Five Australian animals that could be extinct by 2050

Once common across the grasslands west of Melbourne, the Victorian grassland earless dragon was thought to be extinct for 54 ...
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Mosquito ‘drones’ used to detect endangered species populations

Australian researchers have discovered mosquitoes act like tiny ‘flying wildlife surveyors’, collecting the DNA of elusive ...
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Australia declares mainland alpine ash forests endangered

By Megan Strauss The Australian government recently listed the iconic alpine ash forests of mainland Australia as an ...
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Scientists put a dollar amount on saving every threatened species in Australia. It's lower than you'd think

Australia has over 1,700 threatened species, including koalas, wombats, pygmy possums, and many more.
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Koalas in Australia declared endangered species

Koalas were officially declared endangered Friday in eastern Australia. This comes as the marsupials continue to fall prey to chlamydia and lose their habitats to land clearing and climate change.
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Tasmanian tiger rock paintings discovered in Australian cave are less than 1,000 years old, say scientists. Here's why that's a big deal

The carnivorous marsupial is widely thought to have gone extinct on mainland Australia about 3,000 years ago. Artworks found ...