Biodiversity
Coral bleaching alert for Great Barrier Reef as hot summer looms
This summer is forecast to be hot and dry, raising the risk of marine heatwaves that drive coral bleaching and biodiversity losses in the Great Barrier Reef.
- by Mike Foley
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‘We can’t ignore this problem any more’: Aerial shooting of feral horses reconsidered
The NSW government is reassessing a proposal to kill feral horses from the air after their populations in the Kosciuszko National Park boomed.
- by Laura Chung
Foxes and rabbits and deer, oh my! Invasive pests on the march in Melbourne
They are causing environmental destruction and scaring some residents into staying inside, as the pests use the Yarra River as a highway to push further into suburbia.
- by Benjamin Preiss
It started with 100 plants in a secret Sydney canyon – now they’re popping up all around the world
A worldwide experiment is helping save an ancient Australian tree from extinction.
- by Julie Power
Australia was stripped bare by feral animals. This sanctuary is reversing decades of damage
Like stepping inside a time machine, Newhaven in the Northern Territory offers a glimpse of Australia before Europeans arrived.
- by Nick O'Malley and Nick Moir
Would you swim at a Sydney beach without a shark net?
The high number of non-target species caught in shark nets this year has renewed calls from experts to ditch the nets.
- by Laura Chung
Labor’s environment movement at odds with Plibersek over conservation
The Albanese government is being urged to create an independent overseer of development decisions. But Tanya Plibersek has instead committed to establishing a new agency.
- by Mike Foley
Sunny Corner mine was abandoned a century ago. It’s still a toxic ‘deadly’ mess
Mining companies must pay a bond to the state before they touch the soil. But is it enough?
- by Laura Chung and Brook Mitchell
Venomous fire ants could spread nationwide as eradication funding stalls
The potentially deadly pest is poised to march across the country after governments failed to agree on a funding package to continue an eradication program.
- by Mike Foley
Why this little digger’s return to Sydney is so important
Eastern bettongs haven’t roamed mainland Australia for 100 years. Now they’re running around western Sydney.
- by Laura Chung
From a lab to the moon: Growing plants in outer space
The plants will make the 300,000-kilometre journey in 2026, but there are a few challenges facing scientists before then.
- by Laura Chung