Australia boasts an abundance of unique, diverse and significant wetlands, including 67 Ramsar sites classified as being of international significance under the Ramsar Convention of 1971. These ...

Wetlands in Australia are often dry. ... The plants, animals and microbes occupying wetlands improve the surrounding landscape, providing pollination, pest control, ...

“Until now, few Australian sites had offered detailed information about what was happening at wetlands since the last great ice age, which peaked around 15,000 years ago,” Ms Enoch said.

EPA Victoria is warning people not to eat animals caught in a Gippsland wetland due to elevated levels of a toxic chemical once used in firefighting foam.

Arriving at the tidal wetlands of Mungalla Station on the coastline of northern Queensland, ornithologist Simon Kennedy from the not-for-profit BirdLife Australia is greeted by a welcome cacophony ...

Greenfields Wetlands closed to the public because of dangerous snake sightings. AN Adelaide wetlands has been closed to the public until further notice due to a high number of venomous snakes.

If the average cyclone path in Australia were to contain around 30,000 hectares of wetlands, it would avert about 90% of potential storm damage. If the wetland area dropped to 3,000 hectares, only ...

In a wetland near South Australia’s Mount Gambier, Sheryl Holliday crouched in ankle-deep water, camera lens trained on blooming purple orchids a few feet away. Just as Holliday prepared to hit ...

She said unwell animals such as birds, feral pigs, or livestock should be reported to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888. A biosecurity breach on the northern Australia border ...

Wetlands are home to rich animal and plant life, which explode with activity after monsoonal rains. Gurruwiling, also known as Arafura Swamp, is a large wetland ecosystem in Arnhem Land.

The Southwest of Western Australia is one of 25 biodiversity hotspots in the world. Much of this biodiversity is contained within wetlands systems, which support a diverse and distinctive array of ...