The Threatened Species Recovery Hub is a serious investment by the Australian Government in the science of saving threatened species, but it's not where the NESP investment ends. The hub is one of six National Environmental Science Program hubs and each is making its own important contribution to the national effort to recover our threatened species. The Threatened Species Recovery Hub is always keen to acknowledge our many collaborators across our broad suite of projects; however, with this editorial I'd like to look beyond our own hub and highlight the good work being done on threatened species by our sister hubs.