Threatened Species

Sciences & Technology

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Analysis

How rocket launches could threaten Australia’s coastal wildlife

Blast waves, acoustic trauma and sonic booms pose serious, underexamined risks to the threatened species living near proposed launch sites like South Australia's Whalers Way

Environment

Frogs are amazing

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

Environment

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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