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• Human Population Size: Speeding Cars Can’t Stop Quickly

  

  Here at ConservationBytes.com, I write about pretty much anything that has anything remotely to do with biodiversity’s prospects. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• It’s Not All About Cats

  

  If you follow any of the environment news in Australia, you will most certainly have seen a lot about feral cats in the last few weeks. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Australia Should Have a More Vibrant Ecological Culture

  

  Another great social event bringing ecologists togetherI’ve always had the gut feeling that Australia punched above its weight when it comes to ecology and... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• How I Feel About Climate Change

  

  Angry. Furious. Livid. And a just little bit sad.Well, I’m not pissed off with ‘climate change’ per se – that would be ridiculous. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• How to Review a Scientific Paper

  

  Following one of the most popular posts on ConservationBytes.com, as well as in response to several requests, I’ve decided to provide a few pointers for... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Farewell to an Environmental Hero: Tony McMichael

  

  I had some sad news today – a visionary in human health and environmental integrity, Professor Tony McMichael, passed away last night from advanced influenza... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• We Treat Our Wildlife Like Vermin

  

  Just a little of the dog fence’s carnage and cruelty at work.I’ve pointed out in several posts on ConservationBytes.com just how badly Australia is doing in... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Demonising the Hellbender

  

  Not ‘Hellraiser’, FFS – ‘hellbender’Here’s one by my new PhD student, Leah Collett:–I have never heard of the hellbender before. “Brilliant name”, I thought. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Attention Ecologists: Journal Ranking Survey

  

  In the interest of providing greater transparency when ranking the ‘quality’ of scientific journals, we are interested in collecting ecologists’ views on the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Evidence-based Conservation Advocacy Can Work

  

  Colin ‘Captain Hook’ BarnettJust before knock-off time last Friday, I received some inspiring news. It’s not often in conservation science that the news is good... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Cartoon Guide to Biodiversity Loss XXV

  

  Here are 6 more biodiversity cartoons for your conservation-humour fix (see full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here). Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• High-altitude Ecology

  

  A constant hazard in the Tibetan Plateau – yakjamI’ve been out of the social-media loop for a few weeks, hence the abnormally long interval since my last post. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• World Heritage Species

  

  Having just attended the Baker Stebbins Legacy Symposium on Invasion Genetics in Pacific Grove, California, I have had a rare bit of leisure time between my... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• We Generally Ignore the Big Issues

  

  I’ve had a good week at Stanford University with Paul Ehrlich where we’ve been putting the final touches1 on our book. It’s been taking a while to put... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• A Fairer Way to Rank Conservation and Ecology Journals in 2014

  

  Normally I just report the Thomson-Reuters ISI Web of Knowledge Impact Factors for conservation-orientated journals each year, with some commentary on the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Time to Put Significance out of Its Misery

  

  If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you’ll be no stranger to my views on what I believe is one of the most abused, and therefore now meaningless,... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Another 589 Scientists Speak out Against Abbott’s War on the Environment

  

  I’m currently in Cairns at the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation‘s Annual Conference where scientists from all over the world have amassed for... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Biodiversity Hotspots Have Nearly Burnt out

  

  I recently came across a really important paper that might have flown under the radar for many people. For this reason, I’m highlighting it here and will soon... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• Western Australia’s Moronic Shark Cull

  

  A major media release today coordinated by Jessica Meeuwig in Western Australia makes the (obvious) point that there’s no biological justification to cull... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT

• New Threatened Species Commissioner Lacks Teeth

  

  This is not NOT Gregory AndrewsPublished today on ABC Environment.–Greg Hunt, the Coalition Government’s Minister for the Environment, today announced what... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 ENVIRONMENT