Wildlife Australia Magazine Wildlife Australia Magazine Autumn 2018 Back Issue

Although museum collections don’t contain living specimens, they remain crucial assets for understanding biodiversity, explains Queensland Museum preparator and taxidermist Alison Douglas.

Cannibalism, matriphagy and ‘zombification’ – some insects are even creepier than you think, suggests Eliza Middleton.
What if, in death, we could save a species? Matthew Holden explores the benefits of conservation burials.

Raptors aren’t the only avian predators raiding passerine nests. Michael and Sarah Guppy’s longitudinal study of nest predation in NSW woodland turns up several surprise attackers.

Are we at risk of 'outgrowing' our ability to conserve unique fauna and flora? Jane O'Sullivan argues that Australia's out-of-control population growth is economically and environmentally unsustainable.

An anthropocentric approach to conservation is hindering biodiversity, suggests Haydn Washington, whereas adopting an ecocentric worldview presents our best hope for sustainability.

Several Australian reptile species teeter on the brink of total extinction, but successful captive-breeding programs hope to turn things around for the Christmas Island blue-tailed skink and Lister’s gecko, explains Brendan Tiernan.