Rare Rymer apples found on NSW Southern Tablelands farm
Rudi Stachow spent his early years in his family’s orchard on the NSW Southern Tablelands eating a variety…
Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
Photograph Carlos Bocos, licensed CC 4.0. Int. via inclusion in Flannery et al., 2026. Rec. Aust. Mus. 78(1):…
How eastern quolls, once extinct on the mainland, have returned to Victoria
An endangered “native cat” is making a celebrated comeback, with a breeding population of eastern quolls making a…
Western quoll joey born in outback NSW likely to be first in a century
When Indigenous trainee zoo keeper Vincent Hamilton bent down to check a trap in the Sturt National Park…
Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’
Releasing a green and golden bell frog back in the wild – Credit: University of Canberra This beautiful…
Thought Extinct, Snail Scientists Embark on Largest Snail Breeding and Reintroduction Effort in History
– credit, Phil Fitzgerald and Lucas James for Parks Australia A group of Australian biologists have discovered that…
‘Extinct’ Graceful Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding
credit – Saharan Conservation Even as the final scimitar-horned oryx was felled for meat and leather on the…
South Australian golf course wetland is breeding site for locally extinct tiny native olive perchlet
Golf courses around the world feature picturesque water ponds as a challenging hazard for players to avoid, but…
5 of the most endangered animals in the world
The Bornean orangutan, the largest tree-dwelling mammal on Earth, is found only on Borneo island. It is critically…
Rare parma wallabies moved to predator-free zones after 50 years in Blue Mountains sanctuary
For decades a tiny, elusive wallaby species was thought to be extinct — until a surprise discovery on…
Christmas Island shrew declared extinct after decades without a sighting
A leading researcher has described the extinction of the Christmas Island shrew as “another stain” on Australia’s environmental…
Nine decades on, a witness to the last Tasmanian thylacine recounts her experience
Even after nine decades, Peggie Bassett can still remember the guttural growl and striking scent of the last…