Threatened Species

Environment
Frogs are amazing
Frogs are a vital but endangered part of Australia’s ecosystems. You can help protect them in your neighbourhood

Environment
Q&A
Q&A: How a ‘pooter’ is helping endangered grasshoppers find new homes
Translocation is helping protect the endangered Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper and enhancing ecosystems in south-eastern Australia

Environment
Fighting to save our Aussie bees – one bee hotel at a time
Wattle Fellow Clancy Lester is on a mission to save Australia’s native bees by working with Indigenous communities and spreading the word about bee hotels

Sciences & Technology
A biobank freezes Australian species for the future
By freezing the cells of living animals, researchers and museums are working together to safeguard Australia’s wildlife

Environment
How do some frogs ‘rebound’ after disease while others perish?
A new study shows how some species survive infectious disease epidemics, and how we can use this knowledge to assist and direct wildlife management

Sciences & Technology
The grasshopper that was lost, then found, is now endangered
The rare Key’s Matchstick Grasshopper was rediscovered after it was thought to be extinct, but as its habitat shrinks, it’s now endangered

Sciences & Technology
Going beyond political borders to protect threatened animals
As a global community, we must work beyond our national borders to protect threatened species and maintain biodiversity

Sciences & Technology
Rediscovering a ‘lost’ species
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

Sciences & Technology
The invasive fungus threatening Earth’s biodiversity
An invasive species of fungus is responsible for one of the greatest documented losses of vertebrate biodiversity and we’re running out of time and money to come up with a sustainable solution

Environment
On the DNA trail of the platypus
The platypus is a ‘near threatened’ species, but researchers are now measuring the DNA they leave behind in the environment as part of the largest-ever investigation into tracking this secretive animal