Twenty-one native flora and fauna species have been added to Australia’s federal threatened species list, and six species already on the list have been moved into higher-threat categories.
Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have fallen 2-3 per cent every year over the last quarter century.
The greater stick-nest rat is munching through African boxthorns and nesting in the plant’s thickets.
High-energy, intelligent, and eager to learn, he’s expected to become a huge asset in protecting the country’s biodiversity.
Here’s some good conservation news: 29 threatened Aussie animal species are back from the brink.
A new 10-year recovery plan for Australia’s threatened species has just been announced. Here’s what it involves.
These are the official shortlisted images for the 2022 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards in the Threatened Species category.
Far from being a biodiversity wasteland, urban environments are home to some of Australia’s most threatened species.
A new citizen science project using eDNA technology to map the distribution of platypuses in Victoria will hopefully help reverse declines.