We were awarded the #EurekaPrizes for citizen science! Congratulations to all our project team, particularly our amazing school teachers and students! @eurekaprizes
⭐ We're shell-ebrating #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢
We chatted with @1millionturtles to learn more about this incredible #CitizenScience initiative!
Check out the turtley-awesome 🐢 blog and how you can help conserve Aussie freshwater turtles here: 🔗 https://t.co/qvdkp11NFL
@TurtleSAT
We’re delighted to congratulate the finalists in this year’s @EurekaPrizes, including the amazing teams selected for the @ScienceGovAU@IndustryGovAu Innovation in Citizen Science Prize and STEM Inclusion Prize!
Read the full list on the @austmus website: https://t.co/Lju6OStUxD
🐢 This turtle month, we're celebrating the award-winning @1millionturtles (1MT) Community Conservation Program. Led by researchers including Western's A/P Ricky Spencer, the community can get involved by submitting their turtle sightings 👉https://t.co/P3RYQ6hBav @Prof_TurtleAU
🐢"In addition to igniting passion, the program sought to transform the traditional one-way citizen science model into a dynamic two-way street," says A/P Ricky Spencer @1millionturtles, which was awarded the 2023 Eureka Prize for Innovation in #CitSci.
https://t.co/atH5ytxNTs
Congratulations @1MillionTurtles, co-led by Associate Professor Ricky Spencer from our School of Science, on winning the 2023 @ScienceGovAU Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science! 👏🐢MORE - https://t.co/8UrlLkqGUq #westernproud#EurekaPrizes
📷: Tim Levy
@1MillionTurtles is supporting local junior sports teams
Two of our teams have made their grand finals this weekend.
Good Luck to the under 13s and 15s Mtn Lions AFL sides. #1MillionTurtles
NEW! Early Career Ecologist Conference Travel Grants now available for #ESASCBO2022! Up to $1000 per applicant is available for conference-related costs (incl, childcare).
Applications close Friday 26 August.
More information: https://t.co/F2U9C5Udlb
📷️: @AbigailLParker
This is what @1millionturtles is all about !!!!
You will see lots of this as #CItizenScience Community Conservationists restore our freshwater Turtle populations.
Broad Shelled Turtles are just the BEST!!!
Watch with the sound up and please share widely
#1MillionTurtles
1 Million Turtles launches tonight.
Hundreds have already registered.
Join the party by registering through
https://t.co/OxaMZEQFKd
#HappyTurtleMonth#1MillionTurtles