Farmers act early to stay a step ahead of highly infectious H5N1 bird flu Farmers brace for bird flu outbreak after first cases confirmed Newcastle Herald · Jun 25
Gentoo penguins the first birds on Australian territory to contract H5N1 as bird flu spreads Australian Antarctic Program scientists say virus on Heard Island has spread to new species The Guardian - AU · Feb 17
‘So tiny and so vulnerable’: what chance will one of Australia’s smallest birds have against a rocket launchpad? When the federal government gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site in South Australia that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2025
The fight for Woogaroo Forest: new housing could silence some of Queensland’s ‘virtuoso songbirds’ In eucalyptus woodland near Ipswich, where developers see new housing, ecologists see crucial habitat for endangered wildlife such as koalas, frill-necked lizards and increasingly rare birds The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2025
Failure to protect nature is a bigger threat to humanity than inflation, Australian scientists warn ‘For just 10% of the stage-three tax cuts, we could recover every one of Australia’s almost 2,000 threatened species,’ says ecologist The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2023
Analysis-Protecting 30% of the planet to save nature is not as simple as it sounds From the lush Amazon rainforest to the frigid Arctic Ocean, the world's landscapes — and all the wildlife they contain — are under threat, and the world needs to set aside a third of all land and sea territories to save them, U.N. experts say. Reuters · Dec 14, 2022
New Biodiversity Council to tackle Australia's extinction crisis The biodiversity think-tank, made up of experts from 11 Australian universities, will aim to find solutions to the crisis of declining local plants, animals, and ecosystems, shaping public policy. The Canberra Times · Dec 7, 2022
Noisy miners are one of Australia's 'most hated birds'. How do we manage their booming population? One of Australia's "most hated birds" — the noisy miner — is now one of its most common, dominating urban environments and driving out smaller and more vulnerable species. ABC News · Sep 15, 2022
Proposal to remove crocodiles from Queensland waterways prompts 'complacency' warnings A university academic believes education is better than removing large crocodiles from Queensland waterways because the latter may lead people to become more complacent. ABC News · Sep 15, 2022
Chief scientist asked to intervene as coastal erosion 'disaster' worsens near Townsville Queensland's chief scientist is being asked to intervene in the worsening coastal erosion 'disaster' near Townsville, which is threatening wetlands that provide a habitat to diverse fish and bird species. ABC News · Aug 15, 2022
Qld govt launches land clearing probe Queensland has launched a review of land clearing to find new ways to protect biodiversity without compromising economic productivity. AAP · Jul 13, 2022