Significant reductions in illegal poaching are necessary to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species. Current privacy and surveillance laws can complicate digital tracking of illegal wildlife ...

More than 52 million hectares of land across Australia is degraded. Degraded land lacks biodiversity and the natural balance of healthy ecosystems, making it unfit for wildlife or cultivation. This ...

Aussie bees come in a huge range of sizes, from big bombastic bees to teeny tiny fairy bees like the small but mighty ...

When Kath Raulings set out to write a book about native grasses, she quickly discovered it was difficult to source good photographs. So she planted a patch of native grassland in her suburban ...

Australian native plants are having a moment in the sun, with more of us seeking out and planting native species than in the past. Our gardens—and our social media feeds—are brimming with beautiful ...

Like farmland in Australia, native forests struggle with drought and flooding, so future management decisions need more sophisticated systems to monitor and manage their water needs. A new study aims ...

Australia’s forestry industry raised eyebrows this month when it released plans to remove trees from native forests, potentially including national parks, and claim carbon credits in the process.

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of ...

The domestic cat arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788, introduced as a familiar companion and a practical way to control rodents. Within decades, many had escaped or been abandoned, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Forest advocates in Australia — the world’s 13 th largest economy — say they scored a major environmental victory on December 15 when the ruling ...