Biodiversity
Island life is more unique than you ever realised, and it needs protecting
More than 20 per cent of plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them.
Tag: conservation
Biodiversity
Winners: Australian Geographic Society’s Awards for Nature 2024
Meet the winners of our first awards program wholly dedicated to the planet.
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One million trees planted, eight million to go
The Foundation of National Parks & Wildlife – the philanthropic partner of Australia’s National Parks – yesterday planted the millionth tree of the Landscape Resilience Program.
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Caring for paradise, one trip at a time in the Frankland Islands
“One of the things our guests enjoy most about the rockpools is meeting the resident clownfish in water at a depth of only a few inches.”
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Light in the night: flock of Australia’s rarest bird discovered in WA
Indigenous rangers in outback Western Australia have found up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds – in a “breakthrough discovery”.
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Nest of endangered coastal emu found in northern NSW
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.
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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.
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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.
Biodiversity
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.
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‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years
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.