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The nine-week-old Australian Sea Lion pup made her public debut on Wednesday.

Endangered Australian sea lion pup makes splash in first public appearance

The nine-week-old pup required gentle maternal encouragement before diving into the water at Taronga Zoo.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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Scientists catch, tattoo and release cleaner wrasse fish on Lizard Island as part of a behavioural research project.

The scientists working to keep the ‘lights’ on at the Great Barrier Reef

Mass coral mortality is the worst it has ever been. Some experts say neither side of politics is prepared to reckon with reality.

  • Angus Dalton
Scientists are hoping to find a way to save the coral on the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.

This is the heartbeat of efforts to save a global icon. Is it too late?

A new generation of scientists are refusing to give up on the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Angus Dalton and Janie Barrett
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Albanese stares down his own MPs over fishy captain’s call

The prime minister has again overruled Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and faced opposition from his own party over his plan to protect Tasmania’s farmed-salmon industry.

  • Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
Fish kill in Ballina waterways in the weeks after Cyclone Alfred.

Mass fish kill chokes waterways in Byron region

The rivers of the NSW North Coast are clogged with thousands of suffocating fish, prawns, eels, and crabs.

  • Angus Dalton
Each Australian consumes around 2 kilos of salmon per year.

Planning tonight’s dinner? Don’t eat Atlantic salmon before reading this

Some people are under the illusion that farmed salmon is a sustainable industry. But if you’re feeling hungry, read this first.

  • Peter Singer
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The 14 kilogram pup is learning to swim and hold its breath.

Endangered Australian sea lion pup born at Taronga

The birth of one of Australia’s rarest marine predators has injected critical genetic diversity into the zoo’s captive insurance population.

  • Angus Dalton
Andy Bossie with a bag full of seeded shells.

How restaurant leftovers are playing a role in audacious bid to bring life back to Port Phillip Bay

Donated from Melbourne’s fanciest dining establishments, thousands of shells are now blanketing Port Phillip Bay’s most denuded areas.

  • Liam Mannix
A woman has been attacked by a shark at Gunyah Beach and suffered a serious leg injury.

Woman bitten by shark at south Sydney beach

Beaches have been closed across Bate Bay after a woman was bitten by a shark at Bundeena and suffered a serious leg injury.

  • Kayla Olaya and Nick Galvin
Ningaloo bleaching February 2025.

Major parties score poorly on environmental promises ahead of WA election

The Conservation Council of WA’s environment scorecard rates the Liberals’ platform the worst, with failures in every area.

  • Hamish Hastie

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