Murdoch University’s Black Cockatoo Conservation Management research team has been undertaking research on Western Australia’s black cockatoos over the last 18 years. The health research on Carnaby’s cockatoos aims to better understand the potential role of disease as a threatening process for this species. Over the last 12 years, the research team has been tracking all three species of black cockatoos using GPS and ARGOS satellite telemetry, which enables the team to obtain flock movement, behavioural and ecological data across different spatial scales. The talk will discuss the team’s research on black cockatoos, as well as the applications of the findings of this research to the Keep Carnaby’s Flying – Ngoolarks Forever project, a large-scale community engagement project support by Lotterywest from 2022-2024.

Professor Kris Warren from the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University has worked in the field of wildlife, zoological and conservation medicine for over 20 years. Staff and students in the Conservation Medicine Program undertake research on the health of threatened wildlife species within ecological contexts, throughout Australia and internationally, in order to assist recovery efforts to conserve these species. Professor Warren was appointed as a Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine in the Specialty of Wildlife Population Health in 2011, and as a Member of the Zoological Parks Authority Board for Perth Zoo in 2022.