A survey of 32,000 samples of dingo droppings and stomach contents reveal that this predator's appetite is as wide-ranging as Australia's landscapes. But medium and large mammals are top of the menu.
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The return of white sharks to Cape Cod, Massachusetts was a tourism success story – until a shark killed a swimmer. Can the Cape's residents and visitors learn to share the ocean with these apex predators?
With superpowers other animals can only dream of, these crustaceans challenge sharks for the title of most amazing predator in the sea.
An attack on a WA mine worker has highlighted the danger of wild dingoes, particularly when attracted by humans' food - one of the factors that can make an attack by wild predators much more likely.
A new way for leopard biologists to monitor this elusive and iconic species has been developed.
When humans have conflicts with wildlife, the first reaction is often to cull them. But there's little evidence to show that it works, and removing predators can even backfire and make things worse.
Effective conservation of migratory songbirds requires an understanding of how populations are connected between seasons. The challenge is being able to track individuals throughout the entire year.
Dingoes increase cattle yields, mountain lions reduce car crashes and vultures eat organic waste: like them or not, predators help humans.
From falcons that hunt by the light of skyscrapers, to bears that sit in wait at weirs, animals are using human structures to help them catch a meal.
Beneath their beautiful, flashing facade some female fireflies are ruthless predators.
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it'll make a toad vomit.
Interactions between sharks and humans happen in a variety of places. That means reducing conflict needs different interventions.
Fatal shark bites are very rare. But the stats do suggest that the likelihood of an attack proving fatal is higher in Australia - probably because our waters are home to the "big three" dangerous species.
A new study suggests the benefits of a boost to marine plant growth from increased carbon dioxide will be cancelled out by the increased stress to fish species.
It sounds weird, but releasing small cane toads ahead of the main invasion front can help predators learn to avoid the biggest, most toxic ones. Here's exactly how it works.
Cats, rats, foxes and other mammal predators have been implicated in 60% of the world's animals extinctions.
Ongoing drought means increased encounters between people and lions in north-west Namibia.
Do you know your parasites from your gut commensals? Read this and you will.
Carnivorous predators play an important, and until now unknown, role in preserving plant populations in the territories they inhabit.
To understand why insects sting and why the stings of such tiny animals hurt so much, we first needed a way to measure the pain they cause. So I created a sting pain index.
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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