Tag: Native wildlife
Fail: our report card on the government’s handling of Australia’s extinction crisis
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Australia is losing more biodiversity than any other developed nation. Already this year the charismatic and once abundant gang gang cockatoo has been added to...
How to control invasive rats and mice at home without harming native wildlife
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As I write this article, a furry blur of a rodent has just scampered across the room and under the couch. It’s autumn...
How our album of birdsong recordings rocketed to #2 on the ARIA charts
‘Songs of Disappearance’, a still taken from the animation by Mervyn Street & Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman. The Bowerbird Collective, Author provided (no reuse)
Australia is losing its birds...
Native birds have vanished across the continent since colonisation. Now we know just how much we’ve lost
The critically endangered regent honeyeater. Friends of Chiltern, Author provided
In the 250 years since Europeans colonised Australia, native birdlife has disappeared across the continent. Our new research has,...
Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining
Tarcutta Hills Reserve. Bush Heritage Australia, Author provided
Australia has the world’s largest network of privately owned conservation areas that protect a range of rare wildlife, from bilbies to endangered fish.
There...
Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild
Picture: Richard McLellan, Author provided
The sweet, earthy fragrance of sandalwood oil has made it immensely popular in incense sticks, candles and perfumes. But its...