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A red goshawk female with chicks in its nest on Dambimangari Country in WA’s north.

‘It was like a dream’: How Australia’s rarest bird of prey was found in WA’s north

The hunt for the red goshawk has delivered an early Christmas gift.

  • Victoria Laurie

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A koala photographed last month on French Island, in an almost-denuded tree.

How do you save a starving koala?

The difficulty of moving koalas is again in focus following soaring numbers on French Island in Victoria, and deaths of translocated animals in NSW.

  • Bianca Hall
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - 2021/09/19: Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) in a shallow pond in boondall wetlands. (Photo by Joshua Prieto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

One of Australia’s worst pests is on the march to the Pilbara. But we have a ‘unique’ chance to stop them

A new study predicts that without containment efforts, cane toads will infest up to 75 per cent of the Pilbara within three decades.

  • Holly Thompson
The gastric brooding frog, which gave birth to live froglets out of its mouth, went extinct shortly after it was discovered.

The premier, the poet and the fight to save a frog

It’s a story almost too preposterous to believe, starring a group of uni students, an infamous state premier, a legendary Australian poet and an extinct frog that gave birth by vomiting its young.

  • Andrew Stafford
A koala joey with its koala teddies at the Australian Reptile Park. How to ensure the real one survive?

Our law to ‘save’ nature is a rubber stamp for species extinction

After decades of Australian governments standing by while native species perish, Labor’s new environment bill offers little hope.

  • Natalie Kyriacou
Rob Brewster - Rewilding Manager at Invasive Species Council, photographed at Neilson Park. Cat breeders want permission from govt to be allowed to import live Bengal cats as pets. They are banned because they are big hunters and could be a risk to wildlife when they escape. Thursday 16th October 2025. Photo: James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 251016

Claws out over push to import more Bengal cats

Described by conservationists as a genetic monster and unique threat to wildlife, breeders are seeking permission to bring Bengal cats into the country.

  • Mike Foley
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Long-footed potoroo in Kosciuszko National Park.

Rare discovery in Kosciuszko National Park as NSW rejects Barilaro-era brumby bill

Ecologists found a critically endangered creature in footage from a camera set up to monitor feral cats. It is found only in one other location in NSW.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A feral cat being caught in a humane trap north-west of Bourke.

They shoot cats, don’t they? Why AI could arm fight against ferals

There’s more than one way to catch a cat, but one method is proving invaluable in the fight against this aggressive invader.

  • Bianca Hall
The shy platypus lives in burrows, feeds when it’s dark and dives into the water at the sight of people.

Game on in the fight to ban Queensland platypus ‘death traps’

Momentum is building for a truly national ban on a popular yabby trap which drowns any air-breathing animal that can fit inside it, including the vulnerable platypus.

  • Andrew Stafford
Long-time Iramoo grasslands volunteer Rick Van Keulen.

Melbourne’s east may be leafy, but these parts of the west have more green space

Some of the western suburbs are greener than their counterparts on the other side of Melbourne, but experts warn that their fragile native grassland needs to be protected from housing developments.

  • Rachael Dexter

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