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It’s been just three days since Stephen Wore, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, published his article Climate change wiped out Australia’s megafauna on popular commentary and d

Are there foxes in Tasmania? The answer to that question is a point of contention in the island state. European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are an invasive species that could severely damage the biodive

The Australian reported on the rise of Adelie Penguins on Beaufort Island thanks to climate change on 22 March. On the same day, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) f

Guest post from Dr Ray Nias, Island Conservation Southwest Pacific Regional Director. The ongoing decline of biodiversity on Norfolk Island dramatically exemplifies a central weakness in the current a

Does the conservation and protection of Australia’s iconic coastal landscapes matter? Islands make up almost 40% of Australia’s coastline. The length of coastline formed by Australia’s islands, is lon

The US Department of Agriculture will soon be deploying dead mice injected with poison to the Anderson Air Force Base. The poison, a sedative, is deadly to Guam’s brown tree snake. The snake, known to

The Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation is about to finalise the IPA Plan of Management and organise the declaration of the Thuwathu/Bujimulla IPA over 16,000 square kilometres of sea coun

The Woylie, also known as the brush-tailed bettong, will be one of 10 locally-extinct mammal species that will soon be introduced in stages to Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia. While clearing t

As international shipping increases in Australia, the threat of introduced marine pests increases alongside. Introduced marine pests are marine plants or animals that attach to vessels as biofouling o

Recent News Solomon Islanders are bracing for impact after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck on 10 February, which followed an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that caused a tsunami four days previous. Thousa