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    Secret lives of devils revealed

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1005-secret-lives-of-devils-revealed
    11 May 2020: A ‘devil’s eye view’ into the secret lives of one of Tasmania’s most iconic creatures has been gathered by researchers using specially adapted video camera collars – and the results are incredible. The never seen before footage gained
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    Devils could be saviours for threatened birds in Bass Strait

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1062-devils-could-be-saviours-for-threatened-birds-in-bass-strait
    24 Sep 2020: While birds and native predators may seem like an odd coupling, a recent study by University of Tasmania ecologist Matthew Fielding suggests that reintroducing native predators to the islands could help rebalance the ecosystem and protect our more
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    Treats of Tasmanian island birds

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1013-treats-of-tasmanian-island-birds
    7 Jul 2020: A courier package arrives from King Island, Tasmania. In it is an entire forest raven, still frozen. Most of us would wonder if it was Friday the 13th and discard the package and its contents immediately. But not University of Tasmania PhD candidate
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    Australia needs a national bushfire monitoring agency

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1045-australia-needs-a-national-bushfire-monitoring-agency
    13 Aug 2020: Australia’s bushfire monitoring system is unfit for purpose and we need to build a national agency to strengthen our resilience and adaption to climate change, urge a team of leading fire researchers. In a comment published in the journal Nature,
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    Global impact of wildfires to intensify due to climate change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1046-global-impact-of-wildfires-to-intensify-due-to-climate-change
    19 Aug 2020: The global economic and environmental impact of wildfires is likely to worsen as a result of human-induced climate change and land-use patterns, according to a team of international fire researchers. In a paper published in the journal Nature Reviews:
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    Emu scats offer clues to times in Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1018-emu-scats-offer-clues-to-times-in-tasmania
    28 May 2020: Every three months Matthew Fielding arrives at Melbourne Airport with a large box to put on a plane. When he tells the airline staff what’s in it, they rush off to speak to their managers, mouths agape. After all, it’s not every day you are asked
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    Australian reptiles on the brink of extinction

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1058-australian-reptiles-on-the-brink-of-extinction
    21 Sep 2020: They may not be cute and cuddly, but these Aussie animals need our help before it is too late. A new study from the Threatened Species Recovery Hub predicts that 11 species of snakes and lizards are likely to become extinct by 2040 unless there is a
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    Guardian dogs provide safe haven for endangered bandicoots

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1103-guardian-dogs-provide-safe-haven-for-endangered-bandicoots
    17 Dec 2020: After years of training, two very special Guardian dogs are ready to fulfil their mission to help bring the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot back from extinction in the wild. In a collaborative research trial between Zoos Victoria and the
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    Tasmanian devils may survive their own pandemic

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1102-tasmanian-devils-may-survive-their-own-pandemic
    17 Dec 2020: Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, there is some good news about a wildlife pandemic which may also help scientists better understand how other emerging diseases evolve. Researchers have found strong evidence that a transmissible cancer that has
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    Burrow-hopping on wombat researchers’ radar

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1056-burrow-hopping-on-wombat-researchers-radar
    10 Sep 2020: Wombats are nocturnal, solitary animals that spend the daylight hours slumbering in underground burrows. This subterranean habitat can range from a single burrow to a complex network of burrows with multiple entrances. While they tend to sleep alone,

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