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Patrick Finnerty

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Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks – and that’s just the start

Bringing nature back to our cities doesn’t just mean plants and birds. We can bring native animals back too.

25.05.2025 7

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Patrick Finnerty

How do you stop elephant herds from trashing crops and trees? Target sensitive nostrils with a ‘scent fence’

Elephant numbers are surging in southern Africa, with fewer natural predators, reduced hunting pressure and feeding by farmers and tourist...

09.10.2024 3

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Patrick Finnerty

‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold

When dead animals are left lying around in nature, who takes advantage of the free feed – carnivores or herbivores? The answer may surprise you. In...

29.09.2024 2

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Patrick Finnerty

Islands in the sky: could steep-sided hilltops offer safe haven to our threatened species?

Species are disappearing at an alarming rate around the world. But Australia’s extinction crisis is especially severe – since European...

15.08.2024 9

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Patrick Finnerty