Threatened mainland fauna

Threatened Species Day: A year in review of our threatened species work

Posted at 25 Sep 2024 at 21:14h in News, Threatened flora Western Volcanic Plains, Threatened mainland fauna by Melissa Herpich

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National Threatened Species Day, on the 7th of September each year, marks the day in 1936 when the last known Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) died in captivity. Few extinction events are marked so specifically, most species slip into extinction quietly and without acknowledgment, but the Tasmanian...

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Forgotten Fauna Part 18: What does the bandicoot recovery story on Victoria’s offshore islands tell us about the differential impacts of introduced predators?

Posted at 28 Mar 2024 at 21:44h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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I recently came across this interesting article in the Conversation, which looks at the story of the recovery of the Eastern Barred Bandicoot on three of Victoria's offshore islands - French, Phillip and Churchill Island - and also some of the wider issues facing the...

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Exciting records of the rare Australian Painted Snipe in the Lower South-East of SA

Posted at 29 Jan 2024 at 13:18h in News, Lake Hawdon North, Lower Lakes, Photography, Threatened mainland fauna by Abel Zevenboom

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Australian Painted Snipe at Lake Hawdon. Photo: Abel Zevenboom During Nature Glenelg Trust’s annual Wetland Bird Survey of Lake Hawdon North in November the weather was wonderful, the abundance of birds plentiful and the lake had far-reaching inundated mudflats. While teams were split up, most of...

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A deeper dive into the history of the Spotted-tailed Quoll

Posted at 21 Dec 2023 at 21:02h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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Over the past couple of months of the the NGT newsletter, the Spotted-tailed Quoll has been in the spotlight. Firstly in October, we took a closer look at the recent quoll capture near Beachport, and then last month, we followed that up with some more...

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Some great Christmas holiday viewing on quolls and devils – but be quick!

Posted at 21 Dec 2023 at 21:02h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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A couple of years ago (back in Part 13 of our Forgotten Fauna series) I shared a link to a fantastic documentary on the Eastern Quoll, filmed in Tasmania by Simon Plowright. Due to the ABC's licensing arrangements for the program, the link didn't remain...

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Fascinating follow-up to last month’s Spotted-tailed Quoll story…

Posted at 28 Nov 2023 at 13:12h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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Last month's article about the recent quoll capture near Beachport triggered a couple of fascinating follow-up stories that are definitely worth sharing!First of all, the story of the Spotted-tailed Quoll captured at Cobdogla, near Barmera, on the River Murray in SA in 1959, brought back...

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Forgotten Fauna Part 17: Quoll discovery near Beachport a rare but welcome reminder of our missing wildlife

Posted at 30 Oct 2023 at 11:26h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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The recaptured Spotted-tailed Quoll. Photo by Frank Pao-Ling Tsai. In a flurry of activity late last month, word spread fast of news of a Spotted-tailed Quoll being captured in what seemed like the most unlikely of places - a rural property situated on the South East...

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Critical protection for threatened spiny crayfish!

Posted at 19 Sep 2023 at 22:09h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Maiko Lutz

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In early September 2023, fifteen spiny crayfish species were listed as threatened under Australia’s federal law for the environment (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) 1999); NGT’s Maiko Lutz and Nick Whiterod (now with the Goyder Institute’s CLLMM Research Centre) coordinated the conservation...

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Mainland Forgotten Fauna Part 16: A more complete story of the Thylacine and placing our missing apex predators on the mainland into context

Posted at 19 Sep 2023 at 22:08h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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It has been a while since I wrote an instalment for our blog series on forgotten fauna, but a number of things I have come across lately got me thinking again about this topic, so let's dive back in again!Before I share those interesting links...

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Another leap forward for the South West Eastern Quoll Hub, with the completion of the Mt Sturgeon safe haven fence

Posted at 29 May 2023 at 15:12h in News, Eastern Quoll Hub, Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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Members of the South West Eastern Quoll Hub gathered at Mt Sturgeon Station. Photo: Mark Bachmann On Tuesday 23rd May 2023, members of the South West Eastern Quoll Hub got together for another catch-up, this time at the Dunkeld Pastoral Co.'s Mt Sturgeon Station property, near...

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