Species ID video for the Glossy Black Conservancy and Birdlife Australia.
Read MoreHow to identify Black-Cockatoos
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Acoustic monitoring of the Kangaroo Island glossy black-cockatoo
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After devastating summer bushfires, in February 2020, conservationists, scientists and managers convened on Kangaroo Island to form a strategy for the island’s post-fire recovery.
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Image copyright Rebecca Diete and Luke Leung
Famous for extinction: the Bramble Cay melomys
The little mammal that went extinct before you knew it existed, the Bramble Cay melomys went down in history books last week as Climate Change's first victim.
Read MoreRemembering Karak: the other Commonwealth Games mascot
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It’s Commonwealth Games madness here in my home city of Gold Coast. Excitement is building. As a testament to the extent of my love for sport, I am leaving the city the morning after the Opening Ceremony to head back to Kangaroo Island for the 2018 glossy black-cockatoo breeding season. Black-cockatoos might seem like a convenient way for me to avoid the chaos of the Games (which is true), but there’s actually a connection between black-cockatoos and the Games:
The south-eastern red-tailed black-cockatoo was the official mascot of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Read MoreVaquita on the verge of extinction
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For a long time, I have wanted to write of the tragedy of the vaquita. This cryptic porpoise has been keeping a spot in my mind and my heart for a number of years, since I first learned of its imminent extinction. The story of the vaquita is so depressing, so overwhelming, that I find it hard to write about. Sadly, it’s also a predictable and all-too-common story.
Right up, here’s the punchline: the vaquita is about to become extinct.
There’s no time to really dawdle on speaking about it.
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