Australia is home to some of the world’s most unique and endangered species, but protecting them comes at a staggering cost.

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 ...

Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

In just the last decade, the U.S. has officially declared five species extinct, marking a tragic loss for biodiversity. Once ...

Rat and mouse baits commonly used around the home and in the workplace could potentially wipe out as many as nine species of endangered Australian marsupial carnivores, including the iconic Tasmanian ...

Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, is back thanks to 30 years of ...

The critically endangered whitefin swellshark, a little-known deep-sea species, faces a grim future as climate change ...

Buffel grass directly threatens 27 endangered Australian species. This includes animals living at sea and in the air. At the ...

A critically endangered species of shark could be forced to adapt ... There is predicted to be an area within the Great Australian Bight that could offer whitefin swellshark populations refuge ...

Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, ...

While the eastern grey kangaroos used in this trial are not endangered, many of Australia’s marsupial species are, including koalas and Tasmanian devils. Scientists at the University of ...

2024 — A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between 1-3 additional species become ...