SHORT CONTRIBUTION: The latest endangered species in Australia: A tobacco-smoking veterinarianAustraliasmokingtobaccoveterinariansThe results of a tobacco smoking survey conducted among veterinarians in Queensl
The Australian Conservation Foundation said its research showed that the federal government had approved the clearing of more than 25,000 hectares of koala habitat since the species was declared vulnerable 10 years ago. "Australi...
Show all mammals of concern in Australia. Click on the species name to view all info that is currently available. Common NameRange*** Admiralty CuscusPapua New Guinea Alpine WallabyPapua New Guinea Arnhem Land Rock RatAustralia Arnhem Leaf-nosed BatAustralia ...
Island ecosystems remain particularly sensitive to invading species. Feral cats are among the most destructive, but rats and mice do much damage as well. Australia and New Zealand are not immune to these invaders. Endangered species examples from these island nations include two species of kiwi, t...
Local media said on Friday that the workers were preparing to conduct repairs at tidal pools on Sydney's Northern Beaches when they made the find, observing almost 40 white's seahorses, which is one of only two endangered seahorse species in the world. ...
"A lot of the freshwater fish in Australia have been ignored, and these species have highly restricted and specialized habitat requirements. Habitat loss can basically wipe out a single species in one blow," he said. "For the mammals on the other hand, it's small wallabies and bilbies which...
Australia has four species of earless dragons. Three arecritically endangered, the highest level of risk, while the fourth is endangered. Last year, theAustralia government saidit was using "specially trained detection dogs to sniff out dragons and a breeding program to ensure the species is not...
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Introduced species prey on them, eat their food, infect them or otherwise disrupt them. K) In Australia, rabbits and foxes are driving native marsupials to extinction; In New Zealand, weasels have been pushing the flightless Kakapo parrot to its doom; In North America, tiny European zebra ...
The Humane Society International (HSI), International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and WWF-Australia nominated the species for an endangered listing. "The koala has gone from no listing to now being declared endangered on the Australian east coast within a decade," Dermot O'Gorman, WWF-Aust...