We analysed photos of predators and prey from 3,667 camera traps in southwest Victoria. We found feral cats were more abundant and behaved differently in areas where foxes were baited.
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A chance discovery of an albino bush rat in Victoria’s Otway Ranges inspired a search for more fair beauties. Here’s what the survey of Aussie ecologists, museums and newspaper clippings revealed.
Researchers are in a race against time to learn about the female-oriented social structures of Australia’s small native rodents and marsupials.
In some regions, foxes kill at least 1,000 animals per square kilometre every year.
One of Australia’s largest groups of flower species is named after a wealthy British slave-trader. And Nazi memorabilia collectors have almost sent “Hitler’s beetle” extinct. It’s time for a change.
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Professor, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Murdoch University
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Adjunct Assoc. Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Charles Darwin University
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PhD Candidate, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Adelaide
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Research Fellow in Ecology, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO
