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Possums and gliders are pushing a native Australian bird to extinction. What can we do?

From brightly colored birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia's native animals are a sight to behold. The island continent is home to nearly 600,000 plants, animals and insects, many of which ...

Calling species ‘invasive’ – and culling them – isn’t done lightly. But it matters to Australia’s threatened species

Invasive species only want to live. But their success can come at great cost to native species. If we treat them the same, ...

Are Australia’s native bees thriving or declining? We don’t know but can find out

Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson’s burrowing bees, emerge from burrows ...

Insect quiz: How much do you know about Australia's native insects?

So much of the tiny world of insects remains unknown to science. Test your knowledge with our insect quiz, produced in ...
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Growing Appetite for Nutrient-Rich Native Indigenous Australian Foods

SYDNEY, Oct 03 (IPS) - Growing up in Sydney, Kalkani Choolburra, a Girramay, Kuku Yalanji, Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta woman from Far North Queensland, would frequently travel with her family up and ...
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Australia’s 24-metre African tulip trees invade rainforests and threaten native bees

The African tulip tree was introduced to tropical and subtropical regions as an ornamental because of its showy orange-red flowers. In Queensland, Australia, the fast-growing tree, Spathodea ...