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Understanding the ‘Slopocene’: how the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings
The Top End’s tropical savannas are a natural wonder – but weak environment laws mean their future is uncertain
Farmers fear dingoes are eating their livestock – but predator poo tells an unexpected story
Migrating Flies Vital For People And Nature
Australians want nature protected. These 3 environmental problems should be top of the next government’s to-do list
Feeding on the go – research provides new insights into pygmy blue whale foraging behaviours
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why
Australia’s environment minister has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why
Climate change could make more turtles female – but some are starting to adapt
The University of Manchester marks launch of new Africa Strategy with visit to Kenyan partners
1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them
Mind-bending, body-snatching, blood-sucking: parasites are bizarre yet vital for life on Earth
Why Medium-sized Animals Are Better Built For Speed
Decorating your Christmas tree? Try these crafts inspired by Aussie plants and animals
Major Survey Brings New Light To Carnivore Conservation
Humans are killing off the old and wise animals that hold nature together. Here’s what must change
Bluetooth technology unlocks urban animal secrets 
Expert Alert: Bushfire Season 2024/25
Move over Olympians, Australia’s wildlife are incredible athletes
The power of one: solitary carnivores outkill group hunters
Here’s why more Australian scientists should team up with authors on books about animals
Age matters: new age-ID tool set to revolutionise threatened seabird conservation
UNSW Finalists For 2024 Eureka Prizes
Conservation scientists use AI to count flamingos
Scientists unearth stingrays’ heavy lifting role in estuaries
Drones offer new perspective on vulnerable tide-exposed coral reefs
Drones offer new perspective on vulnerable tide-exposed coral reefs
Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years
Hotspots and cooler spots: Variable rates of flatback turtles hatching on WA’s Pilbara beaches
Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks
Bird And Bee Discoveries In Pacific
Animals keep eating precious plants – we used ‘smell misinformation’ to keep them away
Scammed by ‘fake news’: animals led by the nose to leave plants alone
Crocs love feral pigs and quolls have a taste for rabbit – but it doesn’t solve the invasive species problem
5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws
UNE helping to conserve NSW koalas as climate change threate
From meerkat school to whale-tail slapping and oyster smashing, how clever predators shape their world
Bushfire Season 2023/24
UNSW researchers awarded 2023 Eureka Prizes
Land clearing and fracking in Australia’s Northern Territory threatens the world’s largest intact tropical savanna
Drones and other tech help conservation
Keeping up with koalas
Ecological Society of Australia honours leading conservation scientist
Lifetime of conservation
Freshwater turtles found basking in moonlight
Fairy-wrens are more likely to help their closest friends but not strangers, just like us humans
From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil – why we should be rewilding carnivores
One of these underrated animals should be Australia’s 2032 Olympic mascot. Which would you choose?

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