My latest story on @ABCscience! 🐨👇Thanks to @JamesPurtill !
How we used #drones to help find #koalas + where drone tech needs to go to become a standardised tool for our threatened biodiversity!
@lachlan_gh @Uni_Newcastle @NSWDPIE @tarongazoo
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-01-10/black-summer-fires-koalas-drones-monitoring-population/13035820
Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species.
And it can save costs too, writes @Uni_Newcastle's @lachlan_gh + John Clulow:
https://theconversation.com/human-reproductive-technologies-like-sperm-freezing-and-ivf-could-be-used-to-save-threatened-species-148637
Modelling by @lachlan_gh from @UON_research shows #biobanking of endangered species...
✅Improves genetic fitness of captive-bred animals
✅Requires fewer animals to be held in captivity
✅Results in a significant reduction in cost
https://theconversation.com/human-reproductive-technologies-like-sperm-freezing-and-ivf-could-be-used-to-save-threatened-species-148637
One of the most important papers we have published in years! Backcrossing banked founder sperm makes genetic retention targets feasible and allows up to 25 x the number of species in captive conservation programs for the same cost. @lachlan_gh @MQBiology
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12776
Latest study by @lachlan_gh out #openaccess in @ConLetters!
We collaborated with @Uni_Newcastle, @Macquarie_Uni, @MQBiology & @austmus!
#biobanking threatened #species makes previously unachievable #genetic retention targets possible in #zoos! ❄️🧬🐸
https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12776
Port Stephens community to help koala research NSW. Researchers from @Uni_Newcastle, supported by @FAUNAresearch have launched a community survey to learn about koala population around Port Stephens. @DrRRwitt @lachlan_gh @shelbyr59
#koalanews
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured/researchers-call-on-port-stephens-community-to-help-save-the-koala