Fed’s marine park downgrade a blow to sea turtles
On the eve of a crucial Senate vote, an analysis by WWF-Australia shows that sea turtles are among the big losers as the federal government attempts the...
16 August 2018
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Coral Sea is a “hawksbill highway” for critically endangered turtles
New satellite tracking has confirmed that critically endangered hawksbill turtles use the Coral Sea as their highway to travel from Papua New Guinea to the...
30 May 2018
Public donations enable WWF to “retire” gillnet to protect dugongs
Public donations have enabled WWF-Australia to protect dugongs by removing the last commercial gill net still operating full time in Far North Queensland.
1 May 2018
WWF-Australia and Koala take a seat in the name of conservation
WWF-Australia and Koala partner to save marine turtles in the Great Barrier Reef.
27 March 2018
WWF: Reef funding not enough to meet promise to the World Heritage Committee
WWF-Australia says the Federal Government’s announcement today of $60 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef is positive but nowhere near enough to meet...
22 January 2018
Increasing temperatures in Queensland's north are turning green turtle populations female
A new study reveals increasing temperatures are turning green turtle populations almost completely female in the northern Great Barrier Reef.
9 January 2018
Chemicals found in Great Barrier Reef green turtles
Researchers have found heart and gout medications, herbicides, pesticides, metals, and industrial chemicals in the blood of Great Barrier Reef green turtles.
2 June 2017
Another Queensland turtle joins the endangered list
This month the Queensland Government officially up listed the hawksbill turtle from vulnerable to endangered.
23 May 2017
Great Barrier Reef turtles plagued by eye infections and high levels of cobalt
Green turtles at Great Barrier Reef's Upstart Bay have among the highest blood levels of cobalt ever recorded with many developing a mysterious eye infection.
12 February 2017
Experts hold crisis meeting on Hawksbill turtle decline in northern Australia
Leading scientists agree we are at a crisis point
25 August 2016
WWF aims to buy second commercial shark fishing licence
WWF-Australia’s unique conservation approach has captured the imagination of people around the world.
19 July 2016
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