The average Australian feral cat kills 225 reptiles a year, which adds up to 596 million in total, according to a new estimate. Pet cats, meanwhile, kill a further 53 million.
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The number of Cape Rockjumpers’ are declining and the reason might be the weather.
Some insects wear gory disguises and macabre masks year round, not just at Halloween.
For the first time, researchers have estimated the toll taken by feral and pet cats on Australia’s bird life - and the numbers are high enough to push several species towards extinction.
Australia was a different place 275 million years ago - wild storms surged through icy seas, and marine animals lived a tenuous existence. But brittle stars had a survival strategy.
Being blue is risky for superb fairy-wrens: males become more cautious when their plumage turns blue, and other wrens take advantage by using them as colourful decoys.
Sound wildlife management is incredibly important, and could enhance the conservation status of large carnivores like the leopard, which has recently been listed as a vulnerable species.
Predators aren’t living the easy life – most hunts are unsuccessful.
Notorious for their gruesome cannibalism, praying mantises have a hidden talent. Controlling the spin on their jumps allows juveniles to make precision landings, before their wings have developed.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Professor of Ecology, Charles Darwin University
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Science Guide & Visiting Researcher, Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral fellow, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Biology, The Open University
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Professor Emeritus in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University
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Senior Lecturer in Biology, The Open University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Emeritus Fellow, Downing College, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Researcher at IGDORE, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Durham University