Danielle Clode
@dclode.bsky.social
Writer | Nature Science History
www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.
www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.
Unexpected start to the day when we found this little #joey tangled by her foot in a fence. Popped her in a pouch made out of an old jumper. The #wildlifecarer took her to the vet and there was no major damage. Fingers crossed. 🫰 Happy she's in good hands. #Australianwildlife #kangaroos
September 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Unexpected start to the day when we found this little #joey tangled by her foot in a fence. Popped her in a pouch made out of an old jumper. The #wildlifecarer took her to the vet and there was no major damage. Fingers crossed. 🫰 Happy she's in good hands. #Australianwildlife #kangaroos
What plans/processes does your local council/land authorities have in place to collect dead birds quickly to slow the spread of H5 bird flu? And if they can't or don't, what should we do? Avoid, Record, Report only works if it's follwed up by a quick RESPONSE. #birdflu #lga
August 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Wildlife, wildlife carers, wildlife rescuers, wildlife researchers, wildlife disease experts, veterinarians...all need far greater support than governments are currently providing during this difficult, dangerous and devastating time.
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Grim beachside discovery reveals 'challenge' for everyday Australians: 'My money is on kindness'
Experts note the country has two options in response to the bird flu crisis, and they hope the positive one 'wins out'.
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August 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Wildlife, wildlife carers, wildlife rescuers, wildlife researchers, wildlife disease experts, veterinarians...all need far greater support than governments are currently providing during this difficult, dangerous and devastating time.
au.news.yahoo.com/grim-beachsi... @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
au.news.yahoo.com/grim-beachsi... @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
While setting up my book stall for the Aust Mammal Society conference a friend asked if I'd mind selling these gorgeous Team Kowari socks as well. Happy to support a great cause. Only later discovered that the socks were designed by my youngest daughter!🤯 #AusWildlife #nonfiction #conservation
July 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
While setting up my book stall for the Aust Mammal Society conference a friend asked if I'd mind selling these gorgeous Team Kowari socks as well. Happy to support a great cause. Only later discovered that the socks were designed by my youngest daughter!🤯 #AusWildlife #nonfiction #conservation
So looking forward to this! If you're attending I'll have books available to purchase AND you can come ask me all your academic/popular science writing questions! See you there! #AMSABS #auswildlife
It’s bump in time for #AMSABS! Monday-Thursday is going to be a celebration of all things mammalian!
@science.org.au @ausmammals.bsky.social
@science.org.au @ausmammals.bsky.social
July 5, 2026 at 7:12 AM
So looking forward to this! If you're attending I'll have books available to purchase AND you can come ask me all your academic/popular science writing questions! See you there! #AMSABS #auswildlife
Join me on July 9 for a conversation with KI echidna expert Peggy Rismiller, chaired by monotreme biologist Frank Grutzner. In person and online! Book here for details. #nonfiction #auswildlife #naturewriting. Signed books available to purchase events.humanitix.com/rssa-july-20...
RSSA July 2026 Meeting and Scientific Presentation
RSSA July Meeting and Scientific Presentation
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July 5, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Join me on July 9 for a conversation with KI echidna expert Peggy Rismiller, chaired by monotreme biologist Frank Grutzner. In person and online! Book here for details. #nonfiction #auswildlife #naturewriting. Signed books available to purchase events.humanitix.com/rssa-july-20...
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Yet MORE evidence that dingoes ARE dingoes, NOT 'wild dogs'. Time to stop the disinformation?
"Our tests of over 300 free-roaming canines around Australia shows most carry overwhelmingly dingo ancestry. On average...88.3% dingo and just 11.7% domestic dog."
theconversation.com/new-dna-evid...
"Our tests of over 300 free-roaming canines around Australia shows most carry overwhelmingly dingo ancestry. On average...88.3% dingo and just 11.7% domestic dog."
theconversation.com/new-dna-evid...
New DNA evidence shows dingoes are almost 90% pure – and fall into eight distinct groups
Ancient and modern dingo DNA reveals eight genetically distinct groups of dingoes – and the limited influence of domestic dog genes.
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May 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Yet MORE evidence that dingoes ARE dingoes, NOT 'wild dogs'. Time to stop the disinformation?
"Our tests of over 300 free-roaming canines around Australia shows most carry overwhelmingly dingo ancestry. On average...88.3% dingo and just 11.7% domestic dog."
theconversation.com/new-dna-evid...
"Our tests of over 300 free-roaming canines around Australia shows most carry overwhelmingly dingo ancestry. On average...88.3% dingo and just 11.7% domestic dog."
theconversation.com/new-dna-evid...
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I don't often charge my car away from home but it was getting low when I went into town so I plugged in. Came back a few hours later to a fully charged car that cost $8.32 to fill. Not bad! #ev #electric #lovemycar
May 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
I don't often charge my car away from home but it was getting low when I went into town so I plugged in. Came back a few hours later to a fully charged car that cost $8.32 to fill. Not bad! #ev #electric #lovemycar
Thinking of streamlining my social media. BlueSky seems to have a super low rate of engagement - even for people with loads of followers. So I'm not sure it's worth the effort. I don't need to be here to talk to myself! Thoughts? Or do I just need to use #lists better?
April 20, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Thinking of streamlining my social media. BlueSky seems to have a super low rate of engagement - even for people with loads of followers. So I'm not sure it's worth the effort. I don't need to be here to talk to myself! Thoughts? Or do I just need to use #lists better?
#nonfiction book review
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray
We like to think that Australian cities are blessed with an abundance of nature – spacious inner-city parklands, proximity to national parks, and plentiful nature strips and street trees. Recent studi...
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April 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
#nonfiction book review
Electric trucks, buses, cars, trains. C'mon what more encouragement do you need? Diversified renewable energy supply makes sense environmentally and economically.
April 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Electric trucks, buses, cars, trains. C'mon what more encouragement do you need? Diversified renewable energy supply makes sense environmentally and economically.
The future is electric - by train, truck, bus or car. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
B-doubling down on electric trucks
While the Coalition claims electric trucks are not capable of transporting heavy freight, overseas usage and current trials in Australia show they far outperform diesel on both overall cost and effici...
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April 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The future is electric - by train, truck, bus or car. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Echidna of the day (6) - Echidnas are surprisingly long lived for their size and adults tend to remain in the same fairly large area so this could well be the same one. They have really good memories too - maybe this one remembers seeing @katara27 before too?
Day 99 - A few years ago an echidna walked up our drive way in search of food. To my shock it happened again today. I wonder if its the same one 🤔
#365Project #Day99 #photography #wildlife #fauna #wildlifephoto #echidna #animalphoto #photooftheday #photographersofbluesky
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#365Project #Day99 #photography #wildlife #fauna #wildlifephoto #echidna #animalphoto #photooftheday #photographersofbluesky
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April 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Echidna of the day (6) - Echidnas are surprisingly long lived for their size and adults tend to remain in the same fairly large area so this could well be the same one. They have really good memories too - maybe this one remembers seeing @katara27 before too?
Day 4 book countdown: Let's make this a book plus echidna post then. Because echidnas are great for any occasion! (Except maybe landscaping your garden). #TheEngmaticEchidnq out May 5.
This account is meant to be books and biography more than wildlife but when this one turns up in your driveway, what can you do 🥰
April 8, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Day 4 book countdown: Let's make this a book plus echidna post then. Because echidnas are great for any occasion! (Except maybe landscaping your garden). #TheEngmaticEchidnq out May 5.
Book countdown Day 3: Echidnas have an amazing capacity to survive fires, both by burying themselves underground and undergoing torpor for several days afterwards. They are often seen with burnt spines afterwards but these soon grow back. Resilient animals! #TheEnigmaticEchidna May 5
April 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Book countdown Day 3: Echidnas have an amazing capacity to survive fires, both by burying themselves underground and undergoing torpor for several days afterwards. They are often seen with burnt spines afterwards but these soon grow back. Resilient animals! #TheEnigmaticEchidna May 5
Book countdown Day 2- #Echidnas have such incredibly long and quick tongues but they are usually quite hard to see. Have to be quick - takes a lot of ants or termites to fill up an echidna! #thenigmaticechidna out May5 Thanks to @kk-maker.bsky.social for this post from Perth Zoo.
Video: echidna slurping at a lick mat with their wormy sticky tongue.
[via Perth Zoo]
[via Perth Zoo]
April 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Book countdown Day 2- #Echidnas have such incredibly long and quick tongues but they are usually quite hard to see. Have to be quick - takes a lot of ants or termites to fill up an echidna! #thenigmaticechidna out May5 Thanks to @kk-maker.bsky.social for this post from Perth Zoo.
Book countdown day 1: Reposting #echidnas everyday the next month in the lead up to publication day on May 5. This one from the Dandenongs in Victoria under the towering Mountain Ash forests. Thanks for sharing @yungenchee.bsky.social #TheEnigmaticEchidna
An echidna-graced Easter is a blessed Easter 💚
Dandenong Ranges, land of the Wurundjeri woiwurrung
Dandenong Ranges, land of the Wurundjeri woiwurrung
April 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Book countdown day 1: Reposting #echidnas everyday the next month in the lead up to publication day on May 5. This one from the Dandenongs in Victoria under the towering Mountain Ash forests. Thanks for sharing @yungenchee.bsky.social #TheEnigmaticEchidna
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray
We like to think that Australian cities are blessed with an abundance of nature – spacious inner-city parklands, proximity to national parks, and plentiful nature strips and street trees. Recent studi...
www.australianbookreview.com.au
April 3, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
Fascinating discovery about the origins of the #pineal gland or "third eye" which all vertebrates have except hagfish. Central for regulating #sleep and circadian rhythms (jetlag anyone?) this fossil suggests it was once a pair of fully functioning #eyes, not just light sensitive tissue.
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Missed US cultural references are probably more common than we think. I can't shake my image of a "sloppy joe" as a very daggy unwashed sweatshirt. #language #idioms
Just realised I was missing a vital distinction in US culture, I thought Trader Vic's and Trader Joe's were the same thing.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Something quite distressing about a new resident flying a huge Australian flag off their gatepost. Feels deeply divisive and disprespectful. But the big Q is - are they English or bogans?
January 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Something quite distressing about a new resident flying a huge Australian flag off their gatepost. Feels deeply divisive and disprespectful. But the big Q is - are they English or bogans?
Another #AI email this morning full of effusive praise for one of my books. What kind of sick criminal industry steals my work and income and uses it to try and scam me out of the money I don't earn using fake praise? #writingcommunity
Latest anti-writer scam is a fake Goodreads Reading Challenge, using a gmail rather than a goodreads domain email. At this point any genuine contact is going to get lost in the torrent of spam. AI semi-targeted mass messaging is the parasite that kills the host.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Another #AI email this morning full of effusive praise for one of my books. What kind of sick criminal industry steals my work and income and uses it to try and scam me out of the money I don't earn using fake praise? #writingcommunity
Day off today. Converted the former TV nook into more shelving for the (now) craft room. Toss up between fabric storage and book stock - books won. Plus stuffed toys for school visits.
January 25, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Day off today. Converted the former TV nook into more shelving for the (now) craft room. Toss up between fabric storage and book stock - books won. Plus stuffed toys for school visits.