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Who we are
"Where Light Meets Dark" is the name of this website, run by Chris Rehberg (see below). It is also known as "WLMD".
WLMD, with its vision, was launched in 2006.
Vision
Our main focus is:
- Examining the evidence for rare fauna - especially the Tasmanian tiger (also known as the thylacine, or scientifically: Thylacinus cynocephalus)
- Expeditions in search of the rare fauna - especially the Tasmanian tiger
Specific fauna of interest:
- Tasmanian tigers (anywhere in the world)
- Tasmanian devils (on mainland Australia) - see sister website
- Eastern quolls (on mainland Australia) - see project page
- Night parrots
- Ground parrots (in Sydney) - see project page
Websites
- www.wherelightmeetsdark.com.au - the current version of this website
- www.wherelightmeetsdark.com - the first version of this website; articles here are being migrated to the current version
- www.facebook.com/wherelightmeetsdark - our Facebook page; news, current affairs and discussion primarily occur here
People
- Chris Rehberg - Amateur Naturalist and Photographer (contact via Facebook or via contact form)
Chris is based in Sydney, Australia and is the primary driver behind WLMD. He liaises with many experts and amateurs worldwide for information and research on the thylacine (see the acknowledgments page). Additionally, Chris has partnered with the following people for specific expeditions in search of the Tasmanian tiger:
- Michael Nelson - Veterinarian and tech expert (see expedition list for Michael's involvements)
- Rob Bagshaw - Thylacine researcher (see expedition list for Rob's involvements; see Rob's YouTube channel for Rob's own research)
Key events timeline
- 2006 - Where Light Meets Dark website launched
- 2007 - Google Earth features WLMD thylacine sighting map in its Earth tour gallery
- 2008-9 - Filming of Monster Quest episode "Isle of the Lost Tiger"
- 2009 - Candidate footprint found
- 2009 - Independent business (named Wildlife Monitoring) launched to supply camera traps to the Australian market
- 2013 - Animal vocalisation heard that matches descriptions of the Tasmanian tiger
- 2017 - Animal vocalisations heard and audio recordings made with Rob Bagshaw, that match descriptions of the Tasmanian tiger
- 2017 - First scanning electron micrographs of Tasmanian Tiger hair published - project in partnership with CSIRO
- 2017 - First confocal laser scanning (3d optical) micrographs of Tasmanian Tiger hair published - project in partnership with CSIRO
- 2017 - Library of high resolution optical micrographs of Tasmanian Tiger hair published - completed with crowdfunding through experiment.com
- 2018 - First infrared flash, camera trap photography of Tasmanian Tiger museum taxidermy - project in partnership with Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG), Launceston
- 2018 - Breakthrough in the understanding of the Adamsfield Thylacine (the most credible evidence of persistence)
- 2018 - First automated wildlife audio recording survey for Tasmanian Tiger
- 2019 - Training in the collection and preservation of footprint substrate for DNA analysis
- List of expeditions (2008 to present)
Images
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Photos
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| Chris Rehberg with a Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) taxidermy | Sylvia Rehberg / Where Light Meets Dark |
| Chris Rehberg in Tasmanian wilderness | Rob Bagshaw |
| Chris Rehberg carrying camera equipment in Tasmania | Chris Rehberg / Where Light Meets Dark |
| Example camera trap photo showing an orange animal with apparent stripes. The final identification is a wallaby and foreground leaves create the striping appearance. | Chris Rehberg / Where Light Meets Dark |
| Camera trap photo of a Tasmanian echidna - fur is longer than on the mainland, hiding its spikes. | Chris Rehberg / Where Light Meets Dark |
