Conservation – The Conversation

The discovery challenges a long-held assumption about where and when whales feed – and could help us better protect them.

Scientists are discovering previously unknown species in unexpected places, according to a new study.

AI listening devices could help find New Zealand’s last remaining possums – but only if they don’t mistake bird calls for pests. Here’s how a new fix works.

AI listening devices could help find New Zealand’s last remaining possums – but only if they don’t mistake bird calls for pests. Here’s how a new fix works.

The rest of the world has already had to grapple with bird flu – and there are lessons for Australia.

A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.

An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long environmental restoration project.

As bird flu takes hold, we must find and conserve species with less genetic ability to fight the virus.

As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.

Fenced-off safe havens and islands free from cats and foxes have given endangered mammals breathing space. But they’re not yet helping many other groups of animals.

Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.

Biodiversity policies fail because governments lack the safeguards, accountability mechanisms and political commitment needed to implement them consistently.

Helping distressed wildlife without seeking advice may sometimes do more harm than good – as two experts explain.

An animal, plant, landscape or waterway may be culturally vital even if not rare or threatened.

Four experts explain how we can protect the rare – and increasingly at risk – spidery wattle.

We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.

From raucous honeyeaters to top predators, Australia’s birds are vital to nature.

Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.