National Parks and Wildlife Service

Recent papers from National Parks and Wildlife Service

1. Otters appear to have declined throughout Ireland amid increased pressures on water quality, but remain ubiquitousOryx · 2026
2. Long-term bioacoustic monitoring of arid-zone bats: the boom and bustJournal of Arid Environments · 2026
3. FoxWatch: A User‐Friendly Tool for Estimating Fox Abundance From Camera Traps Using Simultaneous‐Count ModelsWildlife Letters · 2026
4. Fleas From the Northern Hairy‐Nosed Wombat and Other Mammalian Hosts of AustraliaAustral Entomology · 2026
5. Killer Whales ( Orcinus orca ) in the Indo‐Pacific: A Review of Their Distribution, Population Structure, and EcologyMammal Review · 2026
6. Pit stop off the humpback highway: multi agency response to a sub-adult humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae in Sydney Harbour, AustraliaAustralian Zoologist · 2026
7. DNA metabarcoding improves detection of rare and volant prey in the diet of feral cats (Felis catus)Wildlife Research · 2026
8. Fences, Ferals and Fire: Compounding and Interacting Influences on a Variable Reptile Assemblage in North AustraliaAustral Ecology · 2026
9. Linking leaf chemical traits to flammability properties of cool temperate rainforest leaf litterAustralian Journal of Botany · 2026
10. Decline to near extinction of a mountain passerine: the status of the Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus in the Republic of Ireland in 2021Bird Study · 2026
11. Assessing genetic connectivity of eastern pygmy possums across a periurban landscape: insights for conservation planningAustralian Journal of Zoology · 2026
12. Estimating the effect of toxic red meat baits on feral cat density in north-eastern New South WalesWildlife Research · 2026
13. A multi‐centre retrospective review of the bronchoscopic management of upper tracheal stenosis: An Australian perspectiveInternal Medicine Journal · 2026
14. Fire and Snow: Effects of Snowpack Variation and Wildfire on Small Mammal Dynamics in Sub‐Alpine HabitatsEcology and Evolution · 2026
15. Post‐Release Survival and Behavior of Rehabilitated Vervet Monkeys ( Chlorocebus pygerythrus rufoviridis ) in MalawiAmerican Journal of Primatology · 2026
16. Leaf Damage is Not the Answer! Reduced Herbivore Pressure Does Not Underpin Either Downhill or Uphill Range ShiftsEcology and Evolution · 2026
17. Occupancy and habitat associations of European hares and rabbits in mesic forests of the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, AustraliaWildlife Research · 2026
18. Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Moama area in southern inland New South Wales, Australia for the period February 2019–September 2025Australian Zoologist · 2026
19. Common bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance trends cultured from respiratory, ear, dental and nasolacrimal duct infections in rabbits (2018–2024): 74 isolatesAustralian Veterinary Journal · 2026
20. Nest boxes as a recovery tool for hollow‐using mammals following fireConservation Science and Practice · 2026