-
Oct 12, 2024 | 
todayschronic.com | Braedan Taylor |Jacqueline Shovellor |James McCarthy |Sarah Legge
by Braedan Taylor, Jacqueline Shovellor, James (Frankie) McCarthy, Sarah Legge and Thomas Nnarda,How can a desert burn? Australia's vast deserts aren't just sand dunes-they're often dotted with flammable spinifex grass hummocks. When heavy rains fall, grass grows quickly before drying out. That's how a desert can burn.
-
Oct 12, 2024 | 
phys.org | Braedan Taylor |Jacqueline Shovellor |Sarah Legge
How can a desert burn? Australia's vast deserts aren't just sand dunes—they're often dotted with flammable spinifex grass hummocks. When heavy rains fall, grass grows quickly before drying out. That's how a desert can burn.
-
Sep 30, 2024 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Sarah Legge
As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing unfolds in front of them. In this way, many Indigenous Australians know where the goannas (jalangardi in Yawuru) are fat and abundant, when bilby (jitartu in Karajarri) burrows are occupied, and whether the bush turkeys (parrkara in Karajarri) have arrived to take advantage of a freshly burnt patch.
-
Feb 14, 2024 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Elisabeth Marie |John Woinarski |Sarah Legge
What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. One of the goals of conservation is to reduce the risk of a species becoming extinct. While this might be seen as a low bar for conservation managers, it is seldom achieved. A new set of research papers on the conservation of Australian birds looks at cases of success over the past 30 years and where we have failed over the past 200.
-
Feb 12, 2024 | 
phys.org | John Woinarski |Sarah Legge |Stephen T. Garnett
What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. One of the goals of conservation is to reduce the risk of a species becoming extinct.
-
Feb 11, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | John Woinarski |Sarah Legge |Stephen T. Garnett
What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. One of the goals of conservation is to reduce the risk of a species becoming extinct. While this might be seen as a low bar for conservation managers, it is seldom achieved. A new set of research papers on the conservation of Australian birds looks at cases of success over the past 30 years and where we have failed over the past 200.
-
Dec 19, 2023 | 
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tim Doherty |Darcy J. Watchorn |Sarah Legge |Chris Dickman
Supporting Information Filename Description cobi14231-sup-0001-SuppMat.pdf392.9 KB Supporting information cobi14231-sup-0002-SuppMat.xlsx59.8 KB Supporting information
-
Sep 12, 2023 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Sarah Legge
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan. Its aim is to reduce the devastating impact of cats on Australian wildlife, with a focus on protecting the most at-risk species from extinction. Cats kill over 6 million native animals in Australia each day, and are challenging to manage. The plan released for public consultation has a ten-year horizon with an estimated cost of A$60 million in the first five years.
-
Sep 9, 2023 | 
phys.org | Sarah Legge |Jaana Dielenberg |John Woinarski
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan. Its aim is to reduce the devastating impact of cats on Australian wildlife, with a focus on protecting the most at-risk species from extinction.
-
Sep 7, 2023 | 
theconversation.com | Sarah Legge |Jaana Dielenberg |John Woinarski
Sarah Legge receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In the past she has received funding for cat research from the Australian Government. She is a member of the Australian Government's Threatened Species Scientific Committee, and the Feral Cat Taskforce, and contributed to the drafting of the new cat threat abatement plan.
