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Scientists have discovered six new dancing peacock spiders in Australia

Mike Gaworecki 14 Jul 2016

Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2016

5 Tech Projects That Are Protecting Sharks

Taylor Robb-McCord 30 Jun 2016

Scientists declare first mammal extinction due to climate change

Mike Gaworecki 16 Jun 2016

7 new brilliantly-colored peacock spiders discovered

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jun 2016

Sharks have personalities just like you and me

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2016

Empowering smartphone users to bear witness to illegal wildlife trade

Julia John 26 May 2016

Saving reef fish from the impacts of a hit film

Mike Gaworecki 23 May 2016
Red-eyed tree frog. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

The top 10 most biodiverse countries

Rhett Ayers Butler 21 May 2016

49 species added to Australia’s threatened list

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2016

How “due diligence” is helping curb the illegal timber trade in key markets

Mike Gaworecki 12 May 2016

Big animals have big impacts on tropical forest carbon storage

Shreya Dasgupta 5 May 2016

New termite-eating, fat-tailed gecko found in Australia

Mike Gaworecki 12 Apr 2016
Fires in Far North Queensland, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Rekindling Australia’s Aboriginal past to fight climate change (Commentary)

Catherine Monagle 8 Apr 2016

Australia announces a new spider species called ‘Brian’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

New ‘Blue Economy Challenge’ wants your solutions to transform the aquaculture industry

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Mar 2016

‘Sitting on the edge of a knife’: Deforestation ramps up in Queensland

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Feb 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Feb 2016

Photos: ‘Extremely rare’ baby albino turtle spotted in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Feb 2016

Why is Tasmania burning, and why are scientists worried?

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Feb 2016

India, China, Indonesia score lowest when it comes to tropical forest protection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jan 2016

Release herpes virus to kill invasive carp in Australia, groups urge

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jan 2016

Tasmanian Devils hit by a second contagious cancer

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jan 2016

Giving the handfish a hand

Caleb O'Brien 31 Dec 2015

Australia launches shark-tracking drones and ‘smart’ drum lines to prevent shark attacks

Becca Cudmore, Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2015

Researchers are inducing a drought in an Australian rainforest to study its effects

Mike Gaworecki 25 Nov 2015

Birds, butterflies, and flowers might be blander than expected in the tropics

Alison F. Takemura 20 Nov 2015

Could these technologies reduce shark attacks and culls?

Roz Evans 19 Nov 2015

Mystery sharks captured in New Guinea river

Mike Gaworecki 12 Nov 2015

Tracking the tiny: Harmonic direction finders aid study of small amphibians  

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2015

Tasmanian Devil vaccine trial suffers setback: 4 of 19 vaccinated devils killed on road

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Oct 2015

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