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There are no more ivory-billed woodpeckers or Bachman’s Warblers on Earth, but they’ve left an echo behind.
We need to develop a ‘slow memory’ of how long-term developments have impacted us.
These iconic honeyeaters once ruled the flowering gum trees in massive numbers. But habitat loss means they’re on the edge of extinction.
A fundamental change in how North American zoos and aquariums are accredited supports their animal conservation and species survival work.
Genyornis newtoni was one of the biggest birds ever to walk the earth. And new research shows its mysterious extinction may have come amid a bout of widespread bone disease as its lake home dried out.
The paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a Queensland grazier, in December 1921. But its return was fleeting.
Research has found that poetry can make people feel the urgency of climate change more keenly.
It’s been 80 years since the last undisputed sighting of the striking black-and-white bird. The U.S. government believes the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct — but many will keep searching for it.
African states have an important role to play in promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons.
Humanity faces an extraordinary threat - why are so many of us not motivated into action?
The 15th UN biodiversity conference recently wrapped up the online portion of negotiations.
It sounds like a mammoth plan, but bringing back large herbivore species to Europe could help mitigate ecosystem collapse.
Less attractive endangered species don’t tend to receive the same public attention as their more beautiful counterparts: new studies show how we might help change that.
We’ve identified three frog species very likely to already be extinct. Another four species on our list are still surviving, but not likely to make it to 2040 without help.
Without urgent action, Australia will continue to lose billions of dollars every year on invasive species.
Climate change is even worse than we expected - so is now the time for conservationists to take extreme measures to stem the extinction crisis?
The Convention on Biological Diversity aims to achieve a world “living in harmony with nature”. This won’t happen if the plan goes ahead in its current form.
Researchers found 16% of coral species have not been seen for many years. This finding is alarming, because local extinctions suggest global extinctions may be looming.
Given the scale of the problem, five years was never enough time to turn things around. Clearly, we must reflect honestly on our successes and failures so far.
Top contributors
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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 Node Leader in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, Flinders University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Public Sector Management, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
