschrader.wordpress.com https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=vkDBwQEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
@zoexiro.bsky.social
Chancellorโs Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney | Board member @ecolsocaus.bsky.social | plant ecology, climate change, biological invasions, interactions, scicomm | invert-lover ๐ชฒ and beach fiend ๐๏ธ | she/her | zoexiro.com
@eddyc.bsky.social
I'm cynical but passionate and optimistic about the future. I'm into landscape fauna ecology especially in the arid and semi arid zones. ๐ PS not a huge fan of cat and puppy photos.
@snailseyeview.bsky.social
Invertebrate zoologist; writer; artist; museum fan; bird watcher; living in the tropics; she/her. Sometimes in Guardian Australia. Otherwise https://snailseyeview.medium.com/
@yungenchee.bsky.social
Applied ecologist, conservation science, structured decision-making, spatial modelling, waterways research #StayGrounded #NoFlyForWork #NoGenerativeAI Proud to #PayTheRent
@lucynak.bsky.social
Wildlife photographer, NT Australia ๐๐ธ๐ฆ Tech @ Museum & Art Gallery of the NT ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ
@drkyliesoanes.bsky.social
Just your friendly neighborhood wildlife scientist on a mission to save nature in cities. ๐Presenter, writer, and insufferable noticer of nature ๐Expert in biodiversity conservation + urban ecology ๐Occasionally witty
@drdevildave.bsky.social
Conservation Ecologist from Lutruwita, Tasmania | Tasmanian devil advocate & accidental quoll scientist, posting mainly science & quoll puns
@angrywagtails.bsky.social
Looking for that succulent mealworm. Botanist. Oz flora. Servant to all wagtails. Frog pond enthusiast #TeamRhipidura
@rubyecology.bsky.social
Australian plant and pollination ecologist, working to make the world greener and kinder. Postdoc at UNSW Sydney. Keen reader, bushwalker, bee admirer **off social media for a few months, email if you want to contact me rubyestephens.com
@robinssci.bsky.social
Field Ecologist based at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary in semi-arid Western Australia. Bird nerd. Probably thinking about quolls. (he/they) ๐Badimia Country
@wa-orchids.bsky.social
Exploring Western Australiaโs native #orchids, flora, fungi, & biodiversity ๐ฟ๐ชท๐ชป๐. Still on X as @wa_orchids Also posting #insects & #moths at Aussie Moths (@wa-moths.bsky.social) ๐๐ชฐ๐๐ท๏ธ๐ชฒ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐Boorloo (Perth, WA)
@guyballard.bsky.social
Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD. Part-time, Uni of New England, NSW. Dingoes, foxes, cats and quolls. Rock wallabies when time permits. Comments are mine.
@dieterhochuli.bsky.social
Ecologist @Sydney_Uni Likes insects, spiders, birds, urban ecology & natural history. And art, sport and music. Tsundoku expert.
@richardmclellan.bsky.social
Adjunct Research Fellow @CSU (PhD); ecologist; Australian sandalwood conservation; Chair, Gunduwa Regional Conservation Association @gunduwa.bsky.social ; trail runner.
@teamswiftparrot.bsky.social
Dr Dejan Stojanoviฤ from the Difficult Bird Research Group at the Australian National University (he/him) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐
@timbawden.bsky.social
Feathers, fur, scales and anything else. Views are mine as are any pic I post myself. https://gobirding.com.au
@manusaunders.bsky.social
Ecologist. Mum. Writer. Senior Lecturer. Editor in Chief: Insect Conservation and Diversity. Research: Ecology, Conservation, Insects, Plants, Science Comms, Misinformation. Anaiwan Country. My words. She/her. https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com
@lizzylowe.bsky.social
Working to create sustainable cities ๐๏ธ & ecosystems full of invertebrates ๐ Inordinately fond of spiders ๐ท๏ธ Research Fellow at ECU ๐ฑ
@hollykirk.bsky.social
Ecologist/ornithologist/naturalist. Not necessarily in that order. ๐ฟ๐ฆShe/Her๐ชฒ๐บ๏ธ Researcher in urban ecology & conservation. Follow for map mumblings, urban nature-based solutions & natural history nerdery. Check the alt text! ๐Whadjuk Noongar Country, WA
@judydunlop.bsky.social
Dr Judy Dunlop, a passionate ecologist who helps threatened Australian #WildOz fauna ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐. #QuollPatrol #TCZ. Likes deserts better than desserts. Posts my own.