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These long-delayed laws took three years, a new Environment Minister and a slew of compromises to be passed.
Researchers found the endangered yellow-eyed penguin is made up of three distinct subspecies, with the mainland lineage at greatest risk.
Road counts over 16 years revealed declines in populations of birds of prey in South Africa.
The regent honeyeater is a beautiful bird at risk of extinction. So how can we protect it from native predators, such as possums and sugar gliders?
Data shows that almost all of B.C.’s endangered wildlife are not recovering quickly enough, if at all.
The loss of iconic Antarctic wildlife is no longer a future possibility. It is happening in real-time, while we watch.
The kungaka represents an ancient lineage from when Australia was wetter. Today, it survives in a sheltered desert gorge.
One of the most widespread types of forest in Australia’s high country is facing an existential threat. We need bold action before it is too late.
Citizen science relies on people like you. Here are five projects where science lives beyond the lab.
The committee voted to exempt some oil and gas operations from the Endangered Species Act in the name of national security.
We’ve committed to protect 30% of our lands and waters by 2030. But our endangered species are still struggling, according to four environmental scientists.
The federal government needs to drop the spin and get on with the hard work of addressing biodiversity loss.
New research found this approach meant an increase in spawning fish. This is good news for fishers.
If de-extinction tech can bring back species, are people more comfortable with them going extinct? A new study tests this idea.
Following the death of a young backpacker, the Queensland government has killed dingoes seen near her body. But will this cull protect tourists?
Threatened frogs aren’t just found in national parks – citizen scientists are finding them throughout private land too.
Every new extinction ripples out beyond the affected species, from ecosystems to human knowledge across culture, spirituality and science.
Hunting advocacy organizations and politicians are inciting a moral panic about grizzly bears, oversimplifying an inherently complex ecological problem.
The discovery of a horned native bee that pollinates a rare plant highlights how little we know about Australian pollinators.
Top contributors
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer in Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University