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Cats kill a staggering 1.7 billion native animals each year, and threaten at least 120 species with extinction. Five experts analyse a parliamentary report on the problem.
Australia's invertebrates have an ancient lineage and a fascinating evolution. Get up close with macrophotography to discover tiny, unique animals you've probably never seen before.
Not all frogs 'ribbit' — some sound like a motorbike changing gears or a tennis ball being hit. This summer, keep your eyes and ears out for these Aussie frogs.
A major new research paper reveals which species are most at risk from changing fire regimes around the world.
Buffel grass causes just as much damage to native wildlife as feral cats. But with the right control measures, biodiversity can bounce back.
If all, or even most, offspring of the survivors are shy, we could be facing an introduced pest population that is incredibly difficult to remove.
Small mammals in northern Australia have been rapidly vanishing for the last 30 years, and scientists weren't sure why. Now, a major new study found feral livestock are largely to blame.
The Berejiklian government must step up to the challenge of saving koalas in NSW from their predicted fate: extinction in the wild by 2050.
Box gum grassy woodlands are critically endangered. What's left often grows on farms, and farmers are helping to conserve them.
Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. But keeping cats inside (or contained outside) 24/7 can actually be in their best interest.
Roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of the animals are native to Australia.
Wet and bulky cattle dung is very unlike marsupial dung that Australian dung beetles are adapted to deal with, meaning native dung beetles tend to leave it alone. But help from abroad is at hand.
We all want to help native animals recover after bushfires, but giving a koala a drink from your water bottle can cause more harm than good. Here are some helpful things you can do.
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Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University
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University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor / ARC Future Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Euan Ritchie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Conservation Planner/Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, Murdoch University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, Australian Museum
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Zoology, La Trobe University
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Communication Advisor, CSIRO
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Richard Malik is a Friend of The Conversation.
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