Three-quarters of Australia’s freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This makes us the sole custodians of remarkable creatures such as the ornate rainbowfish, the ancient ...
First dolphins, then humans, and now reptiles. PFAS forever chemicals have been found in freshwater turtle populations in northern Australia, causing “major health impacts” for the animals.
A study in Science of the Total Environment has measured concentrations of PFAS—also known as forever chemicals—in Australian wildlife, following an analysis of freshwater turtle (Emydura ...
A whopping 35 freshwater fish are being recommended for national listings as being at risk of extinction after an Australia-wide survey. One species, the Kangaroo River perch, is also thought to ...