There are 742 endangered Australian plants and animals on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of threatened species, which grew by six species in the past year.

Roughly a third of all global mammal extinctions in the last 500 years are thought to have occurred in Australia. What can ...

Australia's threatened species list keeps growing ... has sparked calls today for tougher environmental laws. Joining the endangered register are three freshwater fish, three lizards, one frog ...

also known as the Eastern owl frog has been listed as endangered on the EPBC Act threatened species list. Image credit: Jodi Rowley/Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) “A number of species ...

The latest report from IUCN's Red List puts Australia as the fifth worst country for animal extinctions globally, and the sixth worst for the number of species listed as endangered and critically ...

The endangered lizard soon found itself at ... with so many species to analyse you may never have a stable threatened species list. "Australia is just so biodiverse with so many species relative ...

Four dead sawfish were found on a beach in Western Australia, one of the few places in the world where the endangered species still thrives. "It was a battle back and forth for almost an hour and ...

The elusive Northern Spotted Owl. The majestic Whooping Crane. Charismatic Florida panthers and beloved Monarch butterflies.

Ecologists in Australia flipped through thousands of photos taken on trail cameras at a national park. They were looking for ...

The southern corroboree frog is an iconic species in Australia. The tiny frog is known for the striking yellow and black markings that cover its body, which warn predators of its poisonous skin. The ...