As the nation’s shocking record of extinctions continues unabated, Australia’s senior ecologists and conservation biologists demand urgent action.
DNA testing is connecting tortoiseshell products with the geographic origin of the hawksbill turtles they came from, in an effort to trace poachers and crack down on illegal trafficking.
Conservation organisation, Aussie Ark, has returned 10 endangered Manning River turtles back to the wild in a world first.
Twenty-eight dibblers have been released onto Dirk Hartog Island, 730km north of Perth. The tiny marsupial – one of Australia’s rarest – once thrived on the island, until feral animals wiped them out.
Right now in Tasmania’s south a group of queen bumblebees are sporting the very latest in insect fashion.
Australia’s newest Indigenous Protected Area, Anangu-Tjutaku, is bigger than Tasmania.
The peppermint stick insect has a weird name, but trust me, it gets even weirder.
The only trophies this hunter collects are photographs.
Frogs are among the world’s most imperilled animals, and much of the blame lies with the deadly chytrid fungus that has caused populations of over 500 frog species worldwide to plummet, and rendered seven Australian frogs extinct.
It’s that time of year again when every Australian becomes an avid birdwatcher.