An Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis). More than 60 per cent of the birds of south-east mainland Australia have lost more than half of their natural habitat. Credit: Graham Winterflood New research has found that habitat loss is a major concern for hundreds of Australian bird species...
SYDNEY, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A group of four birdwatchers have spotted an Australian night parrot, once thought extinct, for the first time in a century. The sighting of the night parrot, a small nocturnal bird native to Australia, came three years after the bird was declared extinct and...
For instance, the regent honeyeater, one of Australia's most beloved and iconic birds, used to be "in flocks of thousands" in the states of South Australian and Queensland. Now its population has shrunk into the hundreds across several locations in New South Wales. She said bird species had...
无计划的扩展).That’s the finding of a new study by the leading Australian environmental researchers Jessica Sushinsky,Professor Hugh Possingham and Dr.Richard Fuller of the University of Queensland. “While urban development usually reduces the number of birds in a city,building more compact (...
Australian Veterinary JournalMCKENZIE, R. A., A. E. L. LANHAM, J. D. TAYLOR, J. A. GIBSON, and R. J. PIERCE. 1996. Fenthion poisoning of native birds in southern Queensland. Aust. Vet. J. 74(4):321-323.McKenzie, R. A., Lanham, A. E. L., Taylor, J. D., Gibson, ...
The high diversity of grass species is an excellent source of food for livestock, while also providing habitat for a high diversity of grassland birds. Alianza del Pastizal has been seeking to integrate biodiversity conservation and livestock production in a win-win process. The main activity of ...
The native guava is one of the first Australian plants to be pushed to the brink of extinction by a fungal plant disease which has spread rapidly across the globe, according to a new study by scientists from the Australian Government's National Environme
The native guava is one of the first Australian plants to be pushed to the brink of extinction by a fungal plant disease which has spread rapidly across the globe, according to a new study by scientists from the Australian Government's National Environme
That’s the finding of a new study by leading Australian environmental researchers Jessica Sushinsky, Professor Hugh Possingham and Dr Richard Fuller of The University of Queensland. “While urban development usually reduces the number of birds in a city, building more compact (紧凑的) cities and...
Dr Fisher said foxes had wiped out larger species in exposed and damaged habitats insouthern Australia, but didn't thrive in tropical areas. But feral cats had been established in the tropics for 100 years. Declining tropical Australian mammals identified by the Dr Fisher's Australian Centre for...