Indigenous rangers in outback Western Australia have found up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds – in a “breakthrough discovery”.
A coastal emu nest has been discovered on the NSW North Coast, where the population of the endangered species is estimated at fewer than 40 individuals.
The birds that fill our mornings with songs and our parks and gardens with colour are disappearing from our cities, a new study has found.
Northern Australia’s Gouldian finch survives in huge numbers in cages around the world, but its wild population continues to struggle.
Sawfish are among the world’s most unusual marine creatures. But some species are also among the most threatened animals on the planet.
Conserving Australia’s biodiversity requires a national reckoning, argues wildlife ecologist Euan Ritchie.
According to researchers, the social media race for nature photos can trash ecosystems – or trigger rapid extinction.
The Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef.
High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef.
‘Frog saunas’ could help save endangered species from the devastating chytrid fungus.