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‘Taking back the desert’: can Australia’s small marsupials learn how to live alongside their predator, the feral cat?

Scientists excited by progress in bold project to see if native species can train themselves to survive alongside cats

The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025

‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds

Environmental body says modest investment and changes can help preserve long list of animals, fungi and lichen

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025

Rhino review – Tom Hardy channels David Attenborough in mission to save Kenya’s rhinos

The actor is a slightly distracting narrator in this documentary about a local ranger’s efforts to protect a group of rhinos from poachers – and from killing each other

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025

Reform urged as native animals face deadly spring

Spring is a high-risk time for native animals as they move around busy roads to breed and forage, prompting calls for nature to be at the core of planning laws.

AAP · Nov 22, 2025

How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans

Australian Marine Conservation Society’s GoodFish guide aims to showcase the most environmentally friendly seafood sources

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025

Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach

The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dying

The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2025

Ottawa officials to cull ‘mindblowing’ influx of thousands of goldfish in pond

Scourge of goldfish has become growing problem as fish are released by pet owners into increasingly warm waters

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act

Experts fear plan, one of many attempts Trump’s made to dismantle wildlife protection, will speed up extinction crisis

The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2025

Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’

Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests

The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2025

Ultra-rare pink grasshopper spotted in New Zealand

Rare pink colour could make the individual stand out to predators, expert says

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025