A rare glimpse of one of Australiaโs smallest birds ๐ธ AWC Photographer Brad Leue travelled to Boulder Wildlife Sanctuary with one ambitious goal: to photograph the critically endangered King Island Scrubtit.
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The chances of being killed by a Woylie are low... but never zero!
When a threatened marsupial launches itself straight at your camera, it can feel a little personal.
Thankfully, this Woylie was simply making a very enthusiastic dash for freedom in its new home.
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Big news from WAโs Wheatbelt! At Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, ecologists from AWC recorded 48 Red-tailed Phascogales โ more than double last year and the highest since reintroduction. Find out more about the population boom ๐ https://t.co/FiwtBCowkI
Donโt get salty, but Australia has plants that taste like popcorn!๐ฟ๐ฑ
Australia is home to a wide range of chenopods, a diverse group of extremely salt tolerant plants that includes many species found nowhere else on Earth.
Learn more:
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Looking for a fulfilling internship that will have you make a REAL difference in Australian conservation? Look no further! Applications are now open for AWCโs Annual Internship Program. Find out more and submit your application ๐ https://t.co/yvXyZpfj20
Exciting news to kick off Biodiversity Month! ๐ After more than 50 years, the endangered Nabarlek has been confirmed at two new locations on mainland Dambeemangaddee Country in the northwest Kimberley.
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Across arid Australia, hidden communities of cyanobacteria, algae, lichens, mosses and liverworts form biological soil crusts, or biocrusts. Built to withstand harsh droughts, they can spring back to life within seconds of rain.
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๐ฃ 200,000+ wildlife records from AWC are now public via @atlaslivingaust! Drawn from 790 surveys across 6.8M hectares, the data includes rare species. A major boost for conservation science. Learn more about this powerful collaboration ๐ https://t.co/db35nL0mU2
Big news for one of Australiaโs most unique mammals: the Numbat has been downlisted from endangered to near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ๐
When AWC and the NSW Government first announced our groundbreaking partnership, it marked the beginning of a bold approach to restoring Australia's threatened wildlife. Today, we're celebrating the next chapter as the partnership is extended for another 10 years!