To save Australia's animals, scientists must count how many are left. But what if they're getting it wrong?
Humans are causing enormous damage to the Earth, and about 1 million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction.
Forty-one new flora and fauna species added to Australia's threatened list
A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the ...
1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them
Even though 1080 is derived from native plants, not all of Australia’s native species are resistant to this lethal poison.
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Kangaroo species went extinct in the Pleistocene. Research hops in with a possible explanation.
In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds ...
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'Big boy' spider becomes Australia's largest deadly funnel-web after surprise discovery
The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...
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Australia’s threatened species in crisis
The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the ...
Pets and Animals
A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold ...
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How scientists milk venom from Australia’s toxic marine animals to produce life-saving antivenoms
Toxicologist Jamie Seymour’s job is riskier than most: milking sea creatures of their venom to create life-saving antidotes, or antivenoms. Dozens of Irukandji jellyfish, some no bigger than a ...