Once found in tropical oceans around the world, the largetooth sawfish’s range has shrunk by an estimated 60 percent in a ...

Get them on the list At present, 63 freshwater fish species are on Australia's national list of species declared as threatened under federal environmental law. We identified 35 more species that ...

Queensland Museum scientists have described a 400-million-year-old fossil, which is possibly the smallest vertebrate fossil ...

Three-quarters of Australia's freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians of remarkable creatures such as the ornate rainbowfish, the ancient ...

So how are these national treasures faring? To find out, we undertook the first comprehensive assessment of Australia’s freshwater fish species. We examined extinction risks and drivers of ...

Scientists say more than 9,000 non-marine invertebrate species have gone extinct in Australia since Europeans arrived in 1788 ...

A whopping 35 freshwater fish are being recommended for national listings as being at risk of extinction after an Australia-wide survey. One species, the Kangaroo River perch, is also thought to ...

Eat the Invaders has an appealing pitch, but while well-intentioned, the show could end up doing more harm than good.

The Crisafulli Government has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental protection for the State's rich ecological gifts and natural wonders with funding to secure the Special Wildlife Reserve at ...

Shellfish reefs provide important refuge and foraging grounds, as well as nurseries for diverse fish communities, including species with major socioeconomic value, which in southern Australia ...