Are Australia’s native bees thriving or declining? We don’t know but can find out

It’s a sight to behold. Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson’s burrowing bees, ...
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Are Australia's native bees thriving or declining?

Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson's burrowing bees, emerge from burrows scattered across Western Australia's arid plains. These bees ...
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Why Australia’s Native Animals Are Being Stolen at Alarming Rates

Significant reductions in illegal poaching are necessary to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species. Current privacy and surveillance laws can complicate digital tracking of illegal wildlife ...
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Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

Australia’s unique animal species are in sharp decline, with more than 40 mammal extinctions over the past 238 years. This atrocious mammal conservation record is the worst in the world. Unfortunately ...

Two native turtles are vying to survive in a coastal Australian river. One doesn’t belong there

The Manning River Helmeted turtle (Myuchelys purvisi) might just be Australia’s most beautiful freshwater turtle. With a ...

Australia imported foxes for sport in the 1800s; within decades, they became a major threat to native wildlife

Introduced to Australia for fox hunting in the 19th century, red foxes spread across the continent and became a major threat ...

Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?

Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say ...
The Conversation

I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of ...
The Conversation

Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koalas and wombats. Tragically, Australia is the ...