William Parker

A 5-million-year-old fossil that sat collecting dust in a Melbourne museum for more than a century has rewritten the evolutionary history of turtles in prehistoric Australia’s tropical climate. @Palaeo_JRule + @WMGParker on their discovery. bit.ly/3DtttJj @MonashUni

New Paper: A 5 million year old #fossil from Melbourne is the oldest evidence of pig-nosed turtles in Australia, marking a substantial shift in their biogeographic history! 🐢 @Monash_Science @museumsvictoria Thread 1/7 🎨: @BranArtworks doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1…

Congratulations to Associate Professor @DrTeethAl and Dr @DPHocking winners of the 2021 Dean’s Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, and commendation to the Indigenous Science Team. bit.ly/3CsHhDr #MonashScienceAwards

@DPHocking @davidghamilton1 @tasmuseum ^ I strongly agree.

Based on the teeth… A very sad brushtail possum. Agree @davidghamilton1 @WMGParker ?? #AskACurator #PoorPossum

How do 🐍 fangs stay venomous while being replaced? Check out this paper from @SilkeCleuren’s PhD to find out!!

Fantastic scientists. Amazing taxa. Fassssinating 🐍 study. Check it out.

Happy to present our latest paper on the evolution of the inner ear in platanistoids, published today in Paleobiology: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Congratulations to @DrTeethAl on the new Power Cascade paper @BMCBiology. Wonderful to be a part of the team on this manuscript!!

It has happened again - this time in Namibia! But how are seals getting stabbed by Chimaeras? One possibility is that these injuries are self inflicted as the seals shake their prey to process it and accidentally slap themselves with the spine. When #FishFightBack!

@DSRovinsky @Palaeo_JRule @TIPollock @AusMammals Huge congratulations to both!! New seals and devils ripping carcasses apart. What’s not to like?

OMG BREAKING NEWS: @Palaeo_JRule won the Adolph Bolliger Award for best student presentation, and @TIPollock won the A.G. Lyne Award for best student speed talk @AusMammals #AMS2020 !! CONGRATULATIONS!!! 🎉🎊

Really great #AMS2020 conference put on by @AusMammals over the past few days! Lots of really great talks, & a fantastic showing by my Extended Lab Family Siblings @TIPollock @Palaeo_JRule @WMGParker and Lab Adult @DrTeethAl

Happy National Wombat Day everyone! To celebrate, let's take a virtual tour of their 3D anatomy!

Huge thank you to @DPHocking & @DrTeethAl for their work organising interactive digital content!!

Join us online from 4pm-7pm today!! openday.monash.edu @Monash_Science School of Biological Sciences

New paper: Beaumaris #fossils show Australia had tiny seals living around Melbourne’s bayside 6 million years ago! My 2nd PhD paper! 🦭 🎨: Peter Trusler academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/adv…

Thank you to all the members who submitted amazing logo suggestions. It was a very hard decision! We are pleased to announce that the logo for ICVM 2020 in Cairns will showcase the amazing talents of @SilkeCleuren #ICVM13

Fur seals are ferocious and have big teeth that can deal a lot of damage to those unlucky enough to get in the way. However, they can also be caught off-guard by their prey's defences. @DPHocking & co-authors found fish spines embedded in seal face. theconversation.com/dinner-to-die-…

Looking for something to eat? Be careful of food with spikes! Dinner to die for: how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals theconversation.com/dinner-to-die-… via @ConversationEDU @EvansEvoMorph

Our #newpaper looks at inferring diet, feeding behaviour and mortality in NZ fur seals. Unfortunately, 'Boromir the Seal' likely went the way of his namesake (admittedly, impaled by multiple chimaera & stingray barbs instead of arrows). More info: doi.org/10.3354/dao034…

Today we introduce Adalatherium, the 'crazy beast' mammal who lived among the dinosaurs theconversation.com/say-hello-to-t… via @ConversationEDU @Monash_Science @MonashBiol @EvansEvoMorph nature.com/articles/s4158…