Australia’s conservation laws are failing our endangered species

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act is failing to protect Australia’s increasing numbers of critically endangered species and the wild habitats they require to survive.

Slithering to extinction

At least 11 species of snakes and lizards are likely to become extinct by 2040 unless conservation action is stepped up, with around 20 snakes and lizards also at risk of extinction.

Redesigning Centennial Park to care for Australia’s endangered animals

A UNSW studio led by renowned landscape architect Professor Richard Weller has suggested a unique way to protect our threatened species.

Protecting the last refuges of nature

Logging, land clearing and development continue to ravage Australia’s natural environments, and even supposedly protected areas are increasingly open to assault by commercial interests.

Saving the mountain pygmy-possum from climate change

Scientists have come up with a radical plan to save the critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum: take some from their alpine habitat and introduce them to a warmer, lowland rainforest environment.

Swan-song for the honey-eater

The genetic history of a critically endangered songbird shows its best chance of survival is to protect its rapidly disappearing habitat.

A lost species comes to life – in a graveyard

A rare insect species, the Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper, was thought to be extinct in Victoria but has now been rediscovered, giving hope for conserving its future.

Wildlife needs wilderness

The global conservation community has been urged to adopt a specific target to protect the world’s remaining wilderness areas to prevent the large scale loss of endangered species.

Farmers flouting land clearing laws threaten rare species

Farmers and developers have destroyed more than 7.7 million hectares of threatened species habitat in the 21st century, revealing critical failures in Australia’s federal and state environmental protection laws.

Can we save the Tasmanian devil?

Released on National Threatened Species Day on 7 September ,a new book offers an update on the campaign to save the Tasmanian devil, which has suffered a dramatic reduction in numbers.

Elegy for the black-throated finch

Australian artists are sending artistic representations of the threatened black-throated finch to politicians to protest against the Adani mine, which threatens the bird’s habitat.

An island haven for frogs in a world of extinctions

New Guinea is one of the only places in the world where frogs are safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungus. An international team of scientists has published a new paper that shows how to keep it that way, but they need help to carry out their plan.