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Rat poison found in dead wedge-tailed eagles in Australian-first study

A long-term study has found high levels of rat poison in wedge-tailed eagles, suggesting that the toxins are having a broad impact on the food chain.

The University of Tasmania research, spanning more than two decades and released in May this year, is the first systematic study of rat poisons in an Australian top predator. David Barnott-Clement, Microsoft News. 9 June 2021

Red foxes feasting on Australian mammals

Scientists at Murdoch University’s Harry Butler Institute (HBI) have discovered that red foxes are ravaging a larger range of Australian animals than previously realized, with 70% of fox diet samples turning up mammal remains. Murdoch University. 31 May 2021

‘Not just dropping off a twig’: How climate impacts may be underestimated

Many species may be much more vulnerable to climate change than researchers realise because of a focus on the point when animals and plants perish rather than when they stop reproducing. Peter Hannan, The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 May 2021

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