Population monitoring conducted at the Taronga Sanctuary inside Taronga Western Plains Zoo has confirmed an estimated population of 212 greater bilbies (Macrotis lagotis), marking a major milestone for the nationally threatened marsupial. The latest survey recorded 109 individual bilbies, including 45 newly identified individuals, confirming sustained, free-ranging population growth within the zoo’s 110-hectare feral-predator-free enclosure. […]

As the impact of feral cats on Australia’s native wildlife continues to be under the spotlight, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has announced it is launching a new National Feral Cat Research Program.  Founded in 1991, AWA was established in response to Australia’s mammal extinction crisis. Its latest program, announced in August, will begin with […]

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has announced plans to temporarily withdraw all 24 expeditioners from the Macquarie Island research station due to the severe psychosocial and operational risks posed by an anticipated H5 high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. The sub-Antarctic research facility located approximately 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania will undergo a planned closure in […]