The Centre for Animal Conservation Genetics is located on the Southern Cross University campus in Lismore in northern New South Wales, Australia.

The region is known biogeographically as the "Macleay McPherson Overlap Zone", an area of exceptionally high biodiversity where the northern Torresian and southern Bassian faunas and floras of Australia meet and overlap.  As a consequence, the region has the richest fauna in Australia for birds, bats, amphibians and snakes.

The Centre for Animal Conservation Genetics, headed by Professor Peter Baverstock, focusses research on three areas of study. They are molecular evolution, molecular population genetics, and new techniques for molecular studies.

The Centre has attracted a high level of external research grants, supporting a range of postgraduate studies, resulting in publications on a range of topics in Vertebrate Conservation Genetics, including the Humpback Whale, Koala, Hastings River Mouse, and the Gouldian Finch.

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