The majority of the wetlands in Western Australia’s Swan Coastal Plain have been destroyed by decades of urban and rural development. It has been estimated that if the current rate of loss continues, ...

Flinders University paleontology researchers—with local fossil experts—have discovered how prolific shorebirds, including the Plains-wanderer, once lived across South Australia's South-East during ...

Water in the Boondall Wetlands turned bright pink in a “rare” phenomenon caused by dry weather conditions and algae, photos show and officials said. Screengrab from 9 News Facebook video Normally, if ...

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.

The water ecology unit at the Department of Environment and Science (DES) has solved the mystery of the what caused the pink blooms that turned the water in the Boondall Wetlands pink. Scientists have ...

Australia’s southern coastal wetlands are more diverse than most people realise. In a recent paper, Paul Boon suggests they provide valuable ecological services that exceed those of inland wetland ...

Twenty-seven wetlands in South Australia have so far been closed off from the river and pumped dry, returning significant amounts of water to the Murray and minimising losses through evaporation.

When wetlands flood they become full of life. They are spectacularly beautiful and noisy. There is nothing quite like the sound of a wetland when thousands of birds come together to take advantage of ...