@TanLoos

Writer, wildlife advocate, field naturalist; author of Living with Wildlife: a guide for our homes and backyards by CSIRO Publishing

 Porcupine Ridge, Victoria
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Joined July 2019
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Tanya Loos is not the only one excited about the release of her new book, Living with Wildlife... ...Good Dog Valli is also keen to get his paws on the book to read up on wildlife-friendly pet ownership & sharing his yard with wild visitors! Order yours: publish.csiro.au/book/8095
Tanya Loos sitting with her dog Valli on a bench, smiling and holding a copy of her book Living with Wildlife.

ALT Tanya Loos sitting with her dog Valli on a bench, smiling and holding a copy of her book Living with Wildlife.

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The competition has begun to decide Australia's favourite insect! The first Australian Insect of the Year award from @abcnews is now open for voting. @TanLoos, author of Living with Wildlife, is one of the six experts who have selected a group of finalists for the prize.
A close up photo of a blue-banded bee. It has bright yellow-orange colouring around its head, while its back half appears fluffy and light striped in pale blue.

ALT A close up photo of a blue-banded bee. It has bright yellow-orange colouring around its head, while its back half appears fluffy and light striped in pale blue.

Rohan Cleave holiding a Lord Howe Island Stick Insect on the open palm of his hand. It's almost as large as his hand and virtually black in colour.

ALT Rohan Cleave holiding a Lord Howe Island Stick Insect on the open palm of his hand. It's almost as large as his hand and virtually black in colour.

A close up photo of a common hoverfly feeding on pollen from a yellow buttercup flower. Its body is long and covered in distinct yellow and brown-black markings as if in imitation of a bee or wasp.

ALT A close up photo of a common hoverfly feeding on pollen from a yellow buttercup flower. Its body is long and covered in distinct yellow and brown-black markings as if in imitation of a bee or wasp.

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A research collaboration between Faunalytics and Sentient Media finds that very little media coverage of climate change focuses on animal agriculture, a major cause of the phenomenon. faunalytics.org/animal-ag-in…

Animal Agriculture Is The Missing Piece In Climate Change Media Coverage - Faunalytics

A research collaboration between Faunalytics and Sentient Media finds that very little media coverage of climate change focuses on animal agriculture, a major cause of the phenomenon.

faunalytics.org
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Top scientists call on Australian Government to allocate federal funding towards nature protection and management 30by30.org.au/blog/2024/07/1…
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Excited to share our review, led by @G_Blackburn_ looking at the co-occurrence of multiple anthro stressors on avian behaviour and cognition, and how the effect of two stressors together may be worse than the added effect of singly. @SoraviaCamilla nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

The importance of investigating the impact of simultaneous anthropogenic stressors: the effects of...

Rising temperatures and anthropogenic noise are two of the most pervasive and well researched anthropogenic stressors affecting avian species globally. Despite often triggering similar behavioural...

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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How do we change behaviours to improve human-nature relationships? Real world implementation and evaluation is hard. We describe an implementation framework and identify knowledge gaps based on our experience as an academic-government collaboration doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.202…
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Our website has a resource centre packed full of essential and up-to-date information including fact sheets on a wide range of diseases impacting Australian wildlife. Scan the code or visit wildlifehealthaustralia.com.… to see the breadth of information we have available online
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If you are in Australia and see dead birds this spring - be sure to report it! Regardless of which state you are in, call the emergence animal disease watch hotline 1800 675 888 More information about avian influenza on my website michellewille.com/avian-infl…
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We're excited to announce that Abstracts are open for the 37th AWMS conference, held in Fremantle, Australia, on 03-05 December 2024. Abstracts close on August 31. Submit an abstract today! Submit an abstract: form.jotform.com/24182365730… Find out more here: awms.org.au/conference/
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Faunalytics will host a remote symposium for animal advocates on September 19th, 2024. Apply to submit a presentation abstract of original research that discusses the real-life implications and recommendations of such data for animal advocates: faunalytics.org/fauna-connec…
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Teamwork makes the dream work. A pair of Double-eyed Fig-parrots (marshalli subspecies) on Cape York capitalises on some perfectly suited dead-tree habitat to excavate their nest hollow in 🥹. ♂️ on the top; ♀️ at the mini hollow. Such colourfully adorable little things, right?❤️
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Brilliant plenary from @kyliesoanes advocating for our beautiful native mammals to be supported in and return to Australia's suburban areas! There are ways to help #ausmammsoc24 @AusMammals
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New #bookreview in #AustralEcology: What an Owl Knows by J. Ackerman is a captivating blend of nature and science writing, with extraordinary insights into owl biology. A must-read for anyone fascinated by the natural world! @EcolSocAus @WileyEcolEvol bit.ly/4cguB4O
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Property investors are hoarding homes to use as hotels while renters struggle to find a place to live. Across Victoria 48,000 entire homes are on platforms like Airbnb. This pushes up property prices, locks out first home buyers and takes homes away from renters.
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🪰🐝🦋🪲🦗 ‘Combining charm, humour & a museum worth of facts, this is a brilliant read that will change your thinking towards our insect friends’ - @BrytheFlyGuy #Metamorphosis - How insects are changing our planet - available NOW in Oz & NZ @RagsandRuby @CSIROPublishing – at Camberwell, London
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Help track the spread of myrtle rust with citizen science data! 🌱🔎 Check out @ConversationEDU article by Erin Roger, Rebecca Paxton & @_Alyssa_Martino to learn more about how your data records can help fight the spread of the disease! 📲 🔗spr.ly/6016Zvw14 @CSIRO

Myrtle rust is lethal to Australian plants. Could citizen scientists help track its spread?

Bushwalkers with smartphones could help scientists track a fungus lethal to many of Australia’s most loved trees.

theconversation.com
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“I’m listening,” I say into the darkness. And he answers back. “Woo-woooo-WOOOO-WOOOOOO.” For the both of us, it sounds like home
Tanya Loos@TanLoos25 Mar 2024
I love this from @scienceANU SO MUCH. My home is infinitely more homey thanks to the mountain Brushtail , microbats and Antechinus in our roof, our spiders, the lizards in the garden, birds in the bird baths… science.anu.edu.au/news-even…
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can stop the logging of Australia’s native forests, just as PM Malcolm Fraser stopped whaling in 1978. #savethetrees #saveourforests C'mon Albo! Save the Forests | The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/po…

Bob Brown: C'mon Albo! Save the Forests | The Australia Institute

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can stop the logging of Australia’s native forests, just as Prime Miniser Malcolm Fraser stopped whaling in 1978.

australiainstitute.org.au
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"A growing body of evidence makes it clear that fish not only think and feel, but exhibit complex social behaviours and sophisticated cognitive abilities." Read an extract from Deep Water about the minds of fish for free at @PenguinBooksAus. penguin.com.au/books/deep-wa…
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Ecologist and @WildlifeQLD Queensland PlatypusWatch Project Officer, Dr Tamielle Brunt, explains why you should consider supporting the ban: bit.ly/4ajL8E2 Submissions close at 5 pm on Thursday, 9 May 2024.  Have your say: bit.ly/BanOHNets
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