Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonization. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 ...
The full cost of recovering all of Australia's threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time.
Australia is a land like no other. The world’s smallest continent and largest island, it’s a vast place that guarantees its ...
Citizen scientists are called on to help with tagging monarch butterflies and find out why their numbers are dropping.
The destruction can be traced back to a single culprit: the feral cat, which kills more than 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles, and frogs, as well as 1.1 billion invertebrates annually.
It’s just past midnight in the cool, ancient forests of Tasmania. We’ve spent a long day and night surveying endangered Tasmanian devils. All around, small animals scurry through bushes. A devil calls ...
Spotting native wild animals and cruising through spectacular Australian landscapes are among the things Greg Esnouf loves ...
On WA's largest island, one of Australia's most successful restoration ... Once vegetation was removed, native animals lost their shelter and food and were at higher risk of predation.
Territorial conflict may be the textbook case of animal negotiation. Conflict over a territory is a classic zero-sum competition. Either a competitor wins and takes the territory, or loses and leaves.
Introduced species have plagued Australia's native flora and fauna, including the antechinus. Pest animals typically have few natural predators or fatal diseases. This, coupled with high ...
Australia’s dingoes are misunderstood and despised by many. But their destruction can have cascading impacts across entire ecosystems. Dingoes are not protected, despite being a native species ...
Sidai, 2, left, and Pili Pili ... named Brumby and Willum at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The fuzzy animals, which are native to Australia and made their debut at the zoo this summer, are allowed ...