Opinion Editorials

OP-EDs written by lab members

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1. InDaily – Act now or pay forever: Australia’s escalating biosecurity crisis
2. The Guardian – Invasive species are an evolving threat: how we respond is crucial
3. The Conversation – Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research
4. Herrando-Pérez, S, CJA Bradshaw. 2026. Proteger el escudo. Quercus 480: 54-56
5. The Conversation – Melting ice will strengthen the monsoon in northern Australia – but cause drier conditions north of the Equator
6. The Conversation – Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs
7. The Conversation – Trump’s war on climate science is pushing us into a dystopian future
8. The Conversation – Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus
9. The Conversation – Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research
10. The Conversation – New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive
11. The Conversation – People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea
12. The Conversation – Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals
13. The Conversation – ‘An exciting possibility’: scientists discover markedly different kangaroos on either side of Australia’s dingo fence
14. The Conversation – Children born today will see literally thousands of animals disappear in their lifetime, as global food webs collapse
15. The Conversation – Warming oceans may force New Zealand’s sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters
16. The Conversation – Should we bring back the thylacine? We asked 5 experts
17. The Conversation – Can we resurrect the thylacine? Maybe, but it won’t help the global extinction crisis
18. 360info.org – The Sixth Mass Extinction is happening now, and it doesn’t look good for us
19. The Conversation – Pest plants and animals cost Australia around $25 billion a year – and it will get worse
20. The Conversation – The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates
21. The Conversation – We mapped the ‘super-highways’ the First Australians used to cross the ancient land
22. The Conversation – Attack of the alien invaders: pest plants and animals leave a frightening $1.7 trillion bill
23. The Conversation – Recreational hunting, conservation and livelihoods: no clear evidence trail
24. The Conversation – Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp
25. The Conversation – Climate explained: humans have dealt with plenty of climate variability
26. Encounter Magazine – The only constant is change
27. Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere – Never let a good crisis go to waste
28. The Conversation – Want to make social distancing even more effective? It’s about time (as well as space)
29. The Conversation – Did people or climate kill off the megafauna? Actually, it was both
30. The Conversation – What is a ‘mass extinction’ and are we in one now?
31. The Conversation – An incredible journey: the first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose
32. The Conversation – Key challenges for the re-elected Coalition government: our experts respond
33. The Conversation – The dingo is a true-blue, native Australian species
34. The Conversation – Tandem virus cocktail kills pest rabbits more effectively
35. The Conversation – Even if you were the last rhino on Earth — why populations can’t be saved by a single breeding pair

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