Spectrum Ecology: Life in the Undergrowth

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Spectrum ecologists recently had the privilege of searching the Mulga Woodlands of Western Australia’s Mid West for some of the more difficult to find creatures that inhabit this region, known as Short Range Endemics (SREs).

Searching for the elusive Pilbara Olive Python

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Earlier this year, two Spectrum zoologists, Georgia and Sam, travelled to the Pilbara region in search of the Pilbara Olive Python (POP, Liasis olivaceus barroni), a vulnerable species threatened by major fire events, feral/introduced predators and habitat clearing.