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Find out what threatened plants and animals live in your electorate (and what your MP can do about it)
Image: Gouldian finch. ShutterstockMore than 1,800 Australian plants and animals are considered at-risk of extinction, and yet protecting threatened species is almost entirely absent from the current election...
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How to control invasive rats and mice at home without harming native wildlife
Image: ShutterstockAs I write this article, a furry blur of a rodent has just scampered across the room and under the couch. It’s autumn...
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National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property
Getty ImagesOver the last decade, the area protected for nature in Australia has shot up by almost half. Our national reserve system now covers 20% of...
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Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes
Image: Zoos VictoriaFederal Environment Minister Sussan Ley is reportedly poised to decide whether some koala populations should be listed as endangered, as new research shows her...
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Native birds have vanished across the continent since colonisation. Now we know just how much we’ve lost
The critically endangered regent honeyeater. Friends of Chiltern, Author providedIn the 250 years since Europeans colonised Australia, native birdlife has disappeared across the continent. Our new research has,...
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Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining
Tarcutta Hills Reserve. Bush Heritage Australia, Author providedAustralia has the world’s largest network of privately owned conservation areas that protect a range of rare wildlife, from bilbies to endangered fish.There...
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Why dingoes should be considered native to mainland Australia – even though humans introduced them
Image: ShutterstockDingoes are often demonised as a danger to livestock, while many consider them a natural and essential part of the environment. But is our...
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The ‘Ringo Starr’ of birds is now endangered – here’s how we can still save our drum-playing palm cockatoos
Palm cockatoo breeding pair at the nesting hollow. Female on left, male on the right. Christina N. ZdenekAustralia’s largest parrot, the palm cockatoo,...
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Australia’s threatened species plan has failed on several counts. Without change, more extinctions are assured
Picture: Alex Asbury/AAPAustralia is globally renowned for its abysmal conservation record – in roughly 230 years we’ve overseen the extinction of more mammal species than...
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5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season
Picture: hamiltonphillipa/iNaturalistAround one year ago, Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season ended, leaving more than 8 million hectares across south-east Australia a mix of charcoal, ash and...
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