Science & Environment
A place of last resort
Museums Victoria’s living biobank is a repository of frozen potential, safeguarding the very essence of the animals that make Australia so remarkable.
Tag: endangered species
Science & Environment
Clear-cutting koala country
More than 3000sq.km of forests on NSW’s Mid North Coast have been earmarked for the Great Koala National Park. But there’s still work to be done before this proposed reserve becomes the safe haven koalas desperately need.
Science & Environment
Sex, stress and fertility in Australian wildlife
Hormones are driving a radical new approach to fighting the country’s extinction crisis.
News
Going, going, gone: can we turn around our wildlife extinction crisis?
As the nation’s shocking record of extinctions continues unabated, Australia’s senior ecologists and conservation biologists demand urgent action.
News
Cats away! Now the mice can play
An intensive program to remove feral cats has paved the way for the first reintroduction of a critically endangered native mouse species in New South Wales.
News
South-eastern glossy black-cockatoo, mountain skink added to federal threatened species list
Both species were severely impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires.
News
Greater glider one step closer to extinction
The world’s largest gliding marsupial, Australia’s greater glider, has been listed as endangered.
News
Tassie devil joeys born on mainland Australia a big win for rewilding program
Tasmanian devil joeys have successfully bred in a ‘wild scenario’ at Barrington Tops in New South Wales for the second year in a row.
Wildlife
What do we stand to lose as species go extinct?
Have you ever wondered what would happen to humans if we keep losing species? The answers are as compelling as they are galvanising.