Feral pigs are a destructive invasive species across much of North America. In a recent study, forest patches where feral pigs were present had fewer mammal and bird species than swine-free zones.
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The Trump administration is changing implementation of the Endangered Species Act in ways that conservationists say would reduce protection for some of America’s most threatened wildlife.
Are our brains wired to favour growth over environmentally rational decisions?
Environmental protections in Australia are built on assumptions about where animals live – and it’s harming our wildlife.
Doug Ford’s government is undercutting the environment by giving business and development the upper hand.
When Julia Sigwart went looking for the scaly-foot snail – or Sea Pangolin – in the deep ocean, they were hard to find. Now they are seen as endangered from the prospect of deep sea mining.
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.
An update of the IUCN Red List attempts to map the real extent of global biodiversity loss.
The endangered Australasian bittern offers a way past the ‘farmers vs environmentalist’ debate in the Murray-Darling basin.
Fewer than 1,000 Siamese crocodiles exist, but can captive crocs survive again in the wild?
We used to think a marsupial mum didn’t know when she was pregnant, but new research shows that’s wrong. And that could help in conservation of endangered species.
A recent global survey found almost 600 plants have gone extinct. And this figure is likely to be an underestimate.
Here’s how climate change affects recovery efforts for the elusive western ground parrot.
North Atlantic right whales are headed toward a traumatic extinction, but could rebound if humans can get out of their way.
In the event, the federal election turned out to be more about the economy than the environment. But there are steps the Coalition government can take to help conservation and boost the economy too.
It’s hard to say exactly how many koalas are in the wild, but there’s no doubt they’re in serious trouble.
Our findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched.
The latest update on the environment highlights that New Zealand has the world’s highest proportion of indigenous wildlife species either threatened or at risk of extinction.
Alarm bells went off when several recent studies reported mass insect die-offs in different parts of the world. But reports of an ‘insect apocalypse’ have been greatly exaggerated.
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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