An Indigenous-led effort to increase caribou abundance and cultural practices like hunting is successfully increasing the caribou population
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Species are declared extinct when there have been no verifiable sightings for 50 years. Declaring a species extinct has implications for conservation efforts and policies.
Most people try their best to avoid snakes. This snake photographer couple spends their free time searching for them.
Want to understand your local environment better? Look to the birds.
The key to protecting wolverines around the world is to reduce trapping, minimize predator control pressures, and to protect and connect large blocks of intact habitat they need to survive.
Labor and the Greens launched environmental policies last week. We take a close look at what was promised, and if they’re enough to tackle Australia’s extinction crisis.
The UK wants gardeners to stop thinking of slugs and snails as pests and to embrace garden biodiversity. Is it worth considering in Australia?
Playing the sounds of the sea can attract lost baby oysters to join the restoration of oyster reefs.
Literary texts are useful for environmental communication and can deal with the complexity of climate change.
Plankton-eating sharks are struggling to navigate crowded ocean highways, a new study suggests.
We don’t have to passively sit back and watch Australia’s species and ecosystems die. Here are five concrete steps the next government should take.
We compiled the first list of Antarctic species and where they were first found. This knowledge means we can now protect all of the icy continent’s species.
The goal of our new web app is to help users engage with their elected representatives and put imperilled species on the political agenda this election and beyond.
More than half of all crocodile species are a high priority for conservation according to the assessment.
Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.
Tourism revenues account for almost 10% of Costa Rica’s gross domestic product. New research shows that charismatic wildlife is necessary but not sufficient to attract ecotourists.
With temperatures plunging, rodents have started seeking the warmth and food inside our houses. Here’s how to deal with them effectively and humanely – without accidentally catching native animals.
Nigeria should urgently protect three freshwater ecosystems as these undisturbed environments are becoming rare globally.
Increasing revegetation from 1% to 10% of the landscape doubled the number of woodland bird species. The collective efforts of landowners can make a real difference for native wildlife.
As climate change and other conflicts put humans and other species on the move — and sometimes in conflict — we need to rethink the way we approach conservation.
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin 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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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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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
