Indigenous rangers in outback Western Australia have found up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds – in a “breakthrough discovery”.
Conservationists and Traditional Owners have celebrated the return of the common brushtail possum to Central Australia, where the species is locally extinct.
Brandon Michael Sideleau has researched crocodile attacks for years. He says videos of people feeding crocodiles at site of latest attack are deeply concerning.
Scientists have launched a new weapon in the fight to keep cane toads from reaching the Pilbara, in north-west WA.
1792: First Nations man Pemulwuy leads resistance against British colonists.
Two-thirds of Australians support banning pet cats from roaming. Researchers say a ban would save millions of native animals – and billions of dollars.
Drake Passage’s formidable reputation has long deterred travellers wanting to discover the White Continent. But things have changed. You can now fly across Drake Passage in just two hours and be immersed in Antarctica’s delicate wild places in less time than it takes to drive from Bondi to Newcastle. Here’s how you can explore the wonders of Antarctica while avoiding a multi-day ocean crossing of Drake Passage.
The National Film and Sound Archives in Canberra is housed in a building with stripped classical architecture and Art Deco elements. But look closer and you’ll see wombat faces peeping through roundels, goannas carved on the heads of columns, frill-necked lizards framing the front entrance and a skylight in the foyer featuring a stylised platypus. These details are a window into its past as the National Museum of Australian Zoology, later renamed the Australian Institute of Anatomy.
Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil record shows some other, rather special raptors were present in the relatively recent past.
Inoculating coral with microalgae that have been deliberately evolved to tolerate high temperatures, could slow losses caused by mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef and elsewhere.