Animals
The wellness industry is coming for your cats and dogs
As pet ownership is growing fast, so too is the alternative pet-health market, projected to be worth $150 million by 2030.
- Liam Mannix and Henrietta Cook
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Big as a minivan and jaws like a garbage compactor: Meet the Australian Museum’s latest star
Australia is pitching its oversized megafauna as its latest “dangerous” tourist attraction.
- Linda Morris
Farmers’ campaign against feral deer trapped in Victoria’s red tape
Marie and David Trigg have fought for three years to control feral deer on their property, but say they have been met with bureaucratic delay.
- Bianca Hall
They say happy pigs are tasty pigs. Good Food’s No.1-ranked ham proves that
An independent butcher beat out the supermarkets for this year’s best Christmas ham. Judges found it to be silky and with a delicate balance of smoke and seasoning.
- Bianca Hrovat
Elephant hides behind tree
An elephant materialises silently from the bush just 10 metres away from our chalets at Mjejane Bush Camp, which adjoins the Kruger National Park.
- Perspective
- Endangered species
How do you save a starving koala?
The difficulty of moving koalas is again in focus following soaring numbers on French Island in Victoria, and deaths of translocated animals in NSW.
- Bianca Hall
One of Australia’s worst pests is on the march to the Pilbara. But we have a ‘unique’ chance to stop them
A new study predicts that without containment efforts, cane toads will infest up to 75 per cent of the Pilbara within three decades.
- Holly Thompson
The premier, the poet and the fight to save a frog
It’s a story almost too preposterous to believe, starring a group of uni students, an infamous state premier, a legendary Australian poet and an extinct frog that gave birth by vomiting its young.
- Andrew Stafford
‘Horrific’ mass koala starvation hits Victorian island
Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.
- Bianca Hall
- Exclusive
- Animal cruelty
Parliament House security manager charged after dead ex-racehorses found on farm
The RSPCA launched a probe after raiding a property in June with investigators from industry regulator Racing NSW and NSW Police.
- Chris Barrett
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