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25 Mar 2024
What business does a wild animal have in contributing to our domestic bliss?
15 Feb 2024
Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University has...
14 Feb 2024
A new project seeks to rewrite this period of history – and others – to honour the voices and experiences of Aboriginal people whose contributions to colonial-...
12 Feb 2024
What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? New research answers these questions for Australian birds.
22 Nov 2023
Colombia has more bird species than any other country in the world, so you can imagine that leading their bird conservation strategy is a pretty big job. Just...
15 Nov 2023
The amount of timber-producing forest burning each year in severe wildfires has increased significantly in the past decade, and threatens industries such as...
13 Nov 2023
The white-winged chough is one of the weirder birds out there.
15 Sep 2023
For award-winning researcher Dr Joëlle Gergis, climate action is about protecting the people and places we love.
14 Sep 2023
Australia’s palm cockatoos are well-known for their unique love of drumming, but they don’t just have great rhythm – they also each have their own sense of...
8 Sep 2023
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan, experts explain how the plan could help prevent extinctions of...
6 Mar 2023
Sometimes research projects have outcomes you can’t anticipate, such as finding yourself on an Instagram Live, surprising local front page news articles, and...
12 Jan 2023
A first-of-its-kind report has been released by researchers led by The Australian National University. Global warming is changing the water cycle and causing...