Study estimates the cost of preventing extinction of Australia's priority species

A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's ...
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And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's ...
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Forgotten marsupial makes unprecedented return home after being on the brink of disappearing: 'Extinction has now been headed off'

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 ...
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Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits

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 ...
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Australia’s fires could mean extinction for some animals and plants

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 ...
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The platypus could be wiped out because of Australia's drought

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 ...
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Giant extinct kangaroos preferred home to roam

An image of the field site, Mount Etna, Rockhampton, central-eastern Queensland. Caves can be found on the western flank of Mount Etna. Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when ...
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Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats – but where’s the evidence?

Arian Wallach receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Erick Lundgren receives funding from the Centre for Open Science & Synthesis in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Alberta ...
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17-million-year-old fossil of large extinct songbird discovered in Australia

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 ...
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John Gould's extinct & endangered birds of Australia / Sue Taylor

In 1838, John Gould, the father of Australian ornithology, visited Australia with the intention of gathering material for his great work on Australian birds. In the resulting publication, The Birds of ...
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The cost of preventing extinction of Australia’s priority species

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 ...