Adam Toomes

Great to see the wildlife trade special issue in Conservation Biology is out now: bit.ly/4ekUQbD Looking forward to reading about some of the lesser studied taxa in wildlife trade, and glad that our work led by @BastianLTC is included! bit.ly/4cYxGGW

Australian reptiles worth tens of thousands being smuggled in socks and chocolate boxes 9news.com.au/national/anima…

A recent study by @UniofAdelaide's Dr. Phill Cassey & Sebastian Chekunov reveals that 16% of Australian reptile species & 3% of frog species are traded globally. Illegal smuggling persists despite a 1982 export ban. 🔍 Key Findings : tinyurl.com/2y59j3uh 📷Sebastian Chekunov

Thanks to @ABCaustralia & @ErinParke2 for highlighting the global trade of 🇦🇺 endemic reptiles & amphibians! bit.ly/3Ts22KL We found 33 species never recorded before in overseas markets - work led by @BastianLTC with @OliverStringham @taaprowse & @InvasionEcology

For an easier read, here's a wonderful article in @ConversationEDU about our research into the international trade of Australian herps 🐍🦎 @InvasionEcology @AdamToomes @taaprowse @OliverStringham theconversation.com/we-found-one-i…

Pet fish in an aquarium? We want this 🤩 We love this 💙 We need this 👏 Pet fish in our rivers? Yeah, we don't need this 🙅‍♀️🚫 Follow the link to listen to my chat with @AustRiverRestor about keeping pet fish where they belong! arrc.au/why-your-pet-f… #AquaticInvasiveSpecies

Proud to be presenting my research again at #biosym24 on the Australian invertebrate trade and its implications for biosecurity 🐌 Thank you to everyone who organised such a great event (and for choosing to host it on the sunny Gold Coast ☀️)

A chameleon, a viper and a poisonous toad are just a few animals that may sneak into Australia unless we stay vigilant, research finds @MonashUni #Echobox=1721083922" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theconversation.com/alien-invasion…

(1/13) 🧪 Exciting news! My 3rd PhD paper is hot out of the science oven! 🌟📚🌍We've developed a groundbreaking #tool for #forecasting potential invaders to prevent future #biologicalInvasions! 👽 READ ON @MonashBiol @chapple_lab #InvasiveAlienSpecies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

UN Crime Commission is meeting in Vienna. Join us for a deep dive into the benefits of the 3 existing #UNTOC Protocols - on trafficking in persons, smuggling of migrants & firearms trafficking - & what lessons they hold for potential new Protocols #endwildlifecrime @ADMCapFound

📣 Save the date! The launch of the @UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 will be live streamed next week. 📺 Watch the livestream here: bit.ly/3yfT9fN 🗓️ Monday, 13 May 2024 🕑 13.00 CET See more info ⤵️

With growing enthusiasm in gardening to help wildlife, which simple features will help the most native species? After 5,795 wildlife surveys in 30 WA towns by 243 citizen scientists the results are in. 212 vertebrate native wildlife species used the gardens and only 4 non-natives. One type of feature attracted more wildlife and diversity than any other? Can you guess which? Awesome project by @UWAAlbanyCentre and @PerthNRM biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/seven-thi…

The #EU is a global hub for #wildlife #trade. 12 researchers, inc. WildCRU's @verissimodiogo, propose ways current #regulations could be improved to track all species, observe laws of species’ home countries & ensure sustainability of legal traffic. See: bit.ly/3TvrW0U

New #preprint led by @AliceCHughes and Ben Marshall looks into 22 years of #wildlife #trade in the US. When LEMIS data is combined with CITES records, the US imported over 29,445 species. With @carol_sayuri_ and many others researchsquare.com/article/rs-389… @libre_research @CE3CResearch

I'm super excited to share the first chapter from my PhD! We examined 14,000 online advertisements to discover which pet birds Australians are interested in, what traits make them popular, and how this relates to the risk of new invasive species 💻🦜🔍 rdcu.be/dtNsV

🎉Congrats to @LizReed_palaeo for her Images of L&T Comp win, run by the @uofalib. Check out her pic + also @GrutznerFrank @AdamToomes & Lachlan McLeod's submissions. Visit adelaide.edu.au/library/librar… or L4 of the Hub til 13/11. Also People's Choice Award voting til midnight 12/11.

Feeling very privileged to have met @HugePossum and Karen Possingham last week. Thank you again for the Possingham Supplementary Scholarship, and for supporting me and my research 🦂🪲

Online #plant trade in Australia has a dark side! Our author @jacob_ecosphere and his team uncovered shocking details: hundreds of prohibited #weeds are invading the country's environment and agriculture through public online marketplaces. blog.pensoft.net/2023/10/06/hun…