Wildlife
For the love of sharks
Tim Winton campaigns for turtles, dugongs and whales. He’s now taken on his toughest customer.
Tag: endangered species
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‘Extinct’ waterlily back from the dead
The world’s smallest waterlily is flourishing in captivity after it was found to be extinct in the wild in 2008.
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River red gums gain new protection
100,000 hectares of river red gum forests will now be protected under NSW government legislation.
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Critically endangered birds fly free
New hope for dwindling regent honeyeaters as captive birds are released in Victoria.
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Sydney’s bats get the boot
Flying foxes are to get a noisy eviction from the city’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
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World’s only migratory parrots in peril
Two Australian parrots migrate annually over Bass Strait — a voyage that threatens their survival.
Wildlife
Relocated quolls thrive offshore
Island arks saved a growing population of Top End quolls from death by toad.
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iPhone app allows public to track cassowary
Scientists invite bird-watchers to help monitor the endangered cassowary by recording sightings via an iPhone app or web site.
Wildlife
AIDS-like virus new threat to koala
A virus that may weaken the immune system of koalas, similar to HIV in humans, is a new “wild card” among threats facing the species and nearly all koalas in Queensland could already be infected.
Wildlife
Tasmanian devils: Devil coast
In the desperate race to stop a new cancer from wiping out Tasmanian devils, an expedition financed by an Australian Geographic Society fundraiser has found cause for hope on a remote, windswept coast.