Australia has become a 'last refuge' for these unwanted species

Camels, deer and banteng are feral in Australia but endangered elsewhere. Experts say it's a conservation dilemma.

Introduced species aren’t good or bad. But when they slip from our control, we are quick to condemn them

Pigs, camels, rabbits and many others were brought to Australia deliberately as valuable species. But we see them very ...

‘Window is narrow’: Australian native animal populations plunge 70 per cent in WWF report

Numbers of some of Australia’s rarest animals have fallen by more than 70 per cent in the past half a decade, a scathing ...

Invasive species do much more damage in Australia and NZ than elsewhere but why?

If you had to pick the countries where invasive species pose the biggest problems, you probably wouldn’t think of Australia.
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Taronga Zoo to 'rewild' cleared farmland in northern NSW with native Australian animals

A huge piece of land in northern NSW will be transformed into a safe haven for endangered native animals including koalas, platypus, spotted quolls and regent honeyeater birds bred at Taronga Zoo. The ...

Hordes of yabbies are trashing rivers in Africa. How did this happen?

Every year, the upper Zambesi River breaks its banks and spreads across the wide Barotse floodplains in Zambia. These ...

Introduced species aren't good or bad—they are labeled according to human interests

In George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novella "Animal Farm," pigs coach the other revolutionary farm animals in their new creed ...
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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 ...