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Indigenous rangers using AI and drones to fireproof Minjerribah’s remarkable island koalas

Indigenous rangers from Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC) are combining drones and Artificial Intelligence with ancient Knowledge to...

8 July 2024

Australia falls short in protecting penguin paradise

WWF-Australia has welcomed a proposal to quadruple the size of Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve near Antarctica, but warned critical foraging grounds...

5 July 2024

Call to close logging loophole in Australia’s nature laws

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has called on Senators to strengthen reforms to Australia’s environment laws and close a loophole that allows native...

4 July 2024

UNESCO says Australia must do more on climate & tree clearing to protect the Reef

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia today released new video which shows the world heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef is seriously threatened after...

25 June 2024

Remarkable images show a wombat sharing its burrow with a fox

Pictures sent to the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia appear to show something extraordinary: a wombat sharing its burrow with a fox and her cub at Murrays...

24 June 2024

WWF welcomes beef industry’s steps to address deforestation

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed the release of Cattle Australia’s (CA) Land Management Commitment Information Paper as an important step...

19 June 2024

Nuclear not a climate solution for Australia

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has long advocated for Australia to tackle the climate crisis by seizing the massive opportunity we have to become the...

19 June 2024

Why two frogs and a lizard indicate lungtalanana needs more help to “heal”

After five nights of trapping, the only small native species detected on lungtalanana in Bass Strait were two frogs and a lizard.

5 June 2024

A sensor camera image of a weekday raid by Claude, the increasingly brazen “leaf thief”.

“Brazen” koala Claude now raiding seedlings in front of staff

But new plantings will help this viral “leaf thief” and his koala mates.Claude the “leaf thief” koala recently climbed down into the Eastern Forest Nursery...

3 June 2024

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EPA is welcome but won’t solve Australia’s extinction crisis

WWF-Australia has welcomed the introduction of legislation to establish a national environment protection agency, but warned it won’t be enough to solve...

29 May 2024

Greater glider peeks its head from tree hollow in Tallaganda National Park= NSW

NSW environment movement “losing confidence in the EPA” over greater gliders

The environment movement is losing confidence in the NSW Environment Protection Authority after a dramatic backflip on greater glider protection, described as...

27 May 2024

Sensor camera image of a wombat mum and joey in the NSW Southern Ranges

New study: wombat burrows provide critical shelter for many species following wildfire

A new study, published in the Journal of Mammalogy, found wombat burrows boost native mammal richness, provide critical shelter for numerous species following...

20 May 2024