Bea and Thomas catching water pythons on Fogg Dam road
Team at work (2018)
photo by Dave Kirshner
Dusky rats photo by David Wright
Male adder
Beata and a king brown snake. Before the arrival of the cane toads “kingis” were never common but since 2006 we have not seen one of these huge elapids.
red-bellied black snake
Before the arrival of cane toads yellow-spotted goannas were common on the Adelaide River floodplain
Thomas catching a black mamba in Botswana
Prior to the outbreak of DFTD large numbers of Tasmanian devils were unfortunately often killed by cars. However, this did not severely affect devil numbers.
In the area around the Cradle Mountains devils were able to survive in spite of DFTD. Sadly during the last years the disease has caused massive declines in devil numbers.
Devil populations dynamics have been monitored by mark-recapture conducted by University of Tasmania researchers Rodrigo Hamede and and Menna Jones for decades.
Freedom
Jordi & Jaime’s norther quoll work on Groote Eyland is conducted in close corporation with the local ranges
Bea nosing a frilly
Thomas bitten by adult male frilly
Young male frilly showing off
Find the adult male frilly 20 m from the track
When disturbed all frillies will move behind a tree trunk
The canines of adult male frillies are impressive and used when fighting or biting Thomas
Baby frillies are extremely well camouflaged when perched on trees with matching bark (which they nearly always do!)
We have very strict rules about what to wear in our lab
safety foot wear
lab standard beverage
Sorting samples in the field
Magic in the lab
Girl power in the field: Alice and Nynke catching birds
Chilling out with hot chilli chocolate at GSA 2015
Girl power in the lab
Waiting for birds
Wildlife and Disease Association International Meeting 2015
Cancer EGT dinner
Celebrating the book with Frederic Thomas and Benjamin Roche