Predatory foxes and cats prowl South Australia’s national parks. But the successful reintroduction of an endangered bettong proves coexistence is possible.
The new technology will help scientists monitor and protect some of Australia’s most iconic and threatened forest species.
Sandhill cranes can be spotted in many states, but in the 1930s their populations had crashed to a few dozen breeding pairs in the eastern U.S.
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It’s not every day that you see a 4-foot-tall bird, but it’s happening more often. Several fascinating species are nesting in and near towns once again.
Focused conservation efforts are essential for the protection and recovery of many species at risk, such as the monarch butterfly.
(Chris Johnson)
Climate stability and economic health depend on biodiversity. Yet this foundation is hardly mentioned as the federal government seeks to shore up Canada’s economic future.
Many Australian birds and animals rely on hollows in grand old trees. As these trees dwindle, researchers are experimenting with giving younger trees old features.
In the late 1960s, oil and gas companies began exploring the Great Barrier Reef for oil. It took campaigners, unionists and a royal commission to protect the reef.
A female killer whale leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle, Wash.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Charging entry fees at world-famous destinations like Milford Sound and expanding commercial use of public land would raise money. How it’s spent is the challenge.
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
It’s entirely possible to see shy mountain pygmy-possums, alpine dingoes or furry cuscus with your own eyes – if you know where to go and how to look.
A herbarium specimen of Cheiranthera linearis (commonly known as finger-flower), collected in 1912 by Edwin James Semmens, former principal of the Victorian School of Forestry.
University of Melbourne
Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
The SA government has convened an emergency meeting today to discuss taking cuttlefish eggs from the wild, due to the impending threat of the algal bloom which could wipe them out forever.
Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University