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Colour and song most at risk as birdlife declines due to poor urban design
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.
Category: Wildlife
Wildlife
Native rodent benefiting from invasive weed
The greater stick-nest rat is munching through African boxthorns and nesting in the plant’s thickets.
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Burdened by beauty
Northern Australia’s Gouldian finch survives in huge numbers in cages around the world, but its wild population continues to struggle.
Science & Environment
Notes from the field: Koala-loving community
Writer Liz Ginis grew from toddler to teen in the green pastures and eucalypt forests of the Bellinger Valley on the NSW Mid North Coast.
News
Scientists pose as cleaner fish to perform whale shark ultrasounds
Marine scientists have used underwater ultrasounds to monitor the health of whale shark populations at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.
Science & Environment
Mightier than the saw
Sawfish are among the world’s most unusual marine creatures. But some species are also among the most threatened animals on the planet.
Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Law reform for nature
Conserving Australia’s biodiversity requires a national reckoning, argues wildlife ecologist Euan Ritchie.
Science & Environment
‘If we can’t find them, we can’t protect them’: The race against time to save Julia Creek dunnarts
They live in a secret underground world, hidden down the cracks of the hardened clay soil of outback Queensland – small as a mouse, cute as a bilby and sometimes as ferocious as a tiger.
Wildlife
A deep dive into the world of reef manta rays
Ask anyone who has encountered a manta ray in the wild to recount the experience, and you’ll witness their eyes illuminate, their faces animate, and perhaps their arms will instinctively mimic the graceful, soaring movements of these majestic creatures.
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Liked to death: how social media plays a part in wildlife destruction
According to researchers, the social media race for nature photos can trash ecosystems – or trigger rapid extinction.