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These iconic honeyeaters once ruled the flowering gum trees in massive numbers. But habitat loss means they’re on the edge of extinction.
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Under a new code, rural landholders in NSW will be allowed to clear up to 25 metres of land outside their property boundary. This will be devastating for the wildlife that live or migrate there.
Africa’s leopards, like this one in Botswana, are increasingly under threat.
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Recent sighting of a leopard in the Campo-Ma’an National Park area of Southern Cameroon shows the importance of conservation efforts.
An oasis in the Sahara Desert, Libya.
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Wetlands in drylands seem impossible, but their benefits to people and wildlife are very real.
Nicholas Williams
COVID-19 restrictions led to calls to open up golf courses to the public. But these are such precious refuges for native flora and fauna that access will have to be carefully managed.
Monarch butterflies cover a tree at El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Michoacán, Mexico.
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Can a plan that brings together government and private landowners create enough habitat for monarch butterflies?
A boomslang eating a bullfrog.
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Social media has proved to be a helpful source of observations of snakes feeding. Knowing more about their diet is useful because it’s linked to their venom biochemistry.
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The Berejiklian government must step up to the challenge of saving koalas in NSW from their predicted fate: extinction in the wild by 2050.
A bird house on an exterior wall of the Yeni Valide mosque in Istanbul.
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The mosque is where men and women and children go to pray. But, according to art historian Christiane Gruber, some make room for other, non-human creatures too.
Is it that same busy squirrel you’re watching every day?
Julian Avery
With careful observation, you can start to recognize that one sassy squirrel or the cardinal pair who call your neighborhood home.
Female tiger crossing track, Bandavgarh National Park, India.
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A new study forecasts that thousands of miles of new road construction will cut through tiger habitat across Asia by 2050. Planning can make these projects more tiger-friendly.
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The forestry industry wants to remove damaged logs from native forests after the bushfires. But our wildlife needs them now more than ever.
Birds are disoriented by smoke and often cannot escape a fire.
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In a matter of weeks, the fires have subverted decades of dedicated conservation efforts for many threatened species.
The Delta’s rich array of wildlife makes it a popular tourist destination.
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It’s imperative that we understand what creates and sustains the delta for the future management of the system.
After gum trees are cut down, the koalas that lived in them must take a hike.
Esther Wong
Huge gum tree plantations shelter big koala populations, but when the trees are cut down the koalas flood into nearby habitat.
Doug Ford’s government is weakening environmental laws in Ontario — leaving wildlife and environments with no protections.
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Doug Ford’s government is undercutting the environment by giving business and development the upper hand.
Habitat loss to palm oil plantations in Central Kalimantan, Borneo. The forests of Borneo are home to the few remaining Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus , Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni , and the Borneo pygmy elephant Elephas maximus borneensis , among other endangered species.
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New research has found that different types of habitat loss can change the stability of whole plant and animal communities.
Bank swallows, like this juvenile, may become endangered unless habitat loss and other threats are reduced.
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A collection of millions of bird sightings has identified the best places to invest in conservation.
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Ponds are good for more than just decorating the garden – they could be your best tool in fighting climate change.
A serval captured on a camera trap at an industrial site in South Africa.
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A high number of carnivores have been discovered at a huge industrial site in Mpumalanga, South Africa.