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Articles related to dingoes
Feature:
The Diversity of Dingo Diets
From crustaceans to camels, Australia’s top predator dines out on hundreds of vertebrate species, including threatened animals and pests. |
Browse: Dingo Baiting Doesn’t Harm Wildlife |
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Does Culling Work?
Culling of pests such as foxes, feral cats and dingoes can have unexpected and completely undesirable effects. |
Feature:
The World’s Most Interesting Genome
Sequencing of the genome of a pure-bred dingo pup rescued from the side of a remote desert track will enable scientists to examine one of Charles Darwin’s few remaining untested theories. |
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Know Your Enemy
An ingenious experiment has tested whether shared evolutionary history enables bilbies to detect threats from dingoes but not feral cats. |
Browse: Dingo Skull Resists Cross-Breeding |
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Australia’s Iconic Top Predator Must Be Protected
Lethal control programs treat dingoes like pests, yet the evidence is mounting that this damages ecosystems by enabling foxes and feral cats to thrive. |
Online Feature: Why do some graziers want to retain, not kill, dingoes? |
Browse: Dingoes Reached Australia More Recently Than Previously Thought |