Wildlife
These abandoned reptiles need a home. They’re being sent to jail
Nearly a hundred reptiles at a wildlife care centre are in desperate need of care. An unlikely source is stepping up.
- Ellie Busby
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Environmentalists say our green goals don’t protect nature or work for business. Here’s how Labor plans to fix the problem
A federal environment protection agency is back on the agenda as a controversial gas project approval brings focus to the government’s long list of overdue environmental reforms.
- Mike Foley
- Opinion
- Opinion
Lipstick on a feral pig: Why NSW bounty-hunter plan should be culled
Placing a bounty on feral animals is expensive, won’t reduce the overall numbers, and just serves a political purpose.
- Jack Gough
Humpbacks are an Australian success story. They have two advantages that most whales don’t
It’s peak hour on the humpback highway off the east coast of Australia – yet other whale species aren’t doing nearly as well.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Not like there’s a Mitre 10 down the road’: The mission to rebuild Kosciuszko’s famous huts
Hiker Hadi Nazari survived nearly two weeks in the mountains, helped by two muesli bars he reportedly found in one of the 60 mountain huts.
- Julie Power
- Exclusive
- Endangered species
There were no known sightings of this critically endangered animal outside Victoria. Now it’s in NSW
Hello, possum! Thought to be extinct in NSW, a Leadbeater’s possum has been discovered in Kosciuszko National Park.
- Bianca Hall and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Opinion
- Opinion
From friend to foe: The possum in my driveway has become a problem
What started as a friendly game with a charming marsupial has evolved into a waking nightmare.
- Thomas Mitchell
The aphrodisiac that unlocked the secret sex life of snails
Fifteen specimens of a species of Norfolk Island snail thought to be extinct until 2020 have multiplied into 800 over four years in a captive breeding program.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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