Endangered species
Behind the scenes at the Botanic Garden, it’s more zoo than greenhouse
Secret doors, smoke plumes, air locks, a million species and shipwrecked treasures: this world-renowned Sydney establishment could be the most biodiverse spot in the country.
- Angus Dalton
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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
- Exclusive
- Science
The curtains have closed on Putricia. Here’s what she looks like now
The public can no longer see Sydney’s celebrated corpse flower. But what happens next is extraordinary.
- Angus Dalton
The night I accidentally became a corpse flower’s bedside manservant
I ran to the Royal Botanic Garden late last night – and accidentally became involved with the stinky, intimate art of Putricia’s pollination.
- Angus Dalton
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- City life
Sydney’s long-awaited, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ is finally blooming
Visitors are invited to come to smell the corpse flower’s rotten perfume during extended opening hours at the botanic garden before the flower withers and dies.
- Frances Howe and Angus Dalton
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
Rotting flesh, wet socks: Sydney’s most putrid flower is preparing to bloom
The “giant deformed penis”, belying the smell of death, is actually beginning a new generation.
- Frances Howe
- Analysis
- Sharks
Why shark nets might not return to Sydney’s beaches next summer
The science has been clear for some time that the mesh nets do little to protect humans, yet do much harm to non-target animals. The politics is finally catching up.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Exclusive
- Animals
Lifeline for Perth Zoo vets dealing with starving black cockatoo influx
The government has acted on the starvation crisis flooding Perth vets and rehab centres with endangered black cockatoos. But will it act on the crisis’ cause?
- Emma Young
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