The copper or bronze whaler shark is a large predator that is vulnerable to overexploitation. By analysing part of the mitochondrial…
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We now know that mountain treeshrews and summit rats feed on the nectar secreted by the giant pitcher plant – Nepenthes rajah – then defecate into its pitchers, providing it with much needed nutrients…
A species of tiny toads, that are extinct in the wild following their discovery in Tanzania, are thriving in a laboratory…
The extinction threat for many of the world’s undiscovered species is worse than previously feared, according to a new report…
Scientists have discovered the largest surviving population of the critically endangered white-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys), counting around 455 individuals in a Vietnamese national park…
The elephant population in Kenya has proved to be a serious problem for farmers. Luckily a new method of keep elephants away…
Many of us eagerly await those few weeks when we can escape the daily grind and break away to some breathtaking holiday destination. But with increasing concern over climate change and the emissions generated…
Scientists have discovered that modern polar bears are descended from now extinct brown bears that roamed the region we know…
Given the growing evidence of catastrophic extinctions in the world’s oceans due to climate change and overfishing (see, for example, the recent IPSO report) one would expect a groundswell of demand for…
Australia is getting warmer and drier, and the area suitable for platypus is getting smaller and smaller. Research recently…
Miniature acoustic tags have been attached to the shells of 24 turtle hatchlings to monitor their location and behaviour…
Google Earth satellite images have been used to observe the behavioural interactions between predator and prey in the Great…
For many agencies and community groups interested in protecting biodiversity, a primary goal has been to protect native species and to control introduced alien species, such as feral animals and weeds…
It is time to drop the alien versus native species dichotomy in conservation, according to a group of eminent scientists…
The effectiveness of offsets and mitigation in restorating degraded ecosystems is questioned in an article published in BioScience…
Every night under cover of darkness an advancing wall of toads heads west. Rather than winding through the bush, the toads march straight down the highway, ignoring the official border signs. Meanwhile…
When I told my family that the top ten list of new species had been announced, the teenager asked, “Are we on it?” Although we’re not on the list, our fingerprints are all over it. Homo sapiens remains…
Around 20% of currently listed flowering plant species are classified as at risk of extinction but the current criteria for…
Ten of the 72 known seagrass species are at an elevated risk of extinction and three qualify as endangered, a study has found…
A new fence is being constructed to slow the advance of the cane toad in the Kimberley wilderness, in Western Australia The…
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