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Critically endangered birds fly free
New hope for dwindling regent honeyeaters as captive birds are released in Victoria.
Tag: endangered species
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Sydney’s bats get the boot
Flying foxes are to get a noisy eviction from the city’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
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World’s only migratory parrots in peril
Two Australian parrots migrate annually over Bass Strait — a voyage that threatens their survival.
Wildlife
Relocated quolls thrive offshore
Island arks saved a growing population of Top End quolls from death by toad.
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iPhone app allows public to track cassowary
Scientists invite bird-watchers to help monitor the endangered cassowary by recording sightings via an iPhone app or web site.
Wildlife
AIDS-like virus new threat to koala
A virus that may weaken the immune system of koalas, similar to HIV in humans, is a new “wild card” among threats facing the species and nearly all koalas in Queensland could already be infected.
Wildlife
Tasmanian devils: Devil coast
In the desperate race to stop a new cancer from wiping out Tasmanian devils, an expedition financed by an Australian Geographic Society fundraiser has found cause for hope on a remote, windswept coast.
Wildlife
Hanging with flying foxes
Despite their vulnerable status, grey-headed flying-foxes in regional NSW outnumber the 2900 residents 27 to one.
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Endangered bird spotted in Northern Territory
A threatened bird species has been spied in a new part of the country.
Wildlife
How much can a koala bear?
Is this beloved national icon a threatened species, or a plague? It all depends where you look.