Media
Science communication
No research is complete without it being shared.
We publish our research in peer-reviewed journals, and share the results through media including television, radio, events (like the annual Science in the Sanctuary and Ginninderry Research Showcase), conferences, discussions, tours, podcasts, books, exhibitions, media releases, and social media.
This enables our findings to reach local, national, and international audiences, so they can have the greatest impact.
Recent news
July 2, 2024
Check out the new article from ANU Reporter, where Belinda discusses her newly published research on the population dynamics of reintroduced eastern quolls at Mulligans Flat.
July 1, 2024
On a roll! Another new paper from Belinda, The Translocation Continuum Framework for context-specific decision making has been published!
Check it out to learn more about this easy-to-use tool to build translocation programs.
Jun 27, 2024
Hot off the press! Belinda’s new paper Everybody needs good neighbours: movement, habitat use, and conspecific association in a reintroduced mesopredator has just been published!
Have a read to learn more about our research in translocation science.
2024
Wildbark, August
Science in the Sanctuary was BACK for National Science Week! Our lab spoke on topics including eastern quoll habitat, bush stone-curlew populations, pookila conservation, and future reintroductions!
ABC Radio National ’What The Duck?!’ podcast, Feb
Why do quolls have spots?
ANU Reporter, June
Everybody needs good neighbours: resident quolls help newcomers settle in at Mulligans Flat
’Am I a bad birder?’
ANU News, Mar
Belinda discusses the conflict between enjoying nature and recording it.
2023
ANU Reporter, May
Strange neighbours: the sanctuary on the edge of our city.
2022
CSIRO Double Helix magazine, Apr
Bringing back quolls!
ANU Newsroom, Feb
Canberra’s superb parrots caught up in housing crisis.
ANU Media, Nov
Welcome to Wildbark.
Wildbark, Oct
Science in the Sanctuary community event.
Canberra Times, Oct
Threatened Species Action Plan sets target of no new Australian extinctions.
Eastern quolls with Belinda Wilson.
2021
Canberra Times, Jun
New Holland Mouse enclosure could help boost threatened species numbers.
Riot ACT, Oct
The bush stone-curlew rises to notoriety as hatching video emerges online.
2020
Riot ACT, Sep
Superb new homes for rare and extremely fussy parrots.
Harry Sadler, Jul
Questions raised by quolls book.
ANU Newsroom, Jul
New reintroduction tactics boost eastern quoll survival rate
2019
Media Release, Sep
ACT continues strong conservation record.
2018
Canberra Times, Jun
‘Insurance’ population of locally extinct mouse to be housed at Tidbinbilla.
ABC News, Mar
Teenage quolls from Australia’s ‘largest open-air laboratory’ set to boost wild population.
Media Release, Aug
Eastern bettong to get more protection.
ABC News, Jun
Discovery of bizarre sex ritual marsupials in Canberra rewrites scientific textbooks.
Canberra Times, Apr
Bettong’s breeding success means Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary could triple in size.
Canberra Times, Mar
Rare photos of baby Eastern Quolls at play in Mulligans Flat.
2017
ABC News, Mar
Bush stone-curlews popping up in suburbs as bird once extinct in ACT makes a comeback.
The Age, Jul
Eastern quoll escapes from Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary.
2016
Media Release, Jul
Excitable baby Eastern Quolls spotted in ACT
Riot ACT, Jul
Bucking the trends #18 Wildlife Drones
Riot ACT, Dec
Region’s first baby quolls in 80 years play in Mulligans Flat.
Canberra Times, Sep
Pregnant eastern quolls with bulging pouches spotted at Mulligans Flat.
Canberra Times, Jul
Eastern quolls breeding in Canberra for first time in 80 years.
The Age, Mar
Quolls abscond from sanctuary at Mulligans Flat near Canberra.
2015
ABC News, Mar
Mulligans Flat quolls killed by foxes after climbing predator-proof fence in Canberra’s north.
ABC News, Aug
World-first tracking drones developed by Australian National University researchers with help of bettongs.
2014
ABC News, Feb
Eastern bettong numbers booming inside fenced-off reserve in Canberra.
The Age, Jan
Rare curlews filmed mating at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary.
ABC News, Oct
Bush stone-curlew reintroduced to ACT after being considered locally extinct for 40 years.
2013
Canberra Times, Jun
Dr Adrian Manning to reintroduce eastern quoll at Mulligans Flat.
ABC News, Mar
ACT’s eastern bettong baby boom.
ABC News, Jan
Rare marsupials found fat and happy in their new home.
