Climate change and the growing population in tropical and subtropical regions are accelerating the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, posing urgent public health challenges worldwide.
We all need to take steps to stop the alarming rates of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation.
Invasive alien species become much harder and more expensive to manage as they establish and spread through the landscape, so preventing their arrival is vital.
The sad case of the Norfolk Island morepork shows we need a way to control or eradicate invasive rodents without killing native species.
A new survey finds Australians care deeply about the environment, but many aren’t aware of the full extent of biodiversity loss.
Research into the behaviour of the delicate skink has revealed it’s the only Australian lizard to have successfully “invaded” overseas.
A computer simulation program developed to test cane toad management in the virtual world could soon be rolled out in real life.
A long-term global assessment of reptiles has revealed 21% are threatened, but an upside is that others have benefited from the conservation efforts put into other animals such as birds and mammals.
Giant bird-eating centipedes from Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific’s Norfolk Island group, can kill and eat up to 3700 seabird chicks each year.
A new global register will help countries in the ongoing fight against invasive species.
Will the icy wilderness we know today survive, or will it succumb to climate change and human pressure? Our choices over the coming decade will seal its fate.
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