Media & outreach
In the media
Articles, interviews and podcasts about scavengers, carrion and wildlife disease.
Researchers placed 40 kangaroo carcasses in front of camera traps. This is what happened next (opens in new tab)
Coverage of the Royal Society Open Science study on selective body-part feeding.
Related paper: Heads or tails: selective body part feeding by scavengers across species and season
Why scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response (opens in new tab)
Republication of The Conversation article.
Related paper: The final frontier: using carcasses for one health surveillance at the ecosystem interface
Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response. Three experts explain (opens in new tab)
Co-written with Michael Ward and Thomas Newsome. Republished by Australian Geographic, Phys.org and Yahoo News.
Related paper: The final frontier: using carcasses for one health surveillance at the ecosystem interface
One Health and biodiversity threats of plague proportions
Invited webinar presentation for the One Health Wonders series, hosted by the Australian Centre for Disease Control and CSIRO.
#73 Niraj and The Carcass Café: How Carrion Shapes Wildlife Disease Risk (opens in new tab)
With host Dr Cat Vendl: carcasses as ecological cafés, pathogen persistence and rabies preparedness in Cape York.
Related paper: The final frontier: using carcasses for one health surveillance at the ecosystem interface