Publications and Outputs
This page brings together YAPPENDA’s research publications, reports, presentations, educational materials, and public research communication.
Additional outputs will be added as citations, permissions, and publication details are confirmed.
YAPPENDA Annual Report 2025
Type: Annual Report
Language: English
Access: Open access
An overview of YAPPENDA’s conservation, research, restoration, education, partnerships, and organisational development during 2025.
YAPPENDA Annual Report 2024
Type: Annual Report
Language: English
Access: Open access
An overview of YAPPENDA’s conservation, research, restoration, education, partnerships, and organisational development during 2024.
The First Species of Carayonia from New Guinea
Type: Peer-reviewed journal article
Language: English
Access: Open access
Published in Zootaxa, this paper describes Carayonia papuana, a newly identified assassin bug from the Cyclops Mountains and the first recorded member of its genus and tribe in New Guinea. The specimen was collected during a 2023 biodiversity-monitoring workshop involving Cenderawasih University students, with Iain and Malcolm Kobak contributing as co-authors.
New Avian Records Along the Elevation Gradient of the Cyclops Mountains
Type: Peer-reviewed journal article
Language: English
Access: Open access — Creative Commons Attribution licence
Using 73 camera traps across an elevation range of 143 to 1,963 metres, this study recorded 22 bird species over 11,869 camera-trap nights. Its findings include the first Cyclops Mountains record of the Masked Bowerbird, photographic rediscoveries of Mayr’s Forest Rail and Mayr’s Honeyeater, and major new elevation records for the Northern Cassowary. Several YAPPENDA team members contributed as co-authors and field researchers.
Attenborough’s Echidna Rediscovered by Combining Indigenous Knowledge with Camera-Trapping
Type: Peer-reviewed journal article
Language: English
Access: Open access — Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence
This study presents the first scientific evidence in 62 years that Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna still survives in the Cyclops Mountains. The rediscovery was guided by Indigenous knowledge and confirmed through 110 photographs and 15 videos, providing an important foundation for the conservation of this Critically Endangered species.
Cyclops Expedition 2023
The results and significance of Expedition Cyclops have been communicated through universities, conservation organisations, research institutions, and international media.