Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world's species of animals, birds, plants and insects—between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian plants and mammals and just under 50% ...
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in Western Australia. Authorities have confirmed three seabirds have died of ...
Australia's ecosystems face an unprecedented crisis. From rainforests in the continent's north to the alpine bogs and fens of the alps, ecosystems are being pushed towards collapse. Why? To date, the ...
When a non native animal is introduced into and ecosystem where it doesn't belong the native wildlife and the native ecosystems suffer. In this video i will be taking a look at some Australian ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The World War II shipwrecks scattered across Australian ...
Australia’s remarkable animals, plants and ecosystems are world-renowned, and rightly so. The 2020 review of our main environmental protection laws offered 38 recommendations. To date, no major party ...
A study of shallow-water fish communities on rocky reefs in south-eastern Australia has found climate change is helping tropical fish species invade temperate Australian waters. A University of ...
In a local grazier's backyard in the small southeast QLD town of Murgon, scientists have been digging for decades in what looks like an unremarkable clay pit. But within the clay lies one of Australia ...
Researchers in Australia have discovered fossils of two enormous predators that lived alongside one another, upending ideas about how the ancient ecosystem operated down under 120 million years ago.