- Professor, College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University
Australia is famous for its lizards and snakes. But we found at least 127 species are threatened – almost twice as many as previously thought.
Four experts explain what genetic health is and why it matters for our most vulnerable wildlife.
Introduced species and diseases can drive native species into smaller environmental niches – and that could mean change to how we work to conserve them.
We’ve identified three frog species very likely to already be extinct. Another four species on our list are still surviving, but not likely to make it to 2040 without help.
You may not have heard of the Gulbaru Gecko but you’d love it if you met it. Ancient and spectacular, this endangered gecko has one of the smallest distributions of any Australian animal. Australia is…
Torrent frogs are an interesting group of frogs found in the rainforests of north-east Australia. There are four species in the group: the Mountain Mistfrog (Litoria nyakalensis), the Armoured Mistfrog…
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