Aussie comedians act as endangered wildlife to raise money and awareness
This funny video series publicises a new Australian web app that offers a novel way to raise money for endangered species.
This funny video series publicises a new Australian web app that offers a novel way to raise money for endangered species.
With climate change threatening to permanently dry the species’ two remaining wetlands, scientists are in search of alternative habitats.
Climate change gets a lot of the spotlight when it comes to saving wildlife. But bigger threats remain.
Devil Ark plans to double its Tassie devil insurance population by 2020 to save the species from extinction.
With whale shark numbers more than halving in the last 75 years, urgent conservation action is needed.
Renewed hope for one of Australia’s most critically endangered birds after several spotted in Victoria.
In this category, we asked for photos of flora or fauna that have been deemed threatened, rare, vulnerable or endangered. This shortlist is a reminder of how many beautiful animals face extinction if we do not act. These photos will be exhibited at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide (18 August to 3 October) and the Australian Museum in Sydney (19 August to 9 October).
It’s estimated 99 per cent of all species that have ever existed on Earth are now extinct, but for some, the term is revoked after being rediscovered decades – or even centuries – later.