Media & outreach

In the media

Articles, interviews and podcasts about scavengers, carrion and wildlife disease.

Media enquiries

  1. Press · BBC Discover Wildlife ·

    Researchers placed 40 kangaroo carcasses in front of camera traps. This is what happened next

    Coverage of the Royal Society Open Science study on selective body-part feeding.

  2. Article · Australian Geographic ·

    Why scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response

    Republication of The Conversation article.

  3. Article · The Conversation ·

    Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response. Three experts explain

    Co-written with Michael Ward and Thomas Newsome. Republished by Australian Geographic, Phys.org and Yahoo News.

  4. Podcast · Wildlife Health Talks (podcast) ·

    #73 Niraj and The Carcass Café: How Carrion Shapes Wildlife Disease Risk

    With host Dr Cat Vendl: carcasses as ecological cafés, pathogen persistence and rabies preparedness in Cape York.