Biodiversity
A lizard known to Wiimpatja Aboriginal Owners as Kungaka - the Hidden One - has been formally described as a new species, acknowledged in research published Tuesday in Zootaxa.
Indigenous leaders in Quebec are weighing measures to address the decline in Caribou numbers. The Leaf River caribou population in the north of the Canadian province have been in drastic decline in re...
A new research partnership will protect Deen Maar (AKA Lady Julia Percy Island), a sacred island and important wildlife site off the coast of Port Fairy.
The first Sea Country Indigenous Protected Area in the south-west Kimberley region in Western Australia will strive to protect the biodiversity on Country.
Gija Trees and Grasses, a major new work by senior Gija artist and cultural leader Birrmarriya Shirley Purdie created in collaboration with linguist, artist and gardener Frances Kofod, guides readers...
The first camera survey ever conducted on Truwana / Cape Barren Island off Tasmania - led by the Truwana Rangers - has recorded two rarely seen animals: white-footed dunnarts and blonde echidnas.
In what is the largest land return in the Sierra Nevada region and third largest in Californian history, the Washoe Tribe now owns 10,274 acres (4,158 hectares) northeast of Lake Tahoe, announcing the...
Cultural knowledge handed down across generations of Martu people in WA's Western Desert region has revealed the previously hidden decline of one of Australia's most iconic marsupials - the endangered...
Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council is working with NSW TurtleWatch to monitor and protect the region's green turtles. The first hatchlings from this summer's turtle nesting season are now swimm...
Feral cats, introduced during early European invasion and settlement, are posing a growing threat to desert ecosystems — and Indigenous rangers are using artificial intelligence to fight back.
Fiji is moving to reform how it finances biodiversity protection, with a BIOFIN validation workshop currently underway to shift from fragmented projects to a coordinated national system.
Young rangers from the remote Aboriginal community of Jigalong in Western Australia's Pilbara are helping protect the mulyamiji, also known as the Great Desert Skink, a nationally listed vulnerable sp...
Across northern Australia, Indigenous ranger groups are on the front line of one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time: the rapid spread of invasive species.
