Latest News
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Indigenous land manager profile: Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa and Martu people
Tue, 30 Jun 2020An interview with Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa and Martu people
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Migratory shorebirds and artificial roosts
Tue, 30 Jun 2020Many “working coastal wetlands”, including ports, commercial salt works and wastewater treatment plants, host important habitat for threatened migratory shorebirds. Amanda Lilleyman from Charles Darwin University and Micha Jackson from The University of Queensland tell us about why disturbance on public beaches can be a real problem for shorebirds and why some industrial sites are very important to species like the Critically Endangered far eastern curlew.
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Natural capital brings biodiversity to business
Tue, 30 Jun 2020There is growing awareness among business leaders of the essential contribution of biodiversity to economic and social prosperity. Natasha Cadenhead and Rachel Morgain explore how natural capital is making its way into the boardroom, and how hub research can help businesses make better decisions.
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Private land manager profile: Dr Alex Kutt
Tue, 30 Jun 2020An interview with Dr Alex Kutt, Senior Ecologist North Australia, Bush Heritage Australia
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Private land manager profile: Nigel Sharp
Tue, 30 Jun 2020An interview with Nigel Sharp, Founder and Chair of Board, Odonata Foundation
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Private land manager profile: Tim Allard
Tue, 30 Jun 2020An interview with Tim Allard, CEO, Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC)
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Rethinking private land to save species
Tue, 30 Jun 2020Our national reserve system is magnificent and works to preserve some of the world’s most spectacular and unique places, but on its own it is not enough to prevent species extinctions in Australia. Professor Brendan Wintle takes a look at why our conservation strategies need to think beyond conservation reserves and some of the work already happening in this area.
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Supporting land managers to help end extinction
Tue, 30 Jun 2020The TSR Hub works with a diverse range of on-ground land managers to help them achieve their land management and conservation objectives.
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Sustainable Farms: bringing people together to support healthy farms, farmers and profits
Tue, 30 Jun 2020Sustainable Farms is exploring how enhanced biodiversity underpins productivity, and supports better farmer mental health. Sustainable Farms is bringing together farmers, researchers from finance, health and ecology, NRM agencies, agricultural service providers and many others. Jaana Dielenberg reports.
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Bitten by the bittern bug
Wed, 20 May 2020Farming creates novel habitats. In the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, rice fields are providing a conservation opportunity where food production and threatened species can be managed concurrently.
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Private land manager profile: Mark Robb
Wed, 20 May 2020An interview with Mark Robb, Environmental Compliance and Biodiversity Officer, Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Limited
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Researcher Profile: Matt Herring
Wed, 20 May 2020More than 60% of Australia’s land mass is managed by farmers, and they are custodians for thousands of natural and agricultural wetlands. Working on private land offers a challenging but rewarding career for a researcher.
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New work to support bushfire recovery and COVID-19 impacts
Thu, 26 Mar 2020We are receiving an additional $2 million to deliver science to support wildlife and habitat recovery efforts following Australia’s bushfire crisis. The rapid rollout of work now faces the added and acute challenge of COVID-19.
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Addressing our wildlife cat-astrophe
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Predation by cats is a key threat to at least 123 threatened species in Australia. Better understanding and reducing the impact of feral cats on susceptible wildlife has been a major area of research for the hub.
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Considering cats and foxes after the bushfires: Fewer pests but more impact?
Mon, 16 Mar 2020One of the post-fire challenges to population recovery that many native species will face is increased risk of predation, including by introduced foxes and cats.
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Could toxoplasmosis have a role in mammal declines?
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Toxoplasmosis was introduced to Australia by cats, who continue to spread the disease. It is known that the disease affects Australian mammals, and that many Australian mammals are suffering dramatic declines. It was completely unknown, however, whether these declines are linked with toxoplasmosis.
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Effective conservation of Australian mammals threatened by cats
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Chief Science Officer John Kanowski and Regional Ecologist SW Michael Smith from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy discuss the far-reaching work their team is doing to protect vulnerable mammals from introduced predators.
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Feral cats: An Australian Government perspective
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Oliver Tester from the Office of the Threatened Species Commissioner tells us about the Australian Government’s action on feral cats.
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Hugh McGregor - Comprehending Cats
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Feral cats are one of the greatest threats to Australian wildlife – and one of the most enigmatic of creatures. They therefore offer an incredible subject for a research career.
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Improving feral cat control - Baiting trials at Taunton National Park
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Principal Scientist in the Pest Animal Research Centre at the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Matt Gentle takes us through the cat baiting trials at Taunton National Park
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Rabbit burrows helping cats colonise new frontiers
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Across Australia’s arid zones feral cats are utilising micro-refuges, like rabbit burrows, to help them persist in areas that are otherwise unsuitable.
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Testing cat baiting on Kangaroo Island
Mon, 16 Mar 2020A feral cat eradication program is underway on Kangaroo Island. Conservation managers want to know if poison baiting is suitable for densely vegetated and inaccessible areas characteristic of most of the island’s conservation reserves.
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The conundrum of cats in Australia
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Beloved companion animal and decimator of native wildlife – that is Australia’s cat conundrum. Australia and Antarctica are the only continents without native felids. Our wildlife has evolved over millennia without defences against these supreme hunters.
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The mathematics of cats
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Working with many collaborators, researchers from the hub have now completed a set of national-scale studies that tally the number of cats in Australia and the number of animals that they kill.
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Using fire to reduce cat impacts on the Tiwi Islands
Mon, 16 Mar 2020A partnership is investigating the relationships between small native mammals, cats, habitat and fire on the Tiwi islands while rangers utilise traditional cool burning strategies, to reduce bushfires and maintain habitat that helps mammals avoid cats.
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When rabbits are off the menu, what’s for dinner?
Mon, 16 Mar 2020Rabbits and feral cats are individually two of the most widespread and destructive pest species in Australia. When rabbit numbers are abundant they also boost feral cat populations. As a result, over the long-term, rabbit bio-controls can be effective in reducing both rabbit and feral cat populations. But what happens when rabbit numbers first crash; do cats prey-switch and create a bigger threat than usual for native wildlife?
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When the cat’s away will the rats play?
Mon, 16 Mar 2020A hub collaboration with Parks Australia is investigating the potential outcomes of cat control on Christmas Island, including whether rats will need concurrent control.
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Australia’s best eucalypt photos put spotlight on worrying trend
Tue, 18 Feb 2020A national photo competition is drawing attention to the beauty of Australia’s iconic eucalypts, also called gum trees, as an Australia-wide assessment finds almost one quarter qualify as threatened according to International criteria. The competition, which has received over 1000 entries, was undertaken by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub and is receiving support from Australian Geographic.
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A conservation response to the 2019-20 wildfires
Tue, 21 Jan 2020With other concerned conservation biologists, researchers from the Threatened Species Recovery Hub have developed a ‘blueprint’ for management responses to the 2019-20 wildfires. This report can be downloaded from our website.
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Threatened Species Recovery Hub statement on the fires
Tue, 14 Jan 2020We express our sympathy to everyone whose life has been impacted by these horrific fires, and acknowledges the heartbreak of families who have lost everything, including loved ones.
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‘Tis the season...Understanding how threatened plants respond to different fires
Tue, 26 Nov 2019A hub project is working to better understand the effects of different fire regimes on threatened flora in order to improve fire management strategies and conservation outcomes.
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Backyard scientists helping possums and gliders
Tue, 26 Nov 2019Almost a quarter of Australia’s possums and gliders are listed as threatened under Australian environmental law, and many more are showing signs of decline. Dr Rochelle Steven from The University of Queensland believes people in the community can do a lot to support conservation, especially in urban areas.
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Better detection and monitoring vital for better conservation outcomes
Tue, 26 Nov 2019The detection and monitoring of threatened species have been a strong area of research in the National Environmental Science Program. Hub Director Professor Brendan Wintle takes a look at why it is so important to the conservation of Australia’s threatened species.
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Beyond captivity for Christmas Island reptiles
Tue, 26 Nov 2019A hub project team is working closely with Parks Australia to help secure a future for the two Extinct in the Wild Christmas Island reptiles lizards beyond captivity.
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Detection dogs rapidly filling the gaps for rare antechinus species
Tue, 26 Nov 2019A partnership with the Queensland Herbarium and Queensland Department of Environment and Science is modelling the habitat of two rare and threatened antechinus species to predict where they are likely to occur, and is then using detection dogs to rapidly survey these sites.
