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Jan 6, 2025 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Darcy J. Watchorn |Zoos Victoria
It’s just past midnight in the cool, ancient forests of Tasmania. We’ve spent a long day and night surveying endangered Tasmanian devils. All around, small animals scurry through bushes. A devil calls in the darkness. Microbats swoop and swirl as a spotted-tailed quoll slips through the shadows. Working here is spine-tingling and electric. Weeks later, we’re in a moonlit forest in Victoria. It was logged a few years earlier and burnt by bushfire a few decades before that. The old trees are gone.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Elisabeth Marie |Darcy J. Watchorn |Chris Dickman |Don Driscoll
Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the red fox. Each year in Australia, cats and foxes kill an estimated 697 million reptiles, 510 million birds, and 1.4 billion mammals, totalling a staggering 2.6 billion animals.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Darcy J. Watchorn
Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the red fox. Each year in Australia, cats and foxes kill an estimated 697 million reptiles, 510 million birds, and 1.4 billion mammals, totalling a staggering 2.6 billion animals.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
phys.org | Darcy J. Watchorn |Chris Dickman |Don Driscoll
Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the red fox.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Darcy J. Watchorn |Chris Dickman |Don Driscoll
Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the red fox. Each year in Australia, cats and foxes kill an estimated 697 million reptiles, 510 million birds, and 1.4 billion mammals, totalling a staggering 2.6 billion animals.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tim Doherty |Darcy J. Watchorn |Sarah Legge |Chris Dickman
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
cosmosmagazine.com | Darcy J. Watchorn
Read science facts, not fiction... There’s never been a more important time to explain the facts, cherish evidence-based knowledge and to showcase the latest scientific, technological and engineering breakthroughs. Cosmos is published by The Royal Institution of Australia, a charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of science. Financial contributions, however big or small, help us provide access to trusted science information at a time when the world needs it most.
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
cosmosmagazine.com | Darcy J. Watchorn
Name(s): Narrow-toed feather-tailed glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), meaning ‘Little acrobat’ in Latin. Also known as the pygmy gliding possum or pygmy glider. Size: Weight: 10-12 g, equivalent to aAAA battery or 10 paper clips. Length: 7 cm, equivalent to your index finger. Diet: Nectar, pollen, and little creatures like moths and ants. Habitat/range: Hollow-bearing trees in the eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia, from southern Victoria to southern Queensland. Conservation status: Least concern.
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May 1, 2023 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Darcy J. Watchorn
Image credit: Darcy Watchorn Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.)It’s easy to see why albino animals are so fascinating. Their stark white appearance typically sets them apart from the world around them, providing a striking contrast against the green forest, red desert or blue ocean.
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Mar 28, 2023 | 
phys.org | Darcy J. Watchorn
Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.) It's easy to see why albino animals are so fascinating.
