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We think of laughing kookaburras as common in Australia and their call certainly lets us know when they’re about. But several factors are driving down their numbers.
One of the world’s largest programs to eradicate multiple predators and pests has started to restore the island and its once vast nesting colonies to their former glory.
Australia’s First Peoples have a strong and continuing connection to the land. Their determination to maintain this connection provides important opportunities for conservation. Our new research explored…
It’s hard work saving birds from extinction, but we have the evidence of successful interventions to show we can avoid further losses.
A local legend of a mysterious bird with big eyes grew into the discovery of the Príncipe scops owl. A biologist on the team tells the story of finding and cataloging this new species.
The Bahama warbler favours large pine trees and palms, fieldwork shows.
Tourism revenues account for almost 10% of Costa Rica’s gross domestic product. New research shows that charismatic wildlife is necessary but not sufficient to attract ecotourists.
Clean bird feeders and grow insect-friendly plants.
The paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a Queensland grazier, in December 1921. But its return was fleeting.
Without changes, many birds will continue to decline or be lost altogether. But when conservation action is well resourced and implemented, we can turn the trend around.
Saving our threatened species shouldn’t be seen as a cost, but rather a very savvy investment to ensure the support systems sustaining life on Earth remain intact.
Māori treasure kiwi feathers for weaving cloaks for high-ranking people. But the bird’s first description by European scientists is quite recent, based on a specimen that arrived in London in 1812.
In healthy populations, the song of regent honeyeaters is complex and long. But where the population is very small, the song is sadly diminished.
The poisoning incident in Guinea-Bissau represents a loss of around 5% of the estimated national population of Hooded Vultures, which makes up 22% of the entire global population.
While Hail Mary conservation efforts can pull birds back from the brink, an extinction wave still looms.
Australian artists are protesting the Adani mine’s potential impact on the black-throated finch. The project is gaining traction online, but in this case, emotive art might not be enough.
The endangered Australasian bittern offers a way past the ‘farmers vs environmentalist’ debate in the Murray-Darling basin.
How African penguins and their chicks’ respond to fish availability informs marine conservation.
Scientists now have a better understanding of what martial eagles eat. This is valuable for the conservation of this endangered species.
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor , FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Economics, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
