After more than 50 years of no sightings, and the very real possibility that it was extinct, the Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) has been rediscovered west of Melbourne...

We condemn the development of a Defence Housing Project at Lee Point north of Darwin, at a site of very high ecological and cultural value.

A gift to the Biodiversity Council can help us to challenge the current environmental laws and empower more Australians to take action.

Most Australians (97%) want more action to protect nature, even if they don’t know the full extent of the biodiversity crisis. That’s the startling finding emerging from our first national survey of 4,000 voters.

Breeding threatened mammals in fenced, predator-free areas is a common conservation strategy in Australia. But new research suggests the strategy may put animals at a distinct disadvantage once they’re fending for themselves.

According to a new study one of Australia’s key threatened mammal conservation strategies is having unintended negative consequences which could jeopardise long-term conservation outcomes.

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. Over 200 experts have fed their knowledge into a new book that synthesises the extent of the losses. Here are six key lessons we learnt...

Native forest logging is highly unsustainable (both ecologically and economically) and Victoria have just vowed to end it in 2024!

The federal budget has incrementally improved on nature spending but is overall grossly inadequate to halt biodiversity declines and recover nature. How much would it take to recover Australia's threatened species? Not that much. Read our critique...

Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems will not survive more funding neglect. It’s time to question our national priorities, and start funding the environment that sustains us. Read more...