Flora & Fauna
A place of refuge… nearly
Victoria’s promised new national parks in the central west are vital to safeguarding forests and the hundreds of rare and threatened wildlife that depend on them.
Tag: conservation
Biodiversity
Why were hundreds of koalas shot en masse inside a Victorian national park?
The state government-sanctioned euthanasia sparked global attention and criticism, but experts say the root of the problem lies in the management of Victoria’s blue gum plantations.
Biodiversity
Tales of the north
From the warm seas of the Torres Strait to the ancient rainforests of Cape York, the Far North only reveals itself through the sharing of stories
Biodiversity
Big bush corridor
One of the world’s largest land rehabilitation projects is transforming paddocks into natural paradises in the south-west of Western Australia.
Biodiversity
Rare, almost mythical Australian tree kangaroos can finally be studied, thanks to new tech
Australia’s most mysterious marsupials can now be detected using new technology.
Biodiversity
Moonstruck: How lunar light influences animal behaviour
Lunar animal research is receiving the technological and methodological breakthroughs necessary for the next wave of intriguing findings.
Biodiversity
Using cane toads to destroy cane toads: how ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles are keeping these pests from ever growing up
Researchers from Sydney’s Macquarie University have discovered cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads if they remain in their pre-metamorphosis state.
Biodiversity
Troubled waters: Australia’s freshwater fish are facing extinction
How can we stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct?
Biodiversity
OPINION: Refuge from extinction
Safeguarding landscapes less impacted by climate change can help secure biodiversity, argues environmental biologist Gunnar Keppel.
Biodiversity
The power of Takayna
This sprawling forest wilderness in north-west Tasmania is an ancient haven for wildlife.