The unassuming dusky hopping mouse.
Ben Moore
Australia’s arid grasslands are being invaded - by native shrubs and trees.
Wildlife in the Athi-Kaputiei ecosystem with new development in the background.
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Athi-Kaputiei is close to Nairobi where undeveloped land is exceedingly scarce and expensive. This has made it a powerful magnet for people.
Boa constrictors are frequently found at large in Australia, despite being banned.
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Keeping non-native reptiles as pets is against the law – with good reason. Alien species traded on the black market can potentially establish themselves in the wild if they are released or escape.
People search for recyclable materials alongside animals at the Dandora Municipal Dumping Site in Nairobi.
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Africa’s cities are melting pots of activity and interaction. There are fears that the continent’s next major modern disease crisis will emerge from them.
Weird Tales
Collective environmental guilt could be leading to a rise in werewolf sightings in the English countryside.
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Michael McCarthy’s memoir is a timely reminder of the destruction of the natural world.
Not your average starling.
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Metallic starlings – not the kind that live in your roof – breed in huge colonies that draw thousands of animals.
The number of camels in Kenya has risen, as have other livestock populations.
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Over the past four decade populations of almost all the common wildlife species have fallen to one third or less of their previous levels
White sharks are one of the species targeted in shark programs, but are also threatened.
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Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has offered to extend the state’s shark netting and drum lines into New South Wales.
Eastern quolls face an uphill battle to recover after climate change drove wild populations closer to extinction.
Bronwyn Fancourt
Half of Tasmania’s eastern quolls – Australia’s last population – have disappeared in the past 10 years.
Native bees are just some of the wildlife found in your backyard.
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Whether you live in an urban apartment or a rural homestead, your outdoor area is more than just a private space. It’s a thriving ecosystem.
Crocodiles are protected in Australia, but it wasn’t always so.
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Should shooting crocs be allowed for elite hunters?
CITES has become the premier multilateral arrangement to tackle illegal wildlife trafficking.
Ross Harvey
The focus of CITES is not solely on the protection of species. It also promotes controlled trade that is not detrimental to the sustainability of wild species.
Fires in 1997 in Indonesia released over a billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. Indonesia’s forests burned again in 2015.
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The world has lost 10% of its wilderness areas in the past 20 years and, with it, vast stores of carbon.
A healthy devil.
Menna Jones
New research suggests devils are evolving rapidly in response to their highly lethal transmissible cancer, and that the devils could save themselves.
Australia’s island wildlife is particularly vulnerable to invasive species.
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Eradicating feral animals from islands can be expensive, but new research shows where to get the biggest bang for our buck.
It’s not easy to find wildlife in a country as vast as Australia.
Euan Ritchie
Scientists are calling for your help this National Science Week to identify Australian wildlife.
Snow leopards are just one of the species still threatened by hunting.
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Climate change gets a lot of the spotlight when it comes to saving wildlife. But bigger threats remain.
Koala numbers are in decline through increased urbanisation, but they can find a safe passage if one’s provided.
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Koala numbers in parts of Australia are in decline as they move from development of their land. But they can learn to take safer routes if they are built as part of the urban design.
As temperatures rise, will species have enough habitat to move to suitable ground?
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Animals and plants will need escape hatches to move to cooler climes as the planet warms, but few parts of the U.S. have the natural habitat available for these migrations.