New wildlife hospital kicks off with miracle survival story
He’s the plucky little tawny frogmouth who defied the odds after eating a poison that’s decimating Australia’s nocturnal predatory birds.
4 August 2025
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WWF welcomes creation of massive national park in northwest NSW
The NSW Government has acquired over 437,000 hectares of land near the Queensland border, creating the largest national park in NSW's history. The move has...
27 February 2023
Global wildlife populations fall 69%, Australia records localised extinctions
The World Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Report 2022 reveals monitored global wildlife populations fell by 69%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, while...
13 October 2022
The eureka moment after tenacious search for rare bird
This image of one of Australia’s rarest cockatoos had conservationists high-fiving in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.
5 July 2022
Gone forever – two-thirds of Australia has lost its unique birdlife
Researchers have revealed that threatened birds have disappeared from almost 70 per cent of Australia since European colonisation.
7 February 2022
WWF: 60,000 koalas impacted by bushfire crisis
More than 60,000 koalas were among the animals impacted by last summer’s bushfire crisis, according to a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for...
7 December 2020
New WWF report: 3 billion animals impacted by Australia’s bushfire crisis
Nearly three billion animals – mammals, reptiles, birds, and frogs – were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating 2019-20 bushfires.
28 July 2020
Cockatoo sightings bring hope to bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island
Endangered glossy-black cockatoos have been spotted nesting in burnt out bushland on Kangaroo Island, giving hope to conservationists who have begun to survey...
9 March 2020
Paruku rangers’ night parrot discovery
The Paruku Rangers have gathered photographic and audio evidence of what is believed to be the ‘holy grail’ of birds, the incredibly rare night parrot.
13 October 2017
Tree-clearing causing Queensland's greatest animal welfare crisis
Tree-clearing is causing an animal welfare crisis in Queensland – with koalas on the frontline – according to a joint report released today by RSPCA Queensland...
6 September 2017
Tree-clearing kills 68 million animals in Queensland in two years
A new WWF-Australia report estimates tree-clearing in Queensland has killed 68 million animals between mid-2013 and mid-2015.
25 August 2017
Legal overhaul well overdue for Australia’s environment
Stronger federal laws are urgently needed to protect Australia’s threatened species and special places like the Great Barrier Reef
14 June 2016