Rowan Mott
Communicating scientific findings to the general public is very important to me. Similarly, engaging people so that they become receptive to, or better still advocates for, measures to conserve our natural environment must happen if we are to overcome the inertia that seems so prevalent in today’s conservation landscape. Below you will find links to some of the articles and scicomm pieces I have produced. Many of these works were written for Remember the Wild and its initiative Wild Melbourne. These nature engagement charities have a rapidly expanding readership, and a growing portfolio of engagement and outreach successes. I am a writer for Remember the Wild and my works typically aim to educate people about aspects of ecology relevant to Australia.
The Conversation
Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem
Our Helicopter Rescue Mission May Seem a Lot of Effort for a Plain Little Bird, but it was Worth it
Australian BirdLife Magazine
Australian Marine Sciences Bulletin
Remember the Wild and Wild Melbourne
Catching hope: the race against fire
Threatened Species Day is an event, but extinction is a process
Seabirds that can’t get wet: the bizarre lifestyle of frigatebirds
Spot these 5 cormorants around Port Phillip Bay
Five reasons why shorebirds are awesome
Penny Olsen on the enigmatic Night Parrot and the people who chase it
Headed from the hills to a town near you
The fab five: finches of Victoria
There was still life in the old dead tree
A regent without an empire: habitat loss and the decline of the Regent Honeyeater
Magic amidst a multitude of stems
Are Abbott's Boobies heading for an anty climax?
Birds on the brink (book review)
The most important Ashes struggle of the summer: the Mallee Emu-wren
Come and sea the real thing: the pelagic experience (co-written)
Like a fly on the wall (book review)
The joys of watching grass grow
Birds from the backyard and boyhood
The Bulldogs are't the only good thing in the West
The vagaries of vagrant-chasers explained
It’s a long way to the top and every stratum plays a role
A cold winter in a box-ironbark forest is far from a silent spring
Listen up and you will never look back
Eye in the sky: drones as tools for conservation biologists
Twitter outreach
