2+ week, 6+ day ago   (835+ words) Possums are among New Zealand’s most destructive introduced mammals. They damage native forests, prey on wildlife and remain a major target of the country’s Predator Free 2050 programme. But removing most possums from an area through predator control is only part…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (877+ words) Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, about a four-hour drive…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (944+ words) very challenging – but not impossible. The good news is that vaccine development took a huge leap forward...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (958+ words) populations and individuals surviving. That’s good news for some – but it won’t save vulnerable species...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (807+ words) Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green. Here in south-west England, an animal that was made extinct in Britain in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (552+ words) Australia is famous for its lizards and snakes. But we found at least 127 species are threatened – almost twice as many as previously thought....

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (913+ words) When you think of conservation in Australia, chances are you’ll think of a national park. But there’s another fast-growing way of conserving land: Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs). These areas of land or sea Country are voluntarily dedicated by Traditional Owners…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (717+ words) The first thing that struck us wasn’t the missing trees, but the missing water. In May 2026, we visited the Sundarbans, a mangrove forest in the delta where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet in the Bay of Bengal. We…...