#australianfauna — Public Fediverse posts

"When echidna mothers nurse their young, known as puggles, the microbiome of their pouch changes to protect their babies in their first weeks of life, new research has found."

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/16/echidna-mothers-change-their-pouch-microbiome-to-protect-tiny-pink-jelly-bean-puggles-new-research-finds 🔗

Oh yes, they're a weird lot alright - like their Platypus cousins
🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧

#Platypus #Echidna #AustralianFauna #NativeAnimals #AustralianHistory #OzHistory #AustralianPodcast

The beautiful Toolache Wallaby ( macropus greyi) , as illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter in John Gould's "Mammals of Australia", published between 1845 and 1863.

This wallaby was to be found in South Australia and Victoria. The last sighting in the wild took place in 1924, and the last Toolache Wallaby in captivity died in 1939.

#Australia #AustralianWildlife #AustralianFauna #Wallabies #ToolacheWallaby #ExtinctAnimals #JohnGould #MammalsOfAustralia #HCRichter #HenryConstantineRichter #Lithograph #ZoologicalIllustration #ScientificIllustration

Rare victory in fight to protect iconic and critically endangered #Aussie species https://au.news.yahoo.com/rare-victory-in-fight-to-protect-iconic-and-critically-endangered-aussie-species-215326170.html

#Environment #AustralianFauna #RockWallaby #Endangered #ExtinctionCrisis

Rare victory in fight to protect iconic and critically endangered #Aussie species https://au.news.yahoo.com/rare-victory-in-fight-to-protect-iconic-and-critically-endangered-aussie-species-215326170.html

#Environment #AustralianFauna #RockWallaby #Endangered #ExtinctionCrisis

Rare victory in fight to protect iconic and critically endangered #Aussie species https://au.news.yahoo.com/rare-victory-in-fight-to-protect-iconic-and-critically-endangered-aussie-species-215326170.html

#Environment #AustralianFauna #RockWallaby #Endangered #ExtinctionCrisis

Wild Deserts project releases bilbies, bandicoots, quolls thought locally extinct for decades https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-01/wild-deserts-project-releases-quolls-bilbies-and-bandicoots/105218434

#Australia #Environment #Nature #NativeAnimals #AustralianFauna

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-05-18/platypup-puggle-or-nestlings-what-is-a-baby-platypus-called/103622824

We talked about our fascinating Platypus in Ep 19 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧

But the controversy continues it seems…. 🤓

#platypus #AustralianFauna #AustralianHistory #AustralianAnimals #monotreme

Shocked beachgoers stare
Despair in the wake of death
Searching for the surfer

#beachgoers #sharkattack #surfing #australianfauna #haiku #poetry

http://www.businessinsider.com/australian-police-search-surfers-body-suspected-shark-attack-2023-11

So many great (& spooky) sounds. Hard to choose a fave…..🤩

What's your favourite Aussie animal sound? Our poll is down to the top 10 and we want your vote

🔗 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-07-31/australia-favourite-animal-sounds-list-version/102702734?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link

#AustralianAnimals #AustralianFauna #OzAnimals #Australia #AnimalSounds #AnimalNoises #animals #fauna #NativeAnimals

Re-posting after correcting a faulty link. Thanks to those who let me know. <3

"Museums stocked with 'platysausages' as taxidermists get it wrong on Australian animals."
🔗 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/poor-taxidermy-making-fattypuses-out-of-australian-animals/101827332
"We often find flatypuses that are pancake flat. We find fattypuses that are overstuffed, or sometimes the platysausage, which is long and thin and sausage-shaped."

Great article By Zoe Kean , ABC Radio Hobart, with food for thought for museums.

We talked about the confusion experienced by Europeans seeing our Platypus for the first time in Episode 19: The Platypus Controversy.
Very amusing. 😄. Link to listen below if you’re interested.

🔗 🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/2019/01/25/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧

#History #AustralianHistory #AustralianStories #Histodons #AustralianPodcast #HistoryPodcast #Taxidermy #BadTaxidermy #Museums #Platypus #Echidna #TasmanianTiger #Zoology #AustralianFauna #OzAnimals

"Museums stocked with 'platysausages' as taxidermists get it wrong on Australian animals."
🔗 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/poor-taxidermy-making-fattypuses-out-of-australian-animals/101827332
"We often find flatypuses that are pancake flat. We find fattypuses that are overstuffed, or sometimes the platysausage, which is long and thin and sausage-shaped."

Great article By Zoe Kean , ABC Radio Hobart, with food for thought for museums.

We talked about the confusion experienced by Europeans seeing our Platypus for the first time in Episode 19: The Platypus Controversy.
Very amusing. 😄. Link to listen below if you’re interested.

🔗 🎧https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/2019/01/25/19-platypus-controversy/🎧

#History #AustralianHistory #AustralianStories #Histodons #AustralianPodcast #HistoryPodcast #Taxidermy #BadTaxidermy #Museums #Platypus #Echidna #TasmanianTiger #Zoology #AustralianFauna #OzAnimals

Keeping my eye out this festive season …. 😀

‘A huge worry’: Christmas beetle decline spurs calls for citizen sightings https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/19/a-huge-worry-christmas-beetle-decline-spurs-calls-for-citizen-sightings

#ChristmasBeetle #AustralianChristmas #AustralianFauna #Beetles #Australia #CitizenScience #AustralianHistory