Don Driscoll

Orange-bellied parrots are one of the species included in the government’s Threatened Species Prospectus. JJ Harrison

March 20, 2017

Government needs to front up billions, not millions, to save Australia’s threatened species

Don Driscoll, Deakin University; Bek Christensen, Queensland University of Technology, and Euan Ritchie, Deakin University

The government’s charity drive for threatened species shows it’s unwilling to invest what’s needed to prevent extinction.

Wild horses are wreaking havoc in Australia’s mountains. Long Road Photography (formerly Aff)/Flickr

September 5, 2016

The ethical and cultural case for culling Australia’s mountain horses

Don Driscoll, Deakin University

Horses need to be removed from Australia’s mountains. The debate now is around ethics and their role in Australian culture.

Everlastings in the Australian Alps. But will they be? John O'Neill/Wikimedia Commons

April 18, 2016

Nature is neglected in this election campaign – at its and our own peril

Don Driscoll, Deakin University and Euan Ritchie, Deakin University

We’re set to hear very little about nature conservation in Australia’s upcoming election campaign. Here’s why that’s a huge oversight.

Canary grass is an invasive plant, but new varieties are still being developed for pasture. Stuart Hay

November 4, 2014

Feed or weed? New pastures are sowing problems for the future

Don Driscoll, Australian National University and Jane Catford, The University of Melbourne

Weeds cost Australian farmers around A$4 billion every year — and they are likely to do a similar amount of damage to the environment. In a new global survey published this week in Proceedings of the National…

A glimpse of wild brumbies in the Snowy Mountains. Michael Tristram/Flickr

September 22, 2014

The grim story of the Snowy Mountains’ cannibal horses

Don Driscoll, Australian National University and Sam Banks, Australian National University

When you think of horses in the Australia high country, you might imagine noble brumbies galloping out from snowgums across grassy peaks, tails and manes trailing like streamers. But on a recent trip to…

Gump, who died in May, was the last known member of her species. Director of National Parks/Supplied

August 7, 2014

Vale ‘Gump’, the last known Christmas Island Forest Skink

John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University; Don Driscoll, Australian National University, and Hal Cogger, Australian Museum

Among the most haunting and evocative images of Australian wildlife are the black and white photographs of the last Thylacine, languishing alone in Hobart Zoo. It’s an extraordinary reminder of how close…

Western Australia’s State Barrier Fence is designed to keep emus out of farms - but at what cost? Graeme Chapman.

February 27, 2013

All cost, little benefit: WA’s barrier fence is bad news for biodiversity

Don Driscoll, Australian National University

Every five or ten years Western Australia’s emus undertake mass migrations in search of food. On the way they encounter the 1,170km State Barrier Fence, which seeks to stop dingos, emus and kangaroos entering…

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