Without an emergency cull of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park, the land cannot recover from the bushfires – and threatened species are at grave risk of being annihilated.
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The destruction of recent fires is challenging our belief that with enough time, love and money, every threatened species can be saved. But there is plenty we can, and must, now do.
While Hail Mary conservation efforts can pull birds back from the brink, an extinction wave still looms.
The ecological costs of huge, repetitive, high-severity wildfires on ecosystems could be colossal.
Once you include insects, snails, worms and other small creatures, it’s clear the fires could cause one of the biggest extinction events of the modern era.
In a matter of weeks, the fires have subverted decades of dedicated conservation efforts for many threatened species.
Overhunting of megafauna such as mammoths may have force us to take up farming, ultimately leading to modern society
People tend to pay attention when things get personal, so you need to know how climate change is damaging things in your life.
Understanding why the great auk went extinct could help protect species still living today.
Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia’s east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding.
Insects are vital to sustaining life on Earth – and their numbers are falling fast. So consider ditching the fly spray and see what you can do to help.
New research has revealed 100 plant and animal species have become extinct in the past two centuries – a far higher number than previously thought.
Scientists have a new approach to understanding how pollution threatens species at risk in Canada.
After the woolly mammoth and other megafauna became extinct, surviving animals mingled less. This has big implications for modern conservation.
How do we know that bees were around when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth? The main evidence comes from fossils – the mineralized remains of long-dead organisms.
This diminutive deer isn’t the only fantastical life form discovered in Vietnam. But hunting and habitat destruction threaten many with extinction.
The Earth has experienced five periods of mass extinction. Scientists can’t quite be certain yet, but they’re fairly sure we’re now well into the sixth.
Aside from their intrinsic value, common bird species might be one of the only ways we connect with nature in our everyday lives. But these opportunities are under threat.
An obscure Russian prince lays claim to being the first person to announce that humanity may destroy itself through its own technological advancement.
Every cloud has a silver lining – even the debris cloud from an asteroid impact
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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PhD candidate, Charles Darwin University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
