• Extinctions should go extinct

    Open Forum     |      October 5, 2022

    James Trezise, the Conservation Director of the Invasive Species Council, has welcomed the government’s announcement that Australia is adopting a zero extinction target as part of its Threatened Species Action Plan.

  • No birds in the bush

    Ayesha Tulloch     |      July 21, 2022

    Bushfires, invasive species and remorseless land-clearing for agriculture and urban development are pushing many Australian species to the brink of extinction.

  • The death of Australia

    Emma Johnston     |      July 20, 2022

    Climate change is exacerbating pressures on every Australian ecosystem and Australia now has more foreign plant species than native, according to the highly anticipated 2022 State of the Environment Report.

  • A plateful of extinction

    Quentin Read     |      July 1, 2022

    Tough trade-offs for both individuals and societies may be required to balance human health, agricultural economics, and environmental sustainability.

  • Protecting Lord Howe island

    Open Forum     |      June 18, 2022

    The announcement of a NSW Government $32.9 million investment in biosecurity for Lord Howe will ensure the island stays rodent free and secure the recovery of threatened wildlife like the Lord Howe Island woodhen.

  • Tackling Australia’s extinction crisis

    Euan Ritchie     |      May 13, 2022

    Despite its sunny, unspoiled international promotion, Australia has one of the worst conservation records in the world and the new government must take action to reverse the damage before it’s too late.

  • Australia faces an avalanche of extinctions

    Open Forum     |      April 25, 2022

    A new report lays out a range of ways an incoming government can act to avert the threat of mass extinctions facing Australia’s unique wildlife.

  • Native life returns to NSW’s ‘wild deserts’

    Sherry Landow     |      February 28, 2022

    Three native mammal species – bilbies, crest-tailed mulgaras and Shark Bay bandicoots – are booming since their recent reintroduction to Sturt National Park in the far-west NSW outback.

  • Grim prospects for Australia’s wildlife

    Open Forum     |      September 2, 2021

    The first comprehensive list of the threats to Australia’s most endangered plants and animals reveals blunt news about the future for some of the country’s favourite species.

  • Saving the mountain pygmy-possum

    Lachlan Gilbert     |      May 24, 2021

    The critically endangered Pygmy Mountain-possum will soon be bred and acclimatised to conditions in Lithgow with a view to releasing them into a temperate lowland environment.

  • 5 ways to improve the government’s plan for threatened wildlife

    Euan Ritchie     |      January 23, 2021

    The first Threatened Species Strategy fizzled out last year without making a big difference to conservation. With the next strategy due to roll out this year, let’s look at what needs to change.

  • Gippsland lakes revisited

    Max Thomas     |      November 17, 2020

    Incorporating traditional cultural values – such as the idea of soil being a living entity – into science can help restore land and water habitats in the Gippsland Lakes and elsewhere.