Tag: #EndangeredSpecies

Not so Dumbo.

            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 […]

Philanthropic funds contribute to Tasmanian devil vaccine research

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 […]

Extinction looms large for our birds

When celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio take to social media to champion Tasmania’s swift parrots, a species that faces extinction, awareness of the threat becomes global. The seriousness of the threat to birds was confirmed in a study published recently in the journal Emu – Austral Ornithology. It found Australian birds living […]

Taronga Western Plains Zoo ends year on high note

Taronga Zoo is ending the year with good news all round. On October 4 – International Zookeeper Day – lion keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, New South Wales, welcomed three lion cubs, born late in the evening.  “The cubs are doing really well, they’re hitting all their […]

Green sea turtles face additional threat to survival

Already known to be at risk from warming temperatures that are affecting the ratio of male and female eggs being hatched, a study published recently in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science has found the exposure of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) to heavy metal pollution in their foraging areas […]