Background Australia is often imagined as a continent of open space, with most people clustered along the coast and a vast ...

Adorable scenes show endangered cute critters springing to freedom. The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) released over a hundred Woylies (Brush-tailed Bettongs) as part of their Mammal ...

Ever since modern environmentalism took off in the 1960s, people have tried to undo the damage humans have caused to nature. Efforts have ranged from reducing threats, to restoring habitats, to ...

Already 34 species have been declared extinct. Unfortunately, Australia has suffered the highest rate of mammal extinctions in the world over the past quarter of a century. Already 34 species have ...

A tiny marsupial is making a grand comeback in an Australia sanctuary after more than a century of absence. Rachel Ladd Australian Wildlife Conservancy Just before sundown in the Scotia Wildlife ...

Ecologists in Australia set traps in trees and caught dozens of “unexpected” creatures, revealing a new type of behavior, an organization said. Photo from Georgina Anderson / Australian Wildlife ...

Trail cameras at a protected forest in Australia photographed three rare mammals with bulging pouches —the site’s first wild-born babies. Photo from the Queensland’s Government In a protected forest ...

Along with humanitarian and other forms of aid, the U.S. government is one of the world’s biggest funders of nature conservation projects. In 2023 alone, USAID provided $375.4 million to such projects ...