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News • 28 Mar 2025
Legacy supports conservation research
The land and waters around Australia support approximately 700,000 native species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. The generosity of alumnus, the late Gregory Knibb is advancing research to preserve natural habitats of native frog species.
News • 26 Feb 2025
Newly discovered Australian frogs highlight dire limits of climate change adaptation
Two newly discovered species of Australian frogs may be unable to adapt to the escalating impacts of climate change, raising urgent conservation concerns from scientists.
News • 13 Nov 2024
A collaborative effort to conserve Australia’s most threatened frogs
The University of Newcastle and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) have joined forces to protect threatened amphibians across NSW.
News • 30 Sep 2024
Under their wing: new ornithology scholarship
A newly funded philanthropic scholarship to study the nocturnal movements of shorebird communities within the Port Stephens and Hunter estuaries is set to reveal more about the foraging behaviours of our native shorebirds than ever before.
News • 31 Jul 2024
A game of rat and mouse: Scientists track the movements of bird-eating rodents on Norfolk Island
Scientists have completed their first field trip to Norfolk Island as part of a Resilient Landscapes Hub project that aims to protect rare birds by tracking the movements of introduced rats and mice on the island.
News • 29 Apr 2024
Partnering to prevent local extinction of threatened marsupial
City of Newcastle (CN), the University of Newcastle and FAUNA Research Alliance have joined forces to investigate ways to protect Squirrel Gliders in the Lower Hunter.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.