Tag: Wildlife conservation
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...
Dead, shrivelled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia. We need your help to find out why
Green Tree Frog Jodi Rowley, Author provided
Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from concerned people who’ve seen sick and...
A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s what it means for forest wildlife
AAP Image/Supplied by Dr Peter Smith
Australia’s forest-dwelling wildlife is in greater peril after last week’s court ruling that logging — even if it...
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...
Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory
Picture: Nick Bradsworth, Author provided
Picture this: you’re in your backyard gardening when you get that strange, ominous feeling of being watched. You find a grey...