The Conversation

We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat

Craig Nitschke received funding for this research from the Australian Research Council and industry partners (the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning, and VicForests) as ...
The Olympian

Fluffy-tailed creature — long thought to be locally extinct — found in Australia

A trail camera in a national park of New South Wales photographed a critically endangered animal long thought to be locally extinct. Photo from Mark Lees / DPIE via New South Wales National Parks and ...
The Australian

Photo ups ante in fight to save endangered possum

More than 1000 photographs of two possums, the Victorian state emblem, were recovered from motion-sensor cameras last weekend. MyEnvironment director Sarah Rees said the pair were "literally hanging ...
Townsville Bulletin

Possum protection zones are set to wipe out $15m from Victorian timber industry

A NEW report shows the unassuming Leadbeater’s possum is set to cost one Victorian industry $15 million in revenue, adding to job loss fears. Since the zone laws were put in place, the risk of ...
The Conversation

When is a nature reserve not a nature reserve? When it’s already been burned and logged

David Lindenmayer receives funding from Australian Research Council, and the Australian and Victorian Governments. He is a member of Birds Australia. Chris Taylor does not work for, consult, own ...