During her stay in Vancouver, Dr. Hogg joined Stu McNish for a “Conversation That Matters” about the role genomics is playing in an all-out effort to save the Tasmanian devil. You can watch that interview below as well as her Don Rix Distinguished Keynote Address below. As an added bonus, listen Continue Reading
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NSW Department of Planning and Environment: Keeping up with the Bellinger River snapping turtle
An article about people working to conserve the critically endangered Bellinger River snapping turtle to learn more about the species and what’s being done to try to protect it. Research to assist recovery of the Bellinger River snapping turtle is ongoing. University of Sydney PhD student Holly Nelson is using Continue Reading
My Journey to a Wildlife Conservation Degree
by Lucy Ockert (2022 Honours Student) Are you thinking about enrolling in a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Taronga Wildlife Conservation) but not sure if it’s the right degree for you? Two years ago, I was in a similar situation. I had originally enrolled in a Bachelor of Science Continue Reading
Conversations That Matter: Can genomics save the ‘devil’
For the past 12 years, Dr. Carolyn Hogg has been working with the Save theTasmanian devil Program utilizing genomics as a vital tool to save thisendangered marsupial. Carolyn joined a Conversation That Matters about the role genomics is playing in an all-out effort to save the Tasmanian devil. Listen to Continue Reading
The Secret Superpower of Frogs
by Simon Tang (2022 Honours Student) An intense, murky river. Densely packed trees, twisting into each other and Mother Earth below. Decaying detritus scattered throughout the landscape. This pulsating ecosystem is not the most welcoming of places. Many dare not to stay for too long, to avoid angering an infected Continue Reading
Why I flew halfway around the world to study two small lizards at the University of Sydney
by Tristan Dodge (Fullbright Scholar) Now that you’ve been drawn in by my clickbait headline, allow me to introduce myself — my name is Tris and I’m visiting AWGG on a Fulbright Scholarship, which is an exchange program with the United States. I’m an evolutionary biologist. Back home I’m a Continue Reading
Should I be afraid of the humble platypus?
by Adele Gonsalvez (2022 Honours Student) The platypus. Cute, cuddly, a collection of disparate animal features somehow merged into one animal? Sure. Venomous? Surely not. But alas, just when you’d thought this Australian native couldn’t get any more bizarre (being egg-laying mammals and all) you’d be surprised again. Unbeknownst to Continue Reading
ABC Radio National: Will any Koalas be left in the Australias East by 2050
Being one of Australia’s cutest animals hasn’t prevented its slide towards extinction. Reporter Rachael Brown investigates what is being done to try to curb the koala’s declining population: Listen to the full broadcast here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/will-any-koalas-be-left-in-australias-east-by-2050/13953818
Our new conservation super power: Big data joins genetics in the fight to rescue Australia’s embatteled biodiversity
The grand vision Carolyn is talking about is being coordinated through a new national project called the Threatened Species Initiative (TSI), for which she is the science leader. Find the full article here: https://inside.australiangeographic.com.au/articles/our-new-conservation-superpower
Parice Brandies
Brandies, P. A. (2021). Conserving Australia’s iconic marsupials; one genome at a time. The University of Sydney. In the midst of a global sixth mass extinction event, conservation initiatives are now more crucial than ever. Australia houses the most diverse range of marsupial species in the world; however, the number Continue Reading