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From grasslands to ‘moonscape’: Dismay, anger over illegal clearing in Melbourne’s west
Private landowners are under investigation for destroying 40 hectares of land earmarked as a grasslands reserve for critically endangered plants and animals.
- Adam Carey
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Swan River cities plead for help as they lose fight with mosquitos
The cities of Bayswater, Swan, Bassendean and Belmont released a statement Tuesday urging the Department of Health – which coordinates the state’s response to mosquitos – to step up in their fight against mosquitos.
- Hamish Hastie
‘Carnage’: Killers on the loose after wombats deliberately mown down
Residents in Victoria’s south-east were horrified to wake to the sight of wombats strewn on the roadside, with at least 10 killed within a few hundred metres.
- Bianca Hall
The smashed Mercedes and a community fight over two trees
Residents have put “a stake in the ground” to save two towering 60-year-old gums in a majestic tree-lined street on Sydney’s northern beaches.
- Michaela Whitbourn
New frog species named after Leonardo DiCaprio
Scientists chose to honour the 50-year-old actor for his dedication to environmental causes.
- Michael Murphy
Snipers, recorders – and secrets: Saving the Aussie parrot called ‘birdwatching’s Holy Grail’
For almost 80 years, the night parrot was believed to be extinct. Now: the race to protect a tiny population.
- Nick O'Malley
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Melbourne’s largest park is dark and wild, but a new plan will add sports grounds, paving and lighting
The new masterplan for Royal Park has angered residents and community and environmental groups, who fear a loss of open space and harm to flora and fauna.
- Cara Waters
Why Australia’s 200m wild rabbit population could soon explode
Scientists have battled the damaging feral pest for decades with world-leading efforts, but that is set to change.
- Mike Foley
Rural rebellion at plan to populate Perth’s urban fringe
Paving Perth’s paddocks is one way the state’s planning to accommodate the projected 2050 population. But will the city’s most biodiverse wetland suffer?
- Emma Young
How do you care for a tiny predator that could kill 100 men?
Elvis and Priscilla’s babies are hatching, but don’t be fooled by their size: these babies are among the deadliest creatures on the planet.
- Bianca Hall
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