Biodiversity
Opinion
Pets
To catio or not to catio? Perth cat owners, there is no question
The popularity of cat enclosures is growing as owners look to better the life of their feline friends (and the environment).
- by Claire Ottaviano
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WA’s $100 billion ‘green’ project will destroy ‘spectacular hidden world’: scientists
A $100 billion wind, solar and hydrogen project has been proposed for Western Australia. But scientists say it will destroy an irreplaceable and precious area.
- by Emma Young
Why one area of Sydney has been swarming with mosquitoes
The mosquito numbers in south-west Sydney are two to three times higher than usual, while the rest of the city is just dealing with a regular spring surge.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Beacon of hope’: World’s largest coral discovered in Solomon Islands
“Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth, we find a massive coral … pulsing with life and colour,” said explorer-in-residence Enric Sala.
- by Bianca Hall
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Marine life
WA’s new mega-marine park ‘misses the science’ in thwarted ambition: expert
This vast plan, which attracted 22,000 public comments, has had a fatal drop in protections at the final hour and will now never do what the government promises, an expert says.
- by Emma Young
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Victorian environment
Virus lurking in Merri Creek is a slick superbug killer that could save millions
The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.
- by Bianca Hall
Opinion
Animals
I took a Perth kid to the Queensland rainforest. Was I doing something wrong?
We’d looked forward to this spectacular trip so much, and yet at the start I could not quieten the sense of wrongness that had been troubling me for so long.
- by Emma Young
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City life
Purple Rain and Yackandandah: The winners of the Herald’s jacaranda poetry contest
Nearly 300 people entered the Herald purple prize for poetry, sending odes of love or hate about the invasive species that has turned the city’s horizon into a flowering haze.
- by Julie Power
Petitioners take aim at Perth drive-in theatre proposal over tree removal, late-night noise
A proposed 807-car drive-in includes four outdoor cinema screens, a central café building and mini golf course.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Fresh call for rodent bait ban in WA after black cockatoo’s death
A black cockatoo has died in what is believed to be the first case of rodent bait poisoning in the species.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Animals
Licence to kill: Millions of Australian native animals legally slaughtered
Australians took out licences to kill more than 1.2 million native animals and birds last year alone, with kangaroos and wallabies comprising almost half the animals killed.
- by Bianca Hall
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/biodiversity-jpe