Are dingoes dogs? Researchers argue no: dingoes are genetically distinct, reproductively isolated, and on their own evolutionary path: theconversation.com/dingoes-are-... @drcairns.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @newsometm.bsky.social #AusMammalogy 1/4

#OpenAccess in #AusMammalogy: Taxonomic tangles posed by human association – urgent need for evidence-based review of dingo & domestic dog taxonomy & nomenclature. www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052 @drcairns.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @howlingdingo.bsky.social @newsometm.bsky.social 3/4

How do dingoes and red foxes respond to pulses of carrion? We found they both increase activity following increased carrion availability (especially in winter for foxes), with further possible effects on their competitive interactions. Full details here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

New piece in The Conversation "Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path" theconversation.com/dingoes-are-... And, open access paper here: www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM24052 Discuss!

📢New publication! AWMS members @jordanohampton.bsky.social and @newsometm.bsky.social and their colleagues recently published a paper arguing that One Health efforts should stop short of interfering in predator-prey dynamics. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

A nice story for my first post on this platform - a little win for these awesome animals: www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...