The Canberra Snake Tracking Project commenced in February 2021 as the first research study to explore the movement activity and habitat use of urban-adapted eastern brown snakes. A key driver of the project is to improve understanding of the ecology of this widely feared snake species and determine the welfare impacts of translocation: when snakes are forcibly moved from their home ranges to new environments as part of licensed catch and release programs. The Project has been tracking individuals in the Ginninderry area and using biological data to map population health, structure and dynamics. It has produced remarkable insight on the behaviours and lives of these enigmatic animals–and the pressures they endure. It is also informing and transforming public perceptions of snakes.