As bird flu takes hold, we must find and conserve species with less genetic ability to fight the virus.
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Destacamos formas de celebrar la sabiduría, la alegría, la belleza y la resistencia de los indígenas wounaan mientras hablamos de la historia.
We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.
Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.
Sometimes the best escape isn’t a weekend away. It’s the park just down the road.
The tiny scabies mite burrows beneath the skin of many animals, including Australia’s bare-nosed wombat.
Biodiversity policies fail because governments lack the safeguards, accountability mechanisms and political commitment needed to implement them consistently.
These ancient wetlands are wildlife hotspots and crucial carbon stores.
Helping distressed wildlife without seeking advice may sometimes do more harm than good – as two experts explain.
Scientists and authorities are increasingly calling for help from citizen scientists to track species and changes.
A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.
An animal, plant, landscape or waterway may be culturally vital even if not rare or threatened.
Calling an animal a ‘pest’ can sometimes cause more harm to people than the animal itself.
The pint-sized pookila faces uncertainty in Queensland, as two experts explain.
An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long environmental restoration project.
He also offers valuable lessons about how humans can interact – safely and responsibly – with marine wildlife.
Four experts explain how we can protect the rare – and increasingly at risk – spidery wattle.
New Zealand’s conservation management currently prioritises full protection of pristine landscapes. Other models are based on reciprocity between people and nature.
Top contributors
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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 of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt 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