Raylene Cooke

Make a Difference Today! Uganda’s rhinos are in serious trouble due to COVID-19. No visitors means rangers who protect the Rhinos cannot be paid. With no rangers the poachers will return! Please donate & retweet. COVID-19 is devastating for global wildlife rhinofund.org

ICYMI: Check out our Webinar on studying Wildlife & Conservation Biology at Deakin with us. @CookeRaylene, @JWhiteWildlife & @bradsey discuss our focus on field work, international experience and career development. An amazing learning environment youtu.be/5dk2w56uH_I

And check out these cool maps. Foraging behaviours and short movements heavily tied to Riparian vegetation and high tree cover.

GPS trackers and urban powerful owls. What can this amazing pairing tell us about movement and behaviour of an urban predator? Lots! Congrats to @NickCarter_182 on his first paper! Open access available here 👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hot off the Press! Joining the dots; How do @UrbanPowerfuls move through urbanising landscapes. So much hard work by our amazing team to collect this data. And it's open access! Enjoy 😀 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

There are so many lessons in conservation that are best learned outside the traditional classroom. Here our students are talking conservation, the environment, & the future with the indigenous Kelabit tribe in the Kelabit highlands of Borneo. What a great learning environment!

Did you know? There is a growing body of evidence that a connection with nature improves the mental and physical health of humans. If we designed our cities more sympathetically for nature we could have improved human health and lowered healthcare costs.

Fun fact. Male Antechinus all die before they reach their 1st birthday. After breeding they go through the classic dasyurid male die-off. So for a period of time the adult population is all female. No birthday parties for these great little Aussie mammals.

Yay, we are finally on Twitter! Come share the love of wildlife and join the conversation about how we use science to improve the conservation and management of biodiversity. #firsttweet

Male powerful owl 🦉 ready for release back to the wild after having its broken wing fixed by @ZoosVictoria. Now has a second chance at life.

HOT OFF PRESS: SDMs derived from #citsci data predict fine scale movements of powerful owls in an urban landscape authors.elsevier.com/a/1VKjP1R~e71Zi

Ever wondered how Powerful Owls use urban landscapes? Download our latest paper for Free from authors.elsevier.com/a/1VKjP1R~e71Zi

GPS trackers on urban Powerful Owls provide an insight into how they use urban areas. Very cool stuff. Read 4 Free authors.elsevier.com/a/1VKjP1R~e71Zi

Heading back to Borneo tomorrow night. 18 @deakin Enviro students exploring conservation and sustainability from an Asian perspective.

The mood of the planet (excluding the USA) summarised by wildlife expressions #Elections2016

What a night! Got back one of our GPS loggers from an urban powerful owl. 40 nights data & 1678 amazing data points!

This is tonight's target for a new @UrbanPowerfuls GPS tracker. Currently in a willow with prey. #wildoz

Just had the somewhat interesting experience of watching and listening to a powerful owl eat a possum. #wildoz

A serious set of talons. Looking very much like we just caught another male. Tracker going on now 😀

I just love this shot. A very large male powerful taking off after being fitted with a GPS tracker.