Endangered bandicoots have been found in the outskirts of Melbourne.
- Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Most of Australia’s plants and animals are found nowhere else on Earth. This remarkable biodiversity requires a bolder, brighter conservation vision.
Australia’s species, like this green python, are remarkable and need far better protection.
To conserve Earth’s remarkable species, we must also defend the importance of science and scientific integrity.
Australian farmers and graziers have historically been against dingoes on their lands. But in a bid to adapt to changing conditions, some are embracing the predators and their potential.
Cats have a bad reputation as wildlife killers (deservedly so). But dogs aren’t off the hook: new research shows domestic dogs have contributed to the extinction of at least 11 species.
Searching for animals thought to be extinct – or fictional – is difficult, painstaking and often disappointing. But new technology like drones offer hope of a boom in biological discovery.
The government’s charity drive for threatened species shows it’s unwilling to invest what’s needed to prevent extinction.
The Conversation asked eight authors from across its sections to tell us about their favourite podcasts – and why you should tune in.
Wild dog attacks on livestock are devastating, but bounties and culling aren’t the answer.
Cats, rats, foxes and other mammal predators have been implicated in 60% of the world’s animals extinctions.
Australia’s Great Northern Savannas are the largest and most intact ecosystem of their kind on Earth. But they still face pressure from grazing, mining and agricultural expansion.
Scientists are calling for your help this National Science Week to identify Australian wildlife.
Eating cows and sheep is unsustainable. Here are some better alternatives.
We’re set to hear very little about nature conservation in Australia’s upcoming election campaign. Here’s why that’s a huge oversight.
Sharks and other ocean predators help protect the ocean’s carbon stores by keeping other wildlife in check.
Research published this week shows saving wildlife is much more complicated than killing introduced predators. Killing predators often doesn’t work, and is sometimes actually worse for native wildlife.
Australia holds many world records, including the world’s longest fence, the dingo fence. At 5,531 km, the dingo barrier fence stretches from eastern Queensland all the way to the South Australian coastline…
There was a plague of them and one night I got approximately 300 which had been poisoned in the garden during night. This went on for two or three years. Take a second and have a guess what animal species…
While we can never know for sure, an extraordinary number of animals and plants are threatened with extinction — up to a third of all mammals and over a tenth of all birds. And the problem is getting worse…
Humans have an innate fear of large predators, and with good reason. Nobody wants to be a shark or a lion’s next meal. But new research in the journal Science shows that our inability to live with these…
I have just returned from the jungles of Papua New Guinea, where for two weeks a team of us have set camera traps that will collect vital information about the biodiversity of this remote region. It’s…
Few would argue the world isn’t facing enormous challenges: human population growth and the associated demand for resources, mass extinctions or – perhaps the biggest of all – global climate change. We…
Much of my time as an ecology lecturer has been spent teaching students about the wonders of this planet’s biodiversity, but also regrettably, how much of this biodiversity is under severe threat. Hundreds…
In almost all parts of the world our environment is under siege and we are losing the battle to save many species from extinction. The most common threats behind this unfolding catastrophe are habitat…
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