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Numbats no longer endangered but threat far from over

Decades of conservation efforts to control cats and foxes have led to a state's bushy-tailed faunal emblem being moved from endangered on a key list.

AAP · Jul 9

The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach

The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?

The Guardian - AU · Jun 27

Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction

Christmas Island flying fox numbers have declined as endangered species left without recovery plan

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2025

Researchers find 26 Australian species recovered from the brink of extinction

Several wildlife species have recovered to the point where they no longer should be considered threatened, researchers find, but they warn many more are under threat from habitat destruction and climate change.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Conservation efforts celebrated as 26 Australian species no longer need threatened listing

Analysis found the population size and distributions of species had sufficiently improved to no longer meet listing criteria

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

‘No excuses’: limited conservation efforts could save at least 47 Australian animals from extinction

Scientists hope Albanese government addresses extinction crisis as new research shows 63 vertebrates face annihilation by 2041

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2022

Extinction obituary: the sudden, sad disappearance of the Christmas Island forest skink

Gump was the last lizard of her kind when she died in 2014, and her demise should be ‘a scar on our conscience’

The Guardian - US · May 18, 2022