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Including these glass lizards, several distantly related ‘worm lizards’ have skin bone plates covering their bodies. We just found that these evolved independently. For the full story: doi.org/10.64628/AA.4m… CT data provided by S Decker (2025, CMC 27120, OSUM R685, MorphoSource)

Our new paper is out! By reconstructing 320 million years of reptile body armour evolution, we settled a century-old debate. Along the way, we found that monitor lizards broke Dollo’s Law in an unparalleled comeback. Read more in The Conversation: doi.org/10.64628/AA.4m…

This is it, folks! Your one and only Halloween decoration for the year. It is the creepiest thing I have seen in a while. Watch it in full, with sound on. You won’t regret it. Every frame is volume-rendered from real scientific CT scans. youtu.be/L_D_iCex16o?si…

What’s dartR? 🧬 An open-source R package that helps researchers filter, analyse & visualise genomic data — powering 1,000+ studies in conservation, ag & health. A community-built tool making genomics more accessible. 👉 georges.biomatix.org/blog/post/eure…

Happy World Lizard Day! 🦎 Whether you prefer them earless, legless, spiny or spiky, lizards are incredible creatures. There are over 600 different species in Australia, and more than 6,000 different lizard species across the globe. Today we're taking a moment to appreciate the diversity, beauty and ecological importance of our lizards, including this Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus cilaris) which calls our Pilungah Reserve on Wangkamadla Country, QLD, home. 📸 Anders Zimney #WorldLizardDay #Gecko #WildlifePhotography #Lizards #WeLoveNature

Dermal armour in lizards: osteoderms more common than presumed academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/art…

Check out the latest on osteoderm evolution from Roy Ebel!

Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. In our new study, we look beneath their skin with cutting-edge imaging – and we may just have found the key to their evolutionary success. youtu.be/RfOK2wWYjLo

Check out this great article by Roy Ebel on his recent paper in ZJLS. Fantastic video as well. New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them. ⁦@Ebelosaurus⁩ theconversation.com/new-study-peer…

🐸 FrogID Dataset 6.0 is now online! Thanks to over 39,000 people, the dataset covers 6 years of #FrogID records across Australia and includes 974,700+ records from 226 species – that's nearly 1 million frog records! Read more: australian.museum/blog/amri-news…

@BBM_Wong You can do it Bob.

Not everyone enjoyed their first durian experience.

Come join us. Three permanent academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) at @MonashBiol. Supportive research and teaching environment. Fantastic colleagues. A great place to work. youtube.com/watch?v=HvHZFR… Ecology: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/… Genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/…

This new mobile-friendly tool lets you create personalised species checklists for a specified area 📋 Check out the app: spr.ly/60174PzBZ Made by @unswbees @thomasmesaglio @fonti_kar @will_cornwell and team. spr.ly/60184PzBw #rstats #Shiny #ecology

Pretty happy with how my latest book turned out. The pdf version is freely available online.

@fonti_kar Great post Fonti. Excited to hear you’re heading to ANU!

Bittersweet feelings finishing a postdoc and starting a new one 🌦️ I wrote a little blog reflecting on some highlights from the past four years 😌 fontikar.github.io/blog/farewell-…

@BBM_Wong @flyingegg54 Really sorry Bob

@flyingegg54 Thanks Nick 🥹

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Today we celebrate 99 years of Sir David Attenborough! 🎂🍃 In 1996, Attenborough opened the Gould wing of the ANU Botany and Zoology building. Happy birthday to this living legend! 📷: ANU Archives

After nearly a decade of work, I’m thrilled to share the publication of the southern corroboree frog genome—a high-quality, chromosome-level assembly made possible by an incredible team from @UniMelb, @genomeark, @sangerinstitute, @ZoosVictoria & more. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Australian Academy of Science is excited to announce the establishment of a Global Talent Attraction Program. But we must act swiftly. There’s no time to waste as other countries are mobilising to attract talent to their shores. Partner with us to build a profound and nation-building legacy. science.org.au/news-and-event…

Very happy and humbled to have received this award. A huge thanks to all my wonderful colleagues @EcoEvo_ANU and abroad who made this possible!