A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between 1-3 additional species become extinct every ...

A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's ...

Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade do ...

Australia is in the midst of an animal extinction crisis, with the rate of wipe-out of native species set to skyrocket in coming years. That’s the dire warning from the Wilderness Society following ...

Lately, Australia has been making great strides in bringing back nearly extinct animals. Another impeccable example has come with the recent news that the red-tailed phascogale, a carnivorous native ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The native Australian platypus could become extinct in the coming years as it struggles to adapt to climate change and extreme conditions. Drought has been the biggest issue ...

MYSTERY WIRE — Fires in Australia could lead to the extinction of some species as flames destroy ecosystems that host animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth. The fires are a threat to the ...

Fossil remains of a large, now-extinct bird species have been discovered in Australia’s Boodjamulla National Park. The ground-dwelling species – Menura tyawanoides – is an ancient ancestor of ...

The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.

A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia’s priority species. A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year ...