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Rare bird spotted on outback cattle station for first time
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (542+ words) Ecologists have seen and heard the critically endangered plains-wanderer on a western Queensland cattle station, where it had not previously been recorded. A partnership between Australian Wildlife Conservancy and North Australian Pastoral Company enabled the detection of the bird using…...
Why Aussie researchers are catching and tagging moths
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (96+ words) Bogong moths migrate from as far as Queensland to alpine regions in NSW and Victoria each year. (Supplied: Ajay Narendra) Australian researchers are about to start tagging and tracking thousands of moths - in a first of its kind citizen scientist…...
Australia spent $26 billion on 'nature-harming' incentives in a year
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1313+ words) There are concerns from researchers about the amount of federal government incentives that could be harmful to nature. (Getty Images: Sally Rango) Australia's government was required to identify spending that could be harmful to biodiversity by the end of 2025 " but…...
Maugean skate's endangered status not changing, environment minister says
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (271+ words) Murray Watt has maintained the Maugean skate's status as endangered. (Supplied: Jane Ruckert) Environment Minister Murray Watt was asked to change the Maugean skate's status from "endangered" to "critically endangered". He says the species will remain listed as endangered. Mr…...
Biologists and boaties team up to save Sydney's seagrass
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (601+ words) Marine biologist Tom Burd is part of a project aiming to save a seagrass species at risk of dying out. (ABC News: Gavin Coote) Seagrass meadows have been in decline around Sydney Harbour for decades, with moorings from boats among…...
Researchers alarmed as declining southern right whale births linked to climate change
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (813+ words) Southern right whales are now calving every four years instead of every three years." (Supplied: Great Australian Bight Right Whale study) Researchers have linked declining southern right whale births over the past 10 years with data showing rising sea temperatures and…...
Mass land clearing in NSW threatens hundreds of species
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (84+ words) An area three times the size of the ACT has been cleared in New South Wales in recent years - and it's threatening hundreds of native species. That's according to new research from the Wentworth Group for Concerned Scientists. The group…...
Western quoll joey born in the wild after conservation program success
1+ week, 1+ day ago (709+ words) The Taronga program breeds chuditch, or western quoll, joeys to be released back into the wild. (Supplied: Briana Verschoor) Once extinct in NSW, the chuditch or western quoll is now breeding in the wild thanks to a conservation program." The…...
How bird calls can tell stories about the environment
1+ week, 3+ day ago (66+ words) How bird calls can tell stories about the environment'Australian Broadcasting Corporation Program: How bird calls can tell stories about the environment One of the joys of spending time in nature is what you hear. Sirine is joined by Professor David…...
Polar bears in Norway defy odds by bulking up, despite shrinking sea ice
2+ week, 6+ day ago (869+ words) Polar bears in Norway's Svalbard archipelago have gained body fat, despite retreating sea ice, a study has found. Scientists are theorising that the polar bears have become plumper by feasting on land-based prey such as reindeer and walruses and that…...