Recordings point to second Queensland population of rare night parrot
By Conor Byrne and Holly Richardson
Ecologists say thousands of hours of audio recordings have detected night parrot calls in south-west Queensland.
#Birds #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #NativeSpecies #Bushfires #Cats #Conservation #RuralandRemoteCommunities #ConorByrne #HollyRichardson
Bandicoots bounce back in Brown Hill Creek as team works towards 'superhighway'
By Malcolm Sutton
A small colony of endangered brown bandicoots just south of Adelaide continue to breed as conservationists hope to connect them with other populations.
Australia's rarest reptile found after being considered extinct
By Lily McCure and Andrew Schmidt
Not found anywhere else on Earth, a skink considered functionally extinct has been found in a national park in far west NSW.
#Reptiles #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #NationalParks #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LilyMcCure #AndrewSchmidt
Silly mainlanders, shooting endangered wedge tailed eagles one at a time is so inefficient. Down here in Very Smart Tasmania, we log their native forest habitat instead, destroying both the birds *and* their ability to recover in the future. Cheered on, I might add, by all major political parties.
Property owner finds wedge-tailed eagles shot in 'horrific' scene https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/seven-wedge-tailed-eagles-die-after-being-shot-near-wagga-wagga/105150464 #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #AnimalCruelty #Animals #Birds
Floods are critically important for many plant and animal species, but scientists fear back-to-back extremes of flood, fire and drought are causing significant environmental damage — and say we don't know the full picture.
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