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Scientists released 1,400 Watson's tree frogs into the wild after 80% of their habitat burned in Australia's Black Summer bushfires. The curry-scented amphibians with baritone calls disappeared for 19 years before being rediscovered in 2015.
A green sea turtle found stranded on an Australian beach was so sick and covered in barnacles she couldn't swim. Nine months later, Kalani is back in the ocean, healthy and thriving.
A lizard species missing for half a century reappeared by chance in Australia, and now Melbourne Zoo is racing to breed 500 before releasing any back into the wild. The Victorian grassland earless dragon's comeback story shows how fast action can save species on the brink.
Viral videos showed female octopuses hurling objects at males, but the real science tells a sweeter story. Researchers studying Australia's gloomy octopus discovered these intelligent creatures might just be tidying up their homes.
A tiny Australian marsupial declared extinct in 1991 is making a comeback thanks to groundbreaking genetic rescue science. Conservationists just released 100 specially bred eastern barred bandicoots into the wild with stronger genes and better survival odds than ever before.
A juvenile humpback whale that wandered into a shallow river two months early during migration season is swimming free thanks to a coordinated rescue effort. Multiple teams worked together using specialized equipment to lift the exhausted 10-ton animal off a sandbar and back into deep water.
A museum scientist discovered a fossilized giant echidna skull that had been sitting in storage since 1907, proving these ancient creatures once roamed Victoria. The finding connects fossil sites across Australia and reveals how Ice Age animals spread across the continent.
A museum researcher discovered a fossil fragment that had been sitting in storage for over a century, revealing giant echidnas once lived in Victoria. The detective work solved a mysterious gap in Australia's prehistoric record.
Australian researchers turned bloodsucking mosquitoes into conservation heroes by using their DNA-filled blood meals to track elusive wildlife. In just two nights, they found twice as many animals as six weeks of traditional camera traps.
Scientists discovered two new colonies of the Lord Howe Island stick insect on a remote volcanic outcrop, 25 years after the species was rediscovered. Once so common they were used as fishing bait, these rare insects are bouncing back thanks to a global breeding program.
Martu elders in Western Australia are combining traditional wisdom with modern science to protect the endangered northern quoll, creating a powerful new model for conservation. Their cultural knowledge revealed the species' history in areas where Western science had no records.
In Western Australia's remote Karlamilyi National Park, Martu rangers are using generations of Indigenous knowledge to save the northern quoll, a cat-sized marsupial that once thrived across their Country. Their cultural memory is filling scientific gaps and giving this endangered predator a real chance at recovery.
A footprint discovered by schoolchildren in 1960s Brisbane just became Australia's oldest known dinosaur fossil at 230 million years old. The remarkable find rewrites what we know about dinosaurs down under.
A scrappy puppy found wandering the streets of Rockhampton just earned his dream job: helping scientists track endangered koalas across central Queensland. Six-month-old Leo went from the pound to becoming part of the region's first conservation detection dog team. #