Once found in tropical oceans around the world, the largetooth sawfish’s range has shrunk by an estimated 60 percent in a ...

The full cost of recovering all of Australia's threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time.

A lack of understanding can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. As the authors of the new study point out, ...

"On the Australian list, there's more than 2,200 endangered plants, animals and ecosystems, or threatened plants ... inland waters and 8.4 per cent of ocean and coastal areas are under protection.

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new research.

There are fewer than 3,000 breeding pairs of fairy terns left in Western Australia, with around 700 of those in the Perth metro area. They are threatened by humans, animals and rising sea levels.

Scientists believe this could save countless species of threatened plants and animals from climate-induced extinction. On the southern-most tip of mainland Australia lies a nature reserve that ...

(Endangered species are considered close to extinction and get significant protection, while threatened species are considered on their way to being endangered – but aren't there yet. The ...