Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/marsupials/ Environmental science and conservation news Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:11:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png News on Marsupials https://news.mongabay.com/list/marsupials/ 32 32 The conservation population of Australia’s endangered eastern quoll welcomes joeys https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/the-conservation-population-of-australias-endangered-eastern-quoll-welcomes-joeys/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/the-conservation-population-of-australias-endangered-eastern-quoll-welcomes-joeys/#respond 28 Aug 2026 12:35:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=327711 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/the-conservation-population-of-australias-endangered-eastern-quoll-welcomes-joeys/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-327711 Rescue networks built by fire: Saving animals from Australia’s bushfires https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/rescue-networks-built-by-fire-saving-animals-from-australias-bushfires/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/rescue-networks-built-by-fire-saving-animals-from-australias-bushfires/#respond 24 Aug 2026 21:25:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=326765 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/rescue-networks-built-by-fire-saving-animals-from-australias-bushfires/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-326765 New ‘conservation deed’ aims to protect tree kangaroos, forests, people in Papua New Guinea https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-conservation-deed-aims-to-protect-tree-kangaroos-forests-people-in-papua-new-guinea/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-conservation-deed-aims-to-protect-tree-kangaroos-forests-people-in-papua-new-guinea/#respond 04 Aug 2026 03:56:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=325195 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-conservation-deed-aims-to-protect-tree-kangaroos-forests-people-in-papua-new-guinea/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-325195 Above an Australian highway, a bridge reconnects wilderness for quolls, koalas and other animals https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/above-an-australian-highway-a-bridge-reconnects-wilderness-for-quolls-koalas-and-other-animals/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/above-an-australian-highway-a-bridge-reconnects-wilderness-for-quolls-koalas-and-other-animals/#respond 22 May 2026 12:08:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=319915 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/above-an-australian-highway-a-bridge-reconnects-wilderness-for-quolls-koalas-and-other-animals/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-319915 Australia’s new national park links habitat to protect koalas https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/australias-new-national-park-links-habitat-to-protect-koalas/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/australias-new-national-park-links-habitat-to-protect-koalas/#respond 06 May 2026 13:46:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=318756 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/australias-new-national-park-links-habitat-to-protect-koalas/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-318756 ‘Rediscovered’ species in Papua spotlight importance of Indigenous knowledge https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/rediscovered-species-in-papua-spotlights-importance-of-indigenous-knowledge/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/rediscovered-species-in-papua-spotlights-importance-of-indigenous-knowledge/#respond 15 Apr 2026 02:22:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=317487 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/rediscovered-species-in-papua-spotlights-importance-of-indigenous-knowledge/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-317487 Koala on the road? 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