Project Kimberley in the News!
Milking goannas for genetic rescue
Last week, the Project Kimberley team made an important advance towards the long term survival of goannas in the Kimberley. 21st Century biotechnology can be an important weapon in the armoury against Toadaggedon, so we need to start building the Kimberley Ark. But what has collecting sperm from a goanna at Dubbo Zoo got to do with cane toads in the Kimberley?
The Lazarus Project
Project Kimberley's very own Simon Clulow is part of the Lazarus Project team that resurrected the Southern Gastric Brooding Frog. That work was just selected by Time Magazine as one of the Top 25 Inventions of 2013.
AWMS October Newsletter
Project Kimberley wrote an article for the Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS) on the 'The impact of invasive cane toads on native animal communities' in the Kimberley Region of WA.
Interviews
Artist Ben Beeton interviews each scientist about their work in the Kimberley
Toad Impact
ABC TV Coverage
Lizard LIfe
ABC TV Coverage
Kimberley Ark gene bank
Scientists are urgently calling for a gene bank to be established to store the genetic data of at-risk animals until the toad threat can be dealt with.