Three African lion cubs at Taronga Western Plains Zoo have been named in time for World Lion Day, celebrated globally on August 10. The male cub has been named Nguvu, the Swahili word for ‘strength,’ while his sisters have been named Mzuri (‘good’ or ‘beautiful’) and Kaari (‘young girl’ or ‘daughter’ in Kenyan culture). According to Senior Lion Keeper […]
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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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Although Australia’s population of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when whaling saw it driven to near extinction, a new study published recently in the journal Global Change Biology has raised concerns the recovery of the species has stalled. Lead author Anne Grundlehner, marine ecologist and data scientist, and […]
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Results of a study published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution found that wild African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) may address each other with name-like calls that, similar to personal names used by humans, do not appear to imitate sounds made by the individual being addressed. Lead author Michael Pardo, a behavioural […]
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Donations made to the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal will be distributed across five research grants this year to fund projects that include the development of a ‘bait’ vaccine. This will differ from the vaccine type developed several years ago that aimed to slow the progression of the facial tumour disease that has ravaged populations […]
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