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Success with conservation of Kangaroo Island’s Glossy Black-Cockatoos can now be compared with other bird conservation efforts around the country. Ian Sanderson/Flickr

November 26, 2018

For the first time we’ve looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side

Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University; Alienor Chauvenet, Griffith University; April Reside, The University of Queensland; Brendan Wintle, The University of Melbourne; David Lindenmayer, Australian National University; David M Watson, Charles Sturt University; Elisa Bayraktarov, The University of Queensland; Hayley Geyle, Charles Darwin University; Hugh Possingham, The University of Queensland; Ian Leiper, Charles Darwin University; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Jim Radford, La Trobe University; John Woinarski, Charles Darwin University; Les Christidis, Southern Cross University; Martine Maron, The University of Queensland; Molly K Grace, University of Oxford; Paul McDonald, University of New England, and Sarah Legge, Australian National University

New research has shown how to measure conservation progress for Australia’s 238 endangered bird species

June 10, 2018

Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered species

Matthew H Webb, Australian National University; David M Watson, Charles Sturt University, and Dejan Stojanovic, Australian National University

For decades, state and federal governments have shed environmental budgets and staff. Now it’s up to volunteers to fill the gap.

June 6, 2018

The threats behind the plight of the puffin

Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University

The bird faces a wave of challenges – from climate change to human hunters.

The rising influence of the gun lobby in Australia may have extended the prospects of duck season continuing for the foreseeable future. shutterstock

March 14, 2018

Why duck shooting season still isn’t on the endangered list

Siobhan O'Sullivan, UNSW Sydney

Despite its unpopularity with the public and ongoing reports of endangered and non-game birds being killed - duck shooting season commences this month in Victoria, Tasmania and SA.

Carefully tracking the migration habits of birds like the Barn Swallow can help to conserve these species. Shutterstock

November 20, 2017

Why a proper record of birds in Africa is so important – for Europe

Les Underhill, University of Cape Town

If Europe is going to reap the benefits of conservation measures at home, its experts need an understanding of where “their” birds migrate to when they head off to Africa.

July 24, 2017

Goldfinches need protection – migrating songbirds might be vanishing from North Africa

Rassim Khelifa, University of Zurich

The European goldfinch, with its wonderful coloration and melodic singing, is a favoured pet for people living in the western Maghreb. But continued poaching is putting the species in danger.

February 14, 2017

Ruffled feathers: angry Britons’ battle with dive-bombing birds moves inland

Mike Jeffries, Northumbria University, Newcastle

What’s the answer? Fight or flight?

Globally vulnerable yellow-breasted pipits are endemic grassland specialists severely affected by current farming practices. Warwick Tarboton

September 7, 2015

What South African farmers can do to protect endangered grassland birds

Rob Little, University of Cape Town and Ian Little, University of Cape Town

Simple changes to current grassland management has the potential to save many endangered birds.

To have any chance of coaxing species like the Secretary bird back from the brink of extinction we must reconcile the pressures of food production with the need for nature conservation. John Michael Evan Potter/Shu

May 21, 2015

Farmers hold the key to nature conservation: let’s treat them that way

Falko Buschke, University of the Free State

Farmers hold the key to prevent ecological degradation and promote conservation

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