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.
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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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Associate Professor / ARC Future Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor (conservation biology), Charles Darwin University
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University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Associate 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 in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Richard Malik is a Friend of The Conversation.
Veterinary Internist (Specialist), University of Sydney
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Veterinary Specialist, PhD scholar (wild horse ecology & welfare), University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Research Associate, Charles Darwin University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow / EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University
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Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne
