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- Corroboree frog - Australian Geographic
Despite being one of the most recognised and iconic amphibians on the continent, the corroboree frog, with its striking yellow and black longitudinal stripes, is critically endangered
- 10 Australian keystone endangered species
These endangered Australian animals are vitally important to their ecosystems and their extinction would be disastrous
- Save the whales, save the world - Australian Geographic
Other whale species Although the recovery of the humpback has been a huge success story and it’s no longer considered endangered in this part of the world, it hasn’t been a similar story for other species hunted by commercial whalers in Australian waters Notably, blue and southern right whales remain listed as endangered
- Fact File: Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) - Australian Geographic
CONSERVATION STATUS (Australia): Endangered With its vivid plumage in greens, purples, yellows, reds and blacks, the Gouldian finch is one of Australia’s most dazzling birds Often called the ‘rainbow finch’, it looks almost too colourful to be real – but this beauty masks a more fragile reality
- Cost to save all threatened species in Australia calculated for first . . .
Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation Now, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate
- Fact File: Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Feisty and frenzied, the Tasmanian devil is a true scavenger of the bush and holds the title as the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial
- Is the cassowary really the worlds most dangerous bird?
CONSERVATION STATUS (Australia): Endangered The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is one of the three living species of cassowary, alongside the dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) and the northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
- Why were hundreds of koalas shot en masse inside a Victorian national . . .
The state government-sanctioned euthanasia sparked global attention and criticism, but experts say the root of the problem lies in the management of Victoria’s blue gum plantations
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