The occupancy model helps platypus detection accuracy
23 May 2023 Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch has commenced its annual platypus monitoring survey in South East Queensland using the environmental DNA (eDNA) detection method. This year will be the program’s eighth consecutive year of platypus eDNA monitoring across...
Priority protection needed for dwindling platypus populations
Platypus habitat in Australia has shrunk by 22 per cent in 30 years and the animal should now be listed as a nationally threatened species, according to new research led by the University of New South Wales. The scientists compiled all available data and records of...
Wildlife Queensland Scores Citizen Science Grant to Conserve Queensland’s Elusive Platypus
Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch Network has been granted $26,930 from the state government to survey and document the population distribution of platypuses within the upper Dawson River and tributaries around the Taroom region. The ‘PlatypusWatch and eDNA in the...
Saving Species One Record at a Time: The Importance of Ongoing Monitoring
Author: Tamielle Brunt Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch Network has been monitoring local Queensland platypus populations since 2005. The Network was set up to engage the community about platypus conservation and encourage reporting of local observations....