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.
To prevent extinctions, we need to start addressing the big gaps in our national threatened species list, argues Hugh Possingham, the Biodiversity Council’s Co-chief Councillor.
It’s difficult to locate an animal small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But these Monash University researchers gave everything to their search – and found not one, but 23 critically-endangered long sunskinks.
Sawfish are among the world’s most unusual marine creatures. But some species are also among the most threatened animals on the planet.
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.
In a world first, a Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity. Scientists hope it’s the first of many.
Museums Victoria’s living biobank is a repository of frozen potential, safeguarding the very essence of the animals that make Australia so remarkable.
More than 3000sq.km of forests on NSW’s Mid North Coast have been earmarked for the Great Koala National Park. But there’s still work to be done before this proposed reserve becomes the safe haven koalas desperately need.
Hormones are driving a radical new approach to fighting the country’s extinction crisis.
