Endangered and Protected Species

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

A rare and endangered WA turtle species will be introduced to a new home outside their natural habitat in the state's South West, in a last-ditch effort to bring the reptiles back from the brink of extinction.

The largest survey of Australia's freshwater fish suggests about one third should be listed as threatened species.

Traditional owners say they hope the park's new listing will trigger action to prevent the spread of an invasive grass species that's changing the ancient landscape.

Jamdrop and Florentine are the newest western quolls on the block, following success of a decade-long mammal conservation project in the Wheatbelt.

For 35 years American researcher Peggy Rismiller has been studying Kangaroo Island's animals, from snakes to echidnas.

After washing up in Denmark on the southern coast of Australia after a 3,400km trip the penguin, given the name Gus, is being looked after by wildlife carers.

The Sea World marine rescue crew has had one of its busiest years ever disentangling whales off the east Australian coast, and what happens after they are freed has long been a mystery.

Some of Victoria's most spectacular grasslands exist on nondescript roadsides in the heart of the state's western sheep country. Scientists say too many species in the endangered ecosystem face extinction. 

New plea to save forty-spotted pardalote.

They are tiny, energetic and might be seen chasing their insect dinner in the forest canopy — that is, if you are extremely lucky enough to see one. There are fewer than 1,000 left in the wild.

Using underwater endoscopes, researchers have already discreetly filmed the freshwater cod taking refuge in several of the new purpose-built habitats.

The dingo on K'gari made a "gut-wrenching, distressing noise" before bleeding to death, a Queensland court has heard. A 57-year-old man shot the dingo with a spear gun and has been fined $5,000.

Scientists and surfers want to know whether steps to protect the marine predators along Australia’s coasts are linked to a recent wave of attacks.

ACT government conservation officers have confirmed the first sighting of a wild koala in the territory since 2021, near the developing northern suburb of Jacka.

Flowers can be pollinated in a multitude of ways, and now a series of studies is showing just how big a role rats and mice play when it comes to Australian flora.

A program designed to offset development damage to critical habitats in Australia's iron mining heartland is being likened to "swiping a credit card" without conservation actions.

On an isolated island in the Federated States of Micronesia, community and invited scientists are attempting a monitor lizard eradication program to protect nesting turtles.

A long stretch of the Murray River and the massive Macquarie Marshes wetland in NSW could soon be designated "threatened ecological communities" by the federal government. Here's what that means.

The team behind a bid to 'de-extinct' the Tasmanian tiger says it has made significant breakthroughs, including producing a genome that is 99.9-per-cent accurate. Scientists say the scientific progress is welcome but they want to see the data.