In many countries there has been concern about a decline in honeybees. You may have even heard that honeybees face dangers so dire that their imminent decline threatens world food production, with potential…
Are rabbits poised to take back the landscape?
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Rabbit-killing viruses – first myxoma, then rabbit haemorrhagic disease – have rid many of our landscapes of rabbits and lulled Australians into a false sense of security. Rabbits are now fighting back…
Dingos are introduced, but have they gone native?
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Native status is a big deal. It affects where conservation dollars are spent, and our inherent reaction to a species. Most people believe that native equals good and alien equals bad, but in some cases…
Just because an idea seems ridiculous, doesn't mean it's not worth discussing.
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Last week I published an opinion piece in Nature attempting to crystallise debate on a number of issues in Australian environmental management: bushfires, weeds, feral animals, management of Aboriginal…
