Kate Cranney

Science communicator with a background in science (M. Sc.), communications, art and law. I translate science for impact. 🌱📝 (She/her.)

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

Have you heard of "cod logs"? 🐟 🪵

Fantastic work by @GriffithARI scientists and their many collaborators in SEQ.

This has been a great hub-funded project to work on and promote. A big thanks to @Griffith_Uni’s Carley Rosengreen who has led the charge in spruiking this story.

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

It's a cod in a log! 🐟🪵

For the first time, 'cod logs' carved out with chainsaws from hardwood trees have been deployed to create critical underwater homes in the Mary River catchment. A great story by @jenjnichols on @GriffithARI's hub-funded work.

➡️ https://t.co/1d7fnHBtat

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

Bravo, @CowanMitch! Interesting research into how northern quolls use - and travel across - mining landscapes in the Pilbara region of WA. 🗺️

Mitch is now a research associate with @NESPLandscapes, working on 2 projects in @KakaduNationalP.

[Charles Sturt University @CharlesSturtUni]

🐾 Paving the way for better conservation #CharlesSturtUni PhD candidate @CowanMitch’s research investigates the movement and energy use of #northernquolls living in the #mining landscape of the Pilbara.

This research was carried out under AEC approval from Charles Sturt #WildOz

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

From dawn to dust, in 40°C+ heat, a team of Indigenous rangers, Parks Australia staff and hub researcher Dr Rachel Paltridge (@IDA_Australia) are searching for the burrows of Tjakuṟa: an endangered skink.🦎

Read the new @ausgeo article by @KateCCranney: https://t.co/SI16ZPYlJY

[Australian Geographic @ausgeo]

The #Tjakuṟa, or great desert #skink, is facing a difficult battle for survival 🦎

Thankfully, #Indigenous rangers across the #Australian #desert have joined forces with @NESPLandscapes and @IDA_Australia to protect the iconic species: https://t.co/7tLgbPvhAA

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Have you heard of the vegan Dracula?! 🥬🧛‍♂️

A great article on lampreys and the work of hub researcher Dr Luke Carpenter-Bundhoo (@GriffithARI, @Griffith_Uni) and David Moffatt (@qldscience, @QldEnvironment).

📝 https://t.co/CMpNzARgvd by @g_whiteside14. @DCCEEW @TSCommissioner

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Sometimes cameras set up for night parrots capture a very different kind of bird!🦜

Indigenous rangers at #Ngururrpa IPA in Western Australia are working hard to protect the endangered night parrot. They're mapping its habitat and managing its predators, especially feral cats...

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

Great work from the Digital Women Ranger Program, which is supported by @NESPLandscapes and many others. Check out this website for more on their work! https://t.co/yceSnTtqUk 🌱🦘💻🛰️ #IndigenousRangers @QldWomenRangers

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Digital women rangers are Indigenous land and sea managers who are learning and sharing how to use data and digital technologies to help care for Country. 🌱🛰️

Our hub is proud to support the Digital Women Rangers collaboration. See their new report here!
https://t.co/9QzTRgyDGc

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Did you catch @bmrg4nrm's Tom Espinoza on @abcnews radio today?

He spoke about the Australian lungfish, and how scientists, Traditional Owners, government agencies, and landholders are working together to protect it.🔎🐟

https://t.co/lg1g2dSHN4 @qldscience @DCCEEW @Griffith_Uni

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

Have you heard of Heard Island?❄️🌋

Check out the amazing 'Ice and Fire' film this Thursday in Sydney: https://t.co/j4LWf7DvFj

Created by @DSchwartzOz and showing never-seen-before footage, "this stunning film offers a rare glimpse of some of the world’s most isolated islands".

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

Sink your teeth into today's news! Scientists have found an ancient, endangered, toothy lamprey fish in coastal Queensland, a whopping 1400 km north of its previous known range ...

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Toothy news! Scientists from @GriffithARI and @qldscience have confirmed the identity of an endangered lamprey 1400 km north of its known range. 🐟🗺️

The work—part-funded by @NESPLandscapes—adds to the literature on lamprey paired species.
https://t.co/8ePa1syw2b
@Griffith_Uni

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

We're hiring! 🔍

The hub is hiring 2 full-time roles based at UWA's Crawley Campus in Perth. Please share! ➡️

🌱 Research Communications Officer:
https://t.co/jbQYGAF8Bi

📝 Business Manager:
https://t.co/G3Iqmbp2Rk

@NESPmarinecoast @nespclimate @UWAresearch @uwanews @DCCEEW

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

All together now!

The NESP Conference was an invaluable opportunity for the hub’s leadership teams to come together.

The Hub Steering Committee, Research Executive Committee, Indigenous Advisory Panel and support staff met to discuss the hub's impact and future direction. 🔎🌏

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

"Working with these groups, getting on country, slowing down and relearning. That's been a special moment for me in this."

So says Jinibara man BJ Murphy, who recently spoke to @abcnews about the hub's Moonaboola (Mary River) partnership in SEQld. 🐟🐢🔊

https://t.co/CNgXiLZMzy

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Did you catch the hub's Moonaboola (Mary River) project on the ABC?

Learn about lungfish, eDNA and an endangered turtle that breathes through its bum! 🐢🍑
https://t.co/n3l7u4WEJ6 @sjsmail @Griffith_Uni @bmrg4nrm @MaryRiverCCC @QldEnvironment @DCCEEW @GriffithARI @TSCommissioner

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

DNA, bilby scats and feral cats ...🧬💩

This Easter, learn how Kiwirrkurra Rangers are collecting bilby scats to help monitor and manage wild bilby, or ninu, populations! #IndigenousRangers #EasterBilby

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Who's that, hopping about its burrow? 👀
It's an Easter bilby! 🧡

We're proud to work with Kiwirrkurra Rangers, @IDA_Australia and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions @WAParksWildlife to monitor and manage wild bilbies.

➡️https://t.co/jYdUK1It78
@DCCEEW

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

How do you spot an ancient fish? 🐟
How do you find an elusive turtle? 🐢
And what exactly is eDNA?? 🧬

These questions and more were answered on the banks of Queensland's Moonaboola (Mary River) this week, at a special demonstration day event!

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

I’ll be at Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park this week for the launch of Mulyamiji March! 🦎🌞 Keep an eye on @IDA_Australia and @NESPLandscapes this month …

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Tomorrow, at Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, we will celebrate the launch of Mulyamiji March! 🦎 👀

During March, 20 Indigenous ranger groups will join forces to protect tjakuṟa (aka mulyamji, great desert skink) from extinction. @IDA_Australia

Visit: https://t.co/MJ7Q7MMnUm

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

On #WorldWildlifeDay we celebrated the tiny, vibrant mallee emu-wren, the eastern quoll, and the Christmas Island flying fox. 🦉🐍🐠🐢

Our research supports the conservation of more than 35 threatened species in Australia. #NESP #WildOz #wildlife @TSCommissioner @DCCEEW #science

[Kate Cranney @KateCCranney]

The @walkleys now has an award for the Coverage of Science and the Environment!

It will 'celebrate reporting that educates and engages audiences and illuminates complex issues'.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the finalists' work, mid-year. 🪲📝🌳🎥 @auscicomm #SciComm

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

Announcing a new award for Coverage of Science and the Environment in 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism suite. Plus a key date change for entrants. https://t.co/7VtPSQgN1h

[NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub @NESPLandscapes]

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! 🎓🔬🌱

62% of our projects are led or co-led by women.

Like Assoc Professor Vanessa Adams (@UTAS_), Claire Emmerson (@QUT), Prof Kerrie Wilson (QUT), and @NaomiForrest22 (UTAS) who are studying methods of mapping biodiversity. 🗺️