Office of the Threatened Species Commissioner
AI is helping to reconstruct Australian sea lion foraging trips
Sep 3, 2026
But the footage can only cover a small fraction of sea lions’ foraging expeditions, due to camera battery, storage and size limitations. University of Tasmania honours student Ruby Fox developed four machine-learning models to predict where and how sea lions forage when the cameras run out of steam. Ms Fox used data from a 2022/23…
‘Western’ southern right whale recovery remains stalled, 2025 survey shows
Jun 3, 2026
The annual aerial survey coincides with the seasonal migration of right whales to these areas where females nurse their young. It began in 1976 and has been supported by the National Environmental Science Program since 2015. In 2025, the survey team counted 646 whales, including 304 female-calf pairs and 38 unaccompanied animals. The number of…
Towards the delineation and estimation of the Maugean skate population in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania
Mar 29, 2026
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Movements, connectivity, and population identity of southern right whales at the boundary of the eastern and western populations
Mar 29, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
Developing integrated pest management for feral pigs
Sep 5, 2025
The Marine and Coastal Hub project is led by the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance Ltd (NAILSMA). It was co-designed with Daluk Rangers, Juunjuwarra Rangers and Madjaybana Rangers who are also collaborating in the field research. Fieldwork is being conducted at three sites in northern Australia to capture different environments: Kakadu National Park, Cape…
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