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Tag: Kangaroo Island
Science & Environment
Don’t forget about the little guys: invertebrates of Kangaroo Island struggle to bounce back
You’ve heard about the surviving glossy black cockatoos and koalas of Kangaroo Island, but what of its smaller inhabitants?
Wildlife
Hunting for Australia’s most vulnerable birds
From orange-bellied parrots to forty-spotted pardalotes, the birds of Oz are calling.
News
Tiny pygmy possum found on Kangaroo Island, despite concerns that bushfires had wiped them out
Great news for the pygmy possums of Kangaroo Island.
News
Black cockatoo chicks hatch among burnt habitat
The genetically distinct glossy black cockatoos of Kangaroo Island are in a precarious place following the 2019/2020 bushfires, but things are slowly looking up.
Science & Environment
Rare image of the Kangaroo Island dunnart captured
This extremely rare image of a Kangaroo Island dunnart was captured on a DSLR camera trap system that took seven nights to achieve – adjusting focus, lighting and camera positions to target the animal’s regular movements.
News
Endangered glossy blacks spotted on Kangaroo Island for the first time after bushfires
There’s hope for Kangaroo Island’s glossy black cockatoos after all.
Science & Environment
Before and after: documenting Kangaroo Island’s recovery
A relentlessly destructive summer of bushfires has broken the hearts of the people of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island, but not their spirit.
History & Culture
‘We’ll come back from this’: spirit of Kangaroo Island residents unbroken
A relentlessly destructive summer of bushfires has broken the hearts of the people of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island, but not their spirit.
Science & Environment
Fossil of giant sea creature discovered in South Australia
At up to 30cm long and armed with spines for crushing and shredding food, we’ve identified a previously unknown creature that would have been a giant among its neighbours in the waters off modern-day South Australia.