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Fail: our report card on the government’s handling of Australia’s extinction crisis

Image: Shutterstock 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

Image: Shutterstock 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...

The sun’s shining and snakes are emerging, but they’re not out to get you. Here’s what they’re really up to

  Picture: Shuttlestock It’s early spring in southern Australia and the sun is, gloriously, out. You decide to head to your local patch of greenery...

Next time you see a butterfly, treasure the memory: scientists raise alarm on these 26 species

  The bulloak jewel (Hypochrysops piceatus) Michael Braby, Author provided It might sound like an 18th century fashion statement, but the “pale imperial hairstreak” is, actually, an...

5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season

 Picture: hamiltonphillipa/iNaturalist Around one year ago, Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season ended, leaving more than 8 million hectares across south-east Australia a mix of charcoal, ash and...

Australia must control its killer cat problem. A major new report explains how, but doesn’t go far enough

 Image: Shuttlestock Australia is teeming with cats. While cats make great pets, and can bring owners emotional, psychological and health benefits, the animals are a scourge...
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