The negative impact on Australia’s wildlife from introduced predators like cats and foxes is well documented, so a 26-year study led by conservationists from the University of NSW, that first involved the removal of feral animals from a fenced reserve in South Australia, has offered hope areas can undergo positive ecological transformations as native species […]
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Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has marked its fifth anniversary – and treatment of more than 10,000 wildlife patients – with the launch of a permanent hospital facility and a refreshed mobile hospital ready to tour nationally in 2026. Under its parent organisation, Wildlife Recovery Australia (WRA), the charity now operates three state-of-the-art treatment and rehabilitation centres […]
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Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group at the University of New South Wales, has resulted in the development of a tool to standardise genetic testing of koala populations, to help provide a significant boost to conservation and recovery efforts. Lyndal Hulse, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at UQ’s School of the Environment, said the standardised koala genetic marker […]
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Previous studies have found there are short-term health risks from exposure to concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals for both humans and wildlife, but there has been limited understanding of the long-term effects of exposure to PFAS – or ‘forever chemicals’ as they are also called – on aquatic ecosystem-dependent animals. A joint study by […]
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