Kids at tiny school work to save extremely rare ‘flying jewel’ purple copper butterfly
Kids at a tiny regional school are on a mission to save one of Australia’s extremely rare butterflies.…
Rufous scrub-bird DNA project aims to safeguard ancient and elusive songbird
A tiny songbird species living in pockets of high-altitude rainforest since the time of the dinosaurs is having…
Top new species from 2025
Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…
Snowy owls return to Prairies for winter with new status as threatened species
Every year, snowy owls spread their wings and migrate down to the Prairies, where they enjoy access to…
NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project
A New South Wales government-backed renewable energy project has been accused of environmental vandalism after dozens of threatened…
Photographer Lyn Alcock captures wild antics of Dryandra’s numbat population over 20 years
After 20 years photographing the endangered marsupials of Dryandra Woodland in Western Australia’s South West, Lyn Alcock has…
Trail cameras capture rare, first-of-its-kind footage of ‘one of the world’s rarest’ cats: ‘Such a beautiful sight’
Trail cameras captured unexpected footage in Tanjung Puting National Park on Endangered Species Day: a Bornean clouded leopard…
Curious national park photo exposes $18 billion Aussie emergency: ‘Enormous toll’
With feral cats killing an estimated 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs each year in Australia,…
Rare good news for critically endangered east coast grey nurse sharks
Grey nurse shark numbers along Australia’s east coast are on the rise, in “rare good conservation news” for…