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A researcher left 1,000 artificial bee nests in a forest devastated by bushfire … and then began an anxious wait.
For the first time, orcas have been seen making and using tools out of seaweed. The reason? Most likely as a form of social grooming.
The film made us afraid to go back in the water. It ultimately gave sharks more to fear from us.
South Australia’s new Biodiversity Act will achieve things no federal or state law has done before. It shows states and territories can achieve ambitious reform.
As electricity networks expand, the risk of birds becoming injured or electrocuted by power lines increases. How can we protect them?
Conservationists have to search rough terrain and thousands of automated photographs to find the elusive cats. Artificial intelligence can help them work more accurately and more efficiently.
Reintroducing endangered species into the wild isn’t as straightforward as it seems. Sometimes it can go wildly wrong.
Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can help.
After 20 years of intense debate, the world looks set to have a treaty protecting marine life out beyond national waters.
African pangolin exploitation might be motivated more by local demand for meat than international demand for scales.
Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.
Listen to conservation scientist Hollie Booth explain what happened when fishermen in Indonesia were paid to release sharks caught up in their nets.
Half of Australia’s seas are protected. So why are marine species and ecosystems in freefall?
As our domesticated herds grow, wildlife is becoming rarer and rarer. Rethinking our responsibilities to animals will be hard – but essential.
A new report reveals the perilous state of nature in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Here’s how to arrest the decline of threatened species and habitat.
Parental separation in humans can deeply affect children. But in another monogamous pair-bonding species, it has no such effect.
For decades, researchers have sought proof this critically endangered possum existed in New South Wales. Now it’s arrived by sheer chance
New research reveals only 44% of biodiversity offset policies and 27% of voluntary conservation programs consider climate risk. These 3 practical steps can help.
A new archaeological study finds early evidence of white-tailed deer declines in the 17th century, likely driven by the commodification of deerskins under colonial capitalism.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University