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Reintroducing endangered species into the wild isn’t as straightforward as it seems. Sometimes it can go wildly wrong.
Behavior-based interventions could boost conservation efforts, but raise their own set of tricky ethical issues.
Woylies bred in wildlife havens were smaller and less flighty than their counterparts in the wild. This could jeopardise the success of repopulation programs.
Mainland resettlement programmes for tuatara have hit an unexpected snag – the lizard’s voracious appetite for seabirds.
The simulation showed catching cane toads once a week involved 85% less cost and effort than other strategies, but was just as effective.
Nine mammals in Northern Australia are at risk of extinction in the next two decades – and we know little about this home-grown crisis.
Many valuable scientific breakthroughs were originally published in a non-English language. New research shows more effort is needed to transcend language barriers to improve conservation science.
A year since the fires, I feel an underlying sadness and concern for the future. From my discussions with other conservationists, I know I’m not the only one to feel this way.
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Professor in Ecology and Conservation, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Conservation Physiology, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate & Teaching Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research Fellow in Ecology, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Research affiliate, University of Cambridge
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor in Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University
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Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sydney