Scientists consider cross-breeding to save Australia's orange-bellied parrot from extinction
A team of environmental scientists at the University of Sydney, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of ...
Egg-laying mammal — feared locally extinct after wildfire — rediscovered in Australia
Echidnas are egg-laying, insect-eating mammals native to Australia, according to the Australian Museum. The country has only ...
Spotted-tail and northern quolls 'functionally' extinct in large areas of Queensland
Despite anecdotal sightings of quolls, months of camera trapping surveys failed to find any evidence of the animals across ...
Back from Extinction?
Could the Woolly Mammoth and Tasmanian Tiger roam the Earth again? We take a look at how scientists are using genetic ...
15 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade
In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...
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Scientists discover new 15 million-year old fish with last meal fossilized inside its stomach
Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...
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Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct—but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
Almost 1.4 million of Australia's 1.65 million dairy cows are ... leading to many becoming endangered or extinct. For Holsteins themselves, this has come with a cost. Selective breeding for ...
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‘Extinct’ marsupial might be alive and ‘evading detection’ in Australia, study says
Photo from Flinders University A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new study offers a potential roadmap for its ...
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Egg-laying mammal — feared locally extinct after wildfire — rediscovered in Australia
Photos show the egg-laying mammal once feared locally extinct. Photo from Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre via WWF-Australia On a small island off the southern coast of Australia, a spiky mammal ...
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Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
Catie Gressier receives funding from the Australian Research Council’s Discovery ... Of all chicken breeds, one in ten is now extinct, and a further 30% are endangered. How did this happen?