In the media

The Lab of Animal Ecology has attracted widespread media attention, featuring in >1,400 media items with a combined Reach of >4 billion, and an Advertising Value Equivalency of >$37M in the last five years alone. ​

​Highlights include: 

• Nature documentaries: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song (BBC); Life at 50 C (Extreme heat hitting home in Australia) (BBC); Message of the Lyrebird (Balangara Films); Wildlife Diaries (SMac Media, Germany); After the Fires (ABC); Radio Off Track: 5 episodes (ABC); Climate Reality Project (chaired by Al Gore).
• Children’s educational TV shows:  “The Octonauts and the Flying Foxes”, The Octonauts, Series 3, Episode #12 (Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iView)
• Television news reports: ABC News Special Report; Nine News; Win TV; ČT24, Česká televise; NOS News; VRT News
• Live radio: BBC World Service (3x); ABC Radio National PM; ABC Drive; ABC the Drum; ABC Radio Sydney, Statewide Drive (2x); ABC Radio Melbourne, Statewide Breakfast Program; ABC Far North Queensland; ABC Sydney; ABC Canberra; ABC Southeast; 2GB; Radio New Zealand; Paul Ross Show; Cape Town Live; Radio New Zealand; etc. 
• Popular science: National Geographic (3x); Australian Geographic; National Geographic Italia; National Geographic Russia; New Scientist; The Scientist Magazine; Science Magazine; Science Daily; Nature’s Daily Briefing; The Verge; AAAS; Spektrum der Wissenschaft Cosmos; ABC Science Online; etc.
• News sites: ABC Online (many); BBC News; The Huffington Post; News.com.au; Copenhagen House; De Standaard; Popular Mechanics; Suara.com; II Post; Suara.com; Origo; Corriere Della Sera; Faktor.ba; Daily Beast; VRT.be; NOS.nl; BT.dk; Lifo; MeteoWeb; Stuttgarter Nachrichten; El Colombiano; etc.
• Newspapers: The Independent; Le Figaro, The Guardian; The Daily Mirror; The Times; The Telegraph; The Daily Telegraph (several), Il Post; The Herald Sun; The Sydney Morning Herald (several); Brisbane Times; etc.; and many local newspapers, such as The Hawkesbury Gazette (several), Cessnock Advertiser; Townsville Bulletin; etc.​

Articles in The Conversation:​

• BACKHOUSE, F., ​DALZIELL, A., MAGRATH, R. & WELBERGEN, J. A. Listen to the Albert’s lyrebird: the best performer you’ve never heard of. The Conversation, 14-4-2022
• DALZIELL, A. H. and WELBERGEN J. A. ‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists. The Conversation, 17-9-2021
• MARTIN, J, WALDIEN, D., NOVERA, J, WELBERGEN J. A., OEDIN, M., HANRAHAN, N., KINGSTON, T.  and LAVERY, T.  Pacific Island bats are utterly fascinating, yet under threat and overlooked. Meet 4 species. 25-8-2021
• WELBERGEN, J. A., PREECE, N. D. & VAN OOSTERZEE, P. Our laws failed these endangered flying-foxes at every turn. On Saturday, Cairns council will put another nail in the coffin. The Conversation, 1-7-2020
• LENTINI, P., PEEL, A., FIELD, H. & WELBERGEN, J. A. No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think. The Conversation, 30-4-2020
• TURBILL, C. & WELBERGEN, J. A. Australia’s threatened bats need protection from a silent killer: white-nose syndrome. The Conversation, 20-1-2020
• WELBERGEN, J.A. & ARMSTRONG, K.  Why we shouldn’t be so quick to demonise bats. The Conversation, 22-12-17
• ​WELBERGEN, J.A. & EBY, P. Not in my backyard? How to live alongside flying-foxes in urban Australia. The Conversation, 27-5-16
• WELBERGEN J. A., BOOTH, C. and MARTIN, J. Killer climate: tens of thousands of flying foxes dead in a day. The Conversation, 24-2-14
• DALZIELL, A. H. and WELBERGEN J. A. The mimics among us — birds pirate songs for personal profit. The Conversation, 19-8-14
• ​KATSIS, A., WELBERGEN J.A., ELLIS, W. and KEARNEY, M. Tree-hugging koalas beat the summer heat. The Conversation, 4-6-14​ ​​