Endangered species

Sunday, September 27

Monarto Safari Park welcomes new rhino calf

A Southern White rhinoceros calf has been born at Monarto Safari Park.

Feral cat control critical to KI dunnart survival

The future of the critically endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart is even more precarious after last summer’s devastating bushfires. Their survival now may depend on controlling the growing feral cat population, argue Rosemary Hohnen and Sarah Legge.

The program can work well for polygamous species such as gorillas. Mary Ann McDonald/shutterstock.com

Swingers’ hookup program can find the right match for endangered species

Computer dating for animals? Finding the right matchup – using DNA rather than personality questionnaires – could help select the best partnerships for captive breeding programs.

Animal scientists find trouble in Darwin's paradise

A parasite killing Darwin’s finches on the famed Galápagos Islands is causing a dramatic escalation in survival-of-the-fittest behaviour once described by evolutionist Charles Darwin, new research has revealed.

Extinction means more than a loss of species to Australia's delicate ecosystems

European settlement of Australia, and the exotic predators and herbivores they brought with them, caused rapid widespread biodiversity loss. As a result, for the past 200 years Australia has had the highest mammal extinction rate in the world.