Five Australian mammals declared extinct after failed search

Five Australian marsupials have been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).The ...

Australia’s Most Endangered Fish Faces An Uncertain Future In Macquarie Harbour

Two endangered Maugean skates have been returned to Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour after more than two years in captivity. But ...
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And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List, the world's most comprehensive global inventory on ...
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Hidden inside an Australian cave, scientists uncovered fossil fragments from a lost koala species extinct for 28,000 years

A strange fossil skull found in a cave in western Australia has helped scientists identify a completely unknown koala species that vanished thousands of years ago. For more than a century, its remains ...
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Animal returns to wild in Australia after being declared extinct 30 years ago

A once-extinct marsupial has been released in Australia following a breeding programme designed to ensure its survival. The eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 1991 after ...
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Koalas in Australia declared endangered species

Koalas were officially declared endangered Friday in eastern Australia. This comes as the marsupials continue to fall prey to chlamydia and lose their habitats to land clearing and climate change.