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It’s time for a vision for Penguin Island – before that’s only a name
Reading the passive and fatalistic attitudes of our biodiversity and conservation public servants strikes a chill into my heart. It’s time for decisive action.
- by Emma Young
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Amid a surge in grizzly attacks, one US state is at the centre of a grand experiment
Bear numbers have come back but much of their territory is crisscrossed with roads and crowded with people.
- by Jim Robbins
Tanya Plibersek doesn’t have to consider climate change when approving coal mines
An environment group has failed in a Federal Court bid to force the environment minister to consider climate damage in assessment of fossil fuel projects.
- by Miki Perkins and Mike Foley
Why shooting feral animals from the sky might be the best way to protect ecosystems
In the past three years, almost 272,000 feral animals were killed across NSW using aerial shooting, ground shooting and trapping.Â
- by Laura Chung
Logging ‘carnage’ in endangered greater glider habitat
Though logging operations in one glider habitat have been suspended and some koala habitat is being protected, environmentalists say key habitat is still being felled.
- by Nick O'Malley
Philip Ingamells: brave fighter for Victoria’s heritage
A fierce campaigner for Victoria’s national parks, key figure in the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires, and a mentor to many, Philip Ingamells will be sorely missed by family, friends and colleagues.
- by Andrew Clark
Humpback whales sighted near Sydney Opera House
Ferry passengers enjoyed a free whale watching experience as the inquisitive mammals swam near the Harbour Bridge before turning back towards the open ocean.
- by Ben Cubby
Logging suspended in proposed Great Koala National Park
Logging has been suspended in koala hubs inside the Great Koala National Park, but activists fears the chainsaws will just relocate to other critical areas.
- by Nick O'Malley
The Blue Mountains is beautiful, but its cultural landscape has been overlooked
The important Indigenous heritage of the Blue Mountains might soon be recognised.
- by Julie Power
Supermarkets urged to boycott farmed salmon to help save Gondwana relic
Conservation groups are calling for Australia’s major supermarkets to stop selling farmed salmon from Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour to prevent the extinction of the Maugean skate.
- by Miki Perkins
Wildlife sniffer dogs teach platypus experts new tricks
Despite the platypus having an iconic status in Australia, much remains unknown about this unique egg-laying duck-billed monotreme. That’s where the dogs come in.
- by Miki Perkins