Five Australian mammals declared extinct after failed search

Five Australian marsupials have been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ...

Numbat conservation efforts pull native species from brink of extinction

Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population ...

Deadly bird flu puts 100 species of Australia’s ‘isolated’ wildlife at risk of mass deaths

Around 100 species of native wildlife are on a list of species under significant threat from the deadly strain of bird flu that arrived in Australia for the time last week.
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Tasmanian devils, swift parrots, black swans: the animals at risk if bird flu takes off in Australia

Federal government identifies more than 150 native and unique bird species and 10 mammal species at ‘very high risk’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, ...