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23 Species Have Gone Extinct in Australia in 70 Years. Here’s How Researchers are Trying to Reverse the Trend.
When humans struggle with infertility, they often turn to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, to help grow their family. This intricate — and expensive — process involves retrieving an egg from a female, ...
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Researchers Use A.I. to Find an Elusive and ‘Odd’ Australian Bird. It Hadn’t Been Recorded in the Area Since 1989
Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...
Endangered species to be served up to Aussie diners as certified ‘sustainable’ meal
Allowing trawlers to catch endangered fish and serve them up to Aussie diners has long frustrated conservations. But an ...
Once feared extinct, Australia's most endangered marsupial has had a comeback
Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, is back thanks to 30 years of ...
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It looks like a tiny kangaroo and it’s bouncing back from the brink of extinction
Sacrificing one’s own young might seem brutal, but it’s an essential survival strategy for a species that, until recently, was extinct in South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula. Brush-tailed bettongs (also ...
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Scientists produced world’s first kangaroo embryo through IVF. It has sparked hope for marsupial conservation
Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, ...
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Australia's rarest wombat makes a comeback after near extinction
The northern hairy-nosed wombat, once near extinction with only 35 left, has rebounded to 400 due to conservation efforts.
Rare Deep-Sea Shark Faces Extinction As Its Home Disappears
The critically endangered whitefin swellshark, a little-known deep-sea species, faces a grim future as climate change ...
Australia's battle against buffel grass
Buffel grass directly threatens 27 endangered Australian species. This includes animals living at sea and in the air. At the ...
Scientists call for efforts to protect habitats of critically endangered shark species
The whitefin swellshark has been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Critically Endangered for a number of years due to declines largely attributed to fishing ...