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October 13, 2025

It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara

Sean Tomlinson, University of Adelaide and Damien Fordham, University of Adelaide

It only took 60 years for the red fox to spread across Australia. New research could prevent other invasive animals doing the same.

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July 24, 2024

Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the demise of NZ’s moa can help other flightless birds

Damien Fordham, University of Adelaide; Jamie Wood, University of Adelaide; Mark V. Lomolino, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Sean Tomlinson, University of Adelaide

Reconstructing the demise of New Zealand’s extinct moa can help conserve the country’s remaining flightless birds, which are retreating to the same final places - cold, isolated mountaintops.

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