Endangered species
A kangaroo, a possum and a bushrat walk into a burrow: research finds wombat homes are the supermarkets of the forest
Scientist discovers a cast of recurring characters using burrows in the aftermath of bushfire, after sifting through more than 700,000 images
Graham Readfearn
17, May, 2024 @3:00 PM
Little penguins at risk of vanishing from WA island as once-thriving colony reduced to 120 birds
Exclusive: Study shows Penguin Island population in freefall, sources say, amid pressure from tourism, boat traffic and warming seas
Narelle Towie
17, May, 2024 @2:00 AM
Fire management in Victoria amounts to de facto native logging industry, conservationists say
Campaigners accuse Forest Fire Management Victoria of ‘knowingly’ killing endangered wildlife after greater glider found dead
Graham Readfearn
16, May, 2024 @3:00 PM
‘Only hope we’ve got’: the audacious plan to genetically engineer Australia’s endangered northern quoll
In a revolutionary approach, scientists are hoping that modifying the marsupial’s genes to resist cane toads’ toxin will save it from extinction
Graham Readfearn
11, May, 2024 @12:00 AM
Mass planting of marsh violets key to saving rare UK butterfly, says National Trust
Trust aims to boost colonies of small pearl-bordered fritillaries by planting 20,000 violets for their caterpillars in Shropshire Hills
Sophie Kevany
10, May, 2024 @5:00 AM
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds
More frequent heatwaves mean bees are unable to thermoregulate their hives – further endangering a species already in decline
Sophie Kevany
04, May, 2024 @7:00 AM
Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?
Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching
Rachel Nuwer
02, May, 2024 @5:00 AM
After 25 years, logging and bushfires, a greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest
Native forest logging will cease in south-east Queensland this year – but how long will it take forests to recover?
Aston Brown
30, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
Bulldozers in Darwin begin destroying habitat of hundreds of bird species as Lee Point/Binybara construction begins
Crossbench MPs and conservationists say clearing exemplifies failed environmental reform as endangered species like Gouldian finch face habitat destruction
Lisa Cox
30, Apr, 2024 @8:16 AM
‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows
After the trauma of losing their spouse and breadwinner to the Sundarbans’ great predator, women are cast out by their superstitious communities. But they are coming together to rebuild their lives
Thaslima Begum in the Sundarbans
30, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM
‘It was wet. It was filthy. It was aggressive. I said, I’ll take the racoon. But keeping exotic pets is cruel’
Lindsay McKenna’s wildlife centre takes in exotic animals when owners can’t cope. She and other experts fear the law is failing the very animals it is designed to protect
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
27, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the rise
Agostino Petroni and Regin Winther Poulsen in Puglia
24, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM
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