Carving a corrosive path through remote inland Australia, the Dingo Barrier Fence has cast a 70-year shadow over the ecology of a significant body of the Australian continent, while also providing a critical lifeline to the nation’s iconic sheep industry.
Photographer Adam Ferguson travelled the fence in search of the people whose remote lives and livelihoods depend on it.
New camera collars will be trialled on Fraser Island dingoes in an attempt to monitor the behaviour of the animals and observe their human interactions.
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Photographer Gary Meredith is dedicated to capturing a side of dingoes that people aren’t used to.
This year, many of Australia’s best animal science stories had a focus on restoring Australia’s biodiversity – the vast web of living organisms that keep our air, soil and water healthy. Biodiversity affects our economic development as well as our health and wellbeing. We offer you ten stories from 2017 that provide hope that sustained efforts can help.
Dingoes could help control red fox numbers, but will need to be reintroduced to areas from which they have previously been removed, according to new research.
Australian farmers have historically been against dingoes on their lands. But in a bid to adapt to changing conditions, some are embracing the predators and their potential.
A controversial plan to cull goats using introduced dingoes on a small Great Barrier Reef island has been blocked.
It’s hoped the new litter will help educate the public about the important role of this vulnerable Aussie species in the ecosystem.