Estimating canid territories and pack compositions: Camera traps provide comparable metrics to an intense radio-collaring programme on dingoes besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Optimizing small mustelid monitoring: Enclosed camera traps increase detection of the smallest carnivores besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

AWMS Conference, Queenstown, Dec 2025 - be there! awms.org.au/conference/a...

Quantifying timing and impact of invasive predators on seabird breeding success conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Competitive release of invasive frugivorous mammals leads to perverse outcomes for native seed abundance besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Some neat research on urban cats by my colleagues, described in NZ Geographic www.nzgeo.com/stories/not-...

Exclusion of invasive predators triggers succession, competition and habitat diversification in a small mammal community royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

New article out: The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #science #birds #sleep #birdsong #urbanecology

Discriminating footprints to improve identification of congeneric invasive Rattus species scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"balancing the needs of cats, cat owners, and semi-owners/stray cat care providers with the potential negative impacts of cats on communities, other species, and ecosystems" www.nzncmg.com/research

Congratulations Georgia Pringle, winner of the 3 Minute Thesis comp! #3MT

Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Generative AI as a tool to accelerate the field of ecology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The economic cost of invasive species is far higher than previously thought! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meet the thin-spined porcupine! This nocturnal rodent, also known as the bristle-spined rat, is found only in parts of northern and central Brazil. Unlike many other porcupines, this one's quills are more like bristles than spines! Photo: ultimosrefugios, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNautralist

Pussyfooting around? Companion cat by-laws in Aotearoa New Zealand ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/issue/vie...

Problematic cats in urban reserves: Implications for native biodiversity and urban cat management www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The quick and the dead: Behavioral plasticity of anti-predator responses in an Endangered mammal conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Smart camera traps and computer vision improve detections of small fauna esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Dancing with the devil: Could native predators inside ‘predator-free’ havens be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species? besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Australasian Wildlife Management Society Conference 2025, Queenstown. All the cool kids will be there! #AWMS

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01... Australian invasive species quiz - see how you go

Trophic rewilding: The diet of an opportunistic mesopredator www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Act for the best, prepare for the worst—Defining strategic mesopredator triggers that safeguard apex predator eradication benefits besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Assessing target and non-target species interactions with buried non-toxic meat baits across fire mosaics www.publish.csiro.au/WR/WR24117?j...

The continuing search for a better mouse trap: Two tests of a practical, low-cost camera trap for detecting and observing small mammals journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Dancing with the devil: Could native predators inside ‘predator-free’ havens be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species? besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Climate science and climate change isn't about 'beliefs', but rather extensive observations, data, and the weight of evidence. But it's true about insurance companies.

Harnessing fear of predators and competitors as deterrents for an invasive predator esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

One feral feline, three nights and 87 destroyed tern nests www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/...

Optimising Control Device Luring Strategies for Invasive Predator Control: A Modelling Approach onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

www.abc.net.au/news/science... #wildoz #westernaustralia #tcz The great toad demoistening begins! 🌿🌏🧪