A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the ...

There are 742 endangered Australian plants and animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species, which grew by six species in the past year.

Heath rat (Pseudomys shortridgei), threatened species in WA; also occurs in western Victoria. South of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. (Photo by Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the ...

Australia has listed the koala as an endangered species across most of its east coast, after a dramatic decline in numbers. The once-thriving marsupial has been ravaged by land clearing ...

The first comprehensive overview of trade in Australian reptiles ... This unique animal is one of the latest additions to the threatened species list.

The Albanese government, which committed to 'no new extinctions' in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened ...

Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Now, 1,657 species are currently threatened with ...

Endangered eastern quolls, a medium-sized marsupial, were recently reintroduced to Australia. Nineteen were released into a fenced-in area within the Botanic Gardens in Booderee National Park. This is ...