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Hugh Possingham @hugepossum.bsky.social Birdwatcher, conservation scientist and mathematician
Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au An independent organisation of distinguished Australian scientists, championing science for the benefit of all. Read our landmark report: https://bit.ly/ASAF2035 #Science2035
David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social Australian artist, writer, wildlife photographer, dungeon master, and bird-nerd. Autism & ADHD. All photos are my own unless otherwise credited. All subjects are wild and living unless otherwise noted. https://davidcsimon.carrd.co/ #noAI
Walter Marsh @waltermarsh.bsky.social Writing about history and culture. ‘The Butterfly Thief’ (2025) and ‘Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire’ (2023) out now in Aus/UK/US via Scribe.
Meike Eijsberg @meikeeijsberg.bsky.social Data Journalist at the Telegraph | Data, OSINT, and other reporting for the European Correspondent | OCJN Cohort 8 | she/her | 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇫🇷 | Views mine Portfolio: https://www.meikeeijsberg.com/
@lottanarhi.bsky.social @lottanarhi.bsky.social Environmental journalist at @longplay.fi Member of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network Photo credit: Riitta Supperi
Mitali Mukherjee @mitalilive.bsky.social Director @reutersinstitute.bsky.social I Political Economy Journalist I Chevening Fellow I TEDx Speaker I Raisina Fellow I AIYD I Everything stops for friendly doggos and cups of chai
Diego Arguedas Ortiz @arguedasortiz.bsky.social Papá | Climate journalist, from 🇨🇷 now in Scotland |
Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social Exploring the future of journalism 📬Join our newsletter: https://politics.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=60081b78294f9bbf995e9bcf8&id=0a8e38824f 🕵🏾‍♀️ Send a confidencial tip https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/do-you-have-confidential-tip-share-it-us
Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social reporter @motherjones.com etc | signal: @shurwitz.18, email: shurwitz@cir.org
Damian Christie @damianchristie.bsky.social Story-teller, journalist, science communicator. Founder/Director of the Aotearoa Science Agency scienceagency.co.nz
George Moon @georgemoon.com usually doing something involving tech, nature, biodiversity, geography, open source and kea 🦜 🌈 NZer 🥝 living in France 🥖 https://georgemoon.com
Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social An independent organisation supporting Wikimedians in Aotearoa New Zealand as a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. https://www.wikimedia.nz/
Alan Tennyson @atennyson.bsky.social Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Birds, palaeontology, conservation & general natural history. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/research/natural-history-research/natural-history-team
JJW @jjw.wtf dislikes typewriters
Climate Liberation Aotearoa @climateliberation.bsky.social We use civil resistance to demand climate action. Join us for a better future or donate today to support us. https://climateliberationaotearoa.org/
@nzscifest.bsky.social @nzscifest.bsky.social Dunedin-based Science Festival feat. talks, shows, workshops, & more! ✨ SciFest dates, 28 June-6 July 2025 ✨ Check out the events here: https://scifest.org.nz/programme Check out our podcast: nzisf.podbean.com
Tess M McBride @tessmcbride.bsky.social Biochemist and mycologist studying small secreted proteins and their role in mycorrhizal root formation 🍄 Postdoctoral research fellow at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment 🌿 Kiwi working in Australia. She/her.
Eloise Carr @eloise-carr.bsky.social Freelance consultant specialising in environmental and integrity policy advice. Favourite advice: you never regret a swim.
Karli Thomas @savethefush.bsky.social Ocean conservation with a kiwi accent.
Kathryn van Beek @kathrynvanbeek.bsky.social Kathryn van Beek (she/her) is a Pākehā New Zealander of Dutch and English descent. A Robert Burns Fellow and a Winston Churchill McNeish Writers’ Fellow, Kathryn has a doctorate on the topic of using writing as a tool for positive change.
Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social Aotearoa based Restoration/Applied Ecologist. Skateboarding, punk rock and plants. iNaturalist enthusiast https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=any&user_id=andymckay&verifiable=any
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social 🧡💚💙 A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
Robyn @robyn-carter.bsky.social New Zealand Nature Photographer who loves to follow science. Hates any kind of racism. Loves travelling and cats.
Libby (she/they) @libbyberrie.bsky.social Testimonial: "I've never met someone whose simultaneously so organised, yet never has their shit together." Full stack -> Senior Frontend dev. Neurospicy. Likes to make cool art, videogame, and repair objects. Opinions my own. Ask me about my cats.
@nancylongnecker.bsky.social @nancylongnecker.bsky.social
Dan Moskovitz @danmosky.bsky.social Chief reporter at Salient. Doing my masters in ecology studying invertebrate distributions, so I will probably be posting pictures of various creepy-crawlies. Wellington Phoenix fan. He/Him.
Kevin Pluck @kevpluck.bsky.social Van life-ing in Aotearoa
Melanie Newfield @melanienewfield.bsky.social Science and environment writer and communicator. Loves to talk about risk. Obsessed with plants and hopes to one day see every species of eucalypt. I make the science behind important issues accessible here: https://theturnstone.substack.com
Tess McClure @tessairini.bsky.social editor, human rights & freedom @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/series/rights-and-freedom previously: nature and biodiversity
Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social Mammal ecology, evolution & conservation. UQ Fan of Australian & Melanesian nature. Subtropical edible gardens. Markets. My ebike. Corgis, border collies. IUCN Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group co-chair Chair Australasian Mammal Taxonomy Consortium
Michael Slezak @mikeyslezak.bsky.social Environment reporter for ABC in Australia, doing a mix of news and investigations. + Co-chair ABC MEAA House Committee + Federal President Media, MEAA Opinions mine. ✍️ https://www.abc.net.au/news/michael-slezak/9641812 ✊ https://www.meaa.org/join
Tammy Steeves @testeeves.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Prof at UC in Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿 #WearsManyHats #JugglesManyBalls incl Conservation Genomics #ConSERTeam🧬 IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group🕊️ PI @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social #KindnessInScience🔬 Opinions are my own.
Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social Climate and culture, inspired by nature 🌍 Magazine, podcast, newsletters, features, and more. ↓ https://atmos.earth/
Billy Bray @billybray.bsky.social PhD candidate at the Australian National University studying the conservation of regent honeyeater song culture
Agrifood Innovation Institute @anuagrifood.bsky.social agrifood.anu.edu.au Tackling complex agrifood challenges by connecting the interdisciplinary capabilities of ANU with industry and govt CRICOS provider 00120C | TEQSA PRV12002
Lucy Aplin @lucymaplin.bsky.social Certified bird brain, researching cognitive and social ecology of parrots and parids. Currently holding down a dual position at the Australian National University and the University of Zurich
Fran Hacker @franhckr.bsky.social PhD Student at ANU studying foraging and habitat use in the superb fairy-wren 🐦 Wildlife photographer 🌱 IG: fran_x_photography MRes Animal Behaviour, MSci Bioacoustics, BSc Neuroscience
ANU Superb Fairywren Project @fairywrensanu.bsky.social Long-term study of superb fairywrens in the Australian National Botanic Gardens by researchers at the Australian National University #superbfairywren #SFW_ANU
@macroevoeco @macroevoeco.bsky.social Macroevolution & Macroecology, Australian National University
Alex Skeels @alexskeels.bsky.social ARC DECRA Fellow at the Australian National University - Ngunnawal & Ngambri /Canberra 🦘🦎 Paleoenvironments and the Evolution of Biodiversity 🌸🌏🏵️ He/Him website: alexskeels.github.io
Will Grant @willozap.bsky.social Science communication & politics @ANU_CPAS. Co-host of @WholesomeShow & @g_sausages, co-founder of @PostAcApp.
Rod lamberts @rodl.bsky.social Science comm OG academic and consultant/advisor. Hon A/Prof CPAS ANU. Podcaster. Current show "A Little Bit of Science". Previously "The Wholesome Show" & "To Be Continued" (not to mention "G'Day Patriots" and "G'Day Sausages", so I won't mention them).
Liv Congdon @liv-congdon.bsky.social I love birds and words | Science writer at ANU 🌿 | Ngunnawal & Ngambri land, Canberra, Australia | Views and photos my own | she/her
Tabitha Carvan @tabithacarvan.bsky.social Author of 'This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch' and science writer for the Australian National University.
Nerilie Abram @climatenerilie.bsky.social Professor of Climate Science at ANU Earth Sciences | 21st Century Weather | Antarctic Science
Daniel Noble @danielwanoble.bsky.social Associate Professor at The Australian National University. Meta-analysis, global change biology, functional ecology, evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology. I also like statistics. 🇨🇦🇦🇺
Emily Furlong @emfurlong.bsky.social Group Leader and Lecturer at the Australian National University | researching bacterial thiol redox pathways and virulence factors | community builder | storyteller | views my own | she/her
Nick White @nickwhite.bsky.social Supramolecular chemist at the Australian National University. www.nwhitegroup.com. British-born, NZ-raised, newly Australian. Boulderer and trail runner.
OzGrav @ozgrav.bsky.social
ANU NCIG (National Centre for Indigenous Genomics) @ncig2013.bsky.social @𝙉𝘾𝙄𝙂2013; 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀. Bluesky Social do not necessarily represent ANU National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (NCIG) views. No DMs. TEQSA PRV12002 | CRICOS 00120C. Ngunnawal Country and Ngambri Country.
Jodie Bradby @jodiebradby.bsky.social Director of The Research School of Physics at the Australian National University | Prof @PhysicsANU | High Pressure Science & Diamonds | AIP President 2019-20 | Dog lover | Enjoys new tech | opinions my own
CosmicPinot @cosmicpinot.bsky.social Brian P. Schmidt: Astronomer at Mt Stromlo Observatory, Vigneron and Winemaker Maipenrai, Vice Chancellor Australian National University, Nobel Laureate Physics
Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social Celebrating the Australian National University science and medicine community 🔭🌿💥🩺 🧪 #scienceanu TEQSA provider PRV12002. CRICOS provider 00120𝘊
Colin (TBass) @triumphantbass.com Software dev, cosplayer, Twitch affiliate triumphantbass.com/social-links any pronouns
Dr Jacinta Humphrey @jacintahumphrey.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at ICON Science, working on Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design 🌳🏠🦜 | She/Her | linktr.ee/jacintahumphrey #UrbanEcology #UrbanBirds #WomeninSTEM
Catherine Kirby @catherinekirby.bsky.social Science communication and partnerships for nature.
StuA @stua.bsky.social Ex RealTeamHihi from the other place. Photography, Conservation, Mumbling about the government....
Philip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press newspaper. Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). Author of The Quiet Hero (2023), the story of a peaceful NZ volunteer's death in Ukraine.
Richard Robinson @depth-nz.bsky.social Ocean Photojournalist // New Zealand Geographic Photographer // Director of Photography NZVR // Occasionally Breathing on the Surface.
Melanie Burford @melanieburford.bsky.social Storyteller, award-winning Filmmaker and Photographer, Senior Communications Advisor and Kiwi mum of two beautiful boys living in Brisbane, Australia. Co-Founder of Prime Collective. https://www.melanieburford.com/ Instagram.com/melburford
Tatsiana Chypsanava @tchypsanava.bsky.social Freelance photojournalist // Tangata Tiriti // Women Photograph // Diversify Photo 📍Aotearoa New Zealand ✉️: tatsiana@chypsanava.com www.chypsanava.com
Lottie Hedley @lottiehedley.bsky.social Kiwi photographer telling stories in Aotearoa, New Zealand www.lottiehedleyphotography.com Member @womenphotograph
Sam Sachdeva @samsachdeva.bsky.social Foreign affairs + more at Newsroom.co.nz, author of THE CHINA TIGHTROPE. @SamSachdevaNZ on the site formerly known as Twitter. Contact me securely via samsnews@protonmail.com
Greg O’Beirne @gobeirne.bsky.social Professor of Audiology at UC NZ, auditory physiologist, musician, and general geek. 💚🚴‍♀️ Ōtautahi, Aotearoa. He/him
Raven Cretney @ravencretney.bsky.social
Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social Find me on mountaintui.substack.com and www.youtube.com/@MountainTui
Kyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social I research violent extremism, state security, the Atlas network, free speech/hate speech, and radical social movements across the political spectrum. Currently seeking a teaching or research role. He/him.
Hannah Thomasy @hannahthomasy.bsky.social Science journalist & biology nerd. ❤️🧪 Be the best weirdo you can be.
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
Meera Subramanian @meerasub.bsky.social 🌏Journalist. Author. Earthling. 🍃 A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (March 2026) 🖋️ Bylines: New Yorker, Nature, VQR, Orion contributing ed. 📚 Creative Nonfiction prof at Sewanee School of Letters 🌿 www.meerasub.org
Sophie McInnes @sophiemcinnes.bsky.social Parent - local govt - student - chronic volunteer. Mode shift enthusiast. AuDHD. Work harder to change faster, for future generations' sake 💚 Personal account.
Juha Saarinen @juha.bsky.social Vulnerability chronicler pursuivant.
Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social Dr Yi-Kai Tea | Ichthyology Curator, The Australian Museum Research Institute | Systematic ichthyology | Wildlife photographer | 🏳️‍🌈he/him
The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social Aotearoa published daily → thespinoff.co.nz • Unofficial Account
Jess Hillman @jhgeo.bsky.social Marine geoscientist in Australia | she/her | Mountain biking, trail running and baking
Laura Geggel @laurageggel.bsky.social Managing editor at Live Science. Editor of archaeology and the Life’s Little Mysteries series.
Joel Werner @joelwerner.bsky.social NOW: Executive Producer, ABC Audio Studios THEN: Science Vs (Gimlet/Spotify Studios) // ABC Science ALWAYS: Bass guitar / backing vocals for WIFEY
Michelle Duff @michelleduff.bsky.social Social issues journalist and fiction writer, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. Surplus Women out April 11! www.michelleduff.com Words in The Guardian, New Zealand Geographic, Landfall, among others.
Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social Geoscientist. Alpine addict. Geomorphology, rivers, landslides, 🚴. Earth Sciences New Zealand. Views are my own.
Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social Professor of ecology at UCNZ | Using science to anticipate where our living world is headed | Writing Predirections newsletter on biodiversity, climate & water → https://predirections.substack.com | https://tonkinlab.org
Royal Society NZ - Wellington Branch @roysocnzwlgbranch.bsky.social Supporting research, science and technology in the Wellington Region. We provide free public lectures on current topics across a very wide range of disciplines as well as school and research prizes. https://www.royalsocietyofnewzealandwellingtonbranch.org
Nat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social Beloved banjo player of the people. Co-owner and CTO of an apparel ERP company. In former lives: open source, Perl, O'Reilly Media, new technology. Bereavement is sadder and weirder than you can imagine.
Australian Geographic @ausgeo.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy It’s in our nature. The very best of Australia’s wildlife, culture, people and places. [bridged from https://newsmast.social/@ausgeo on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Department of Conservation @docgovtnz.bsky.social
Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social Photojournalist, striving to show the beauty of the little things in life; one arthropod at a time. Always happy to help with critter ID! Become a Patron to get to know Crawlies I post about up close and personal! https://www.patreon.com/Crawlieswithcri
John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social Editor, The Revelator @therevelator.org. Covering the extinction crisis, wildlife, climate change and environmental justice. https://linktr.ee/johnrplatt
Thomas Mead @thomasmead.bsky.social Your friendly neighbourhood journalist, reporting for 1News. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Text/WhatsApp 027 298 4245
Greta Dromgool @sciencenz.bsky.social Science educator with Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao - Science Learning Hub
Millie Johnston @milliejohnston.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Canterbury researching avian cognition 🦜 🇳🇿 ~ kea, crows, jackdaws, pigeons ~ ~ working memory, probabilistic reasoning, timing behaviour, affective states ~
Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social Planetary astronomer @UCNZ: envisioning worlds from here and elsewhere, in a dark & glorious sky. Rutherford Discovery Fellow & Assoc. Professor. Asteroid (10463). Pākehā; she
Neil Gemmell @profgemmell.bsky.social Geneticist. Pure + applied science mostly with a biodiversity bent. Inordinately fond of 🧬 🐟 🦭 🐋 and beer. Gaffs/typos due to lack of coffee, time, and/or mind-altering parasites. Eternal optimist. Rebel just for kicks.
Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social Scientist Interested in all things oceans and climate (esp. carbon cycle). Bike rider, hiker and nature lover. Privileged white feminist. Advocate for diversity.
Nick Golledge @nick-golledge.bsky.social Antarctic climate scientist, IPCC author, FRSNZ, musician, & artist. #julialang. Vegan, yoga, runner. Author of FEEDBACK, a book about complexity and connection - published by Rowman & Littlefield. 🌏 www.nicholasgolledge.github.io
Dr Hazel L Richards @p-hazael.bsky.social Vertebrates collection manager at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, ex Museums Victoria, PhD Evans EvoMorph. Megafauna, marsupials, morphology, CT & 3D imaging. She/her
Robert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social New Zealand mathematician, writing on climate & the environment at http://planetaryecology.org
David Orlovich @davidorlovich.bsky.social Dad, mycologist, botanist, bassist & ukuleleist, aquarist, baker, cheese aficionado, amateur runner, gardener, general enthusiast, he/him.
Annabel McAleer @annabellisimo.bsky.social Science communication & knowledge exchange #scicomm | 🥝 Aotearoa New Zealand www.sharedscience.nz
Felix Zareie-Vaux @felixvaux.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (he/him) 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈 in 🇳🇿 Marine Biosecurity Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ 🌊🧬 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2882-7996 #evolution #ecology #genomics #biosecurity #biodiversity #biogeography #phylogenetics
samuel mehr @mehr.nz i am a cognitive scientist studying auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦 lab: themusiclab.org personal: mehr.nz intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg book: WHY WE HEAR WHAT WE HEAR (2028, Bloomsbury)