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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. #