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Cousins promises all-out campaign to end native logging

Cousins promises all-out campaign to end native logging

Businessman and environmental activist Geoff Cousins expects a public campaign to end native forest logging in NSW to be an easy sell.

Stonefly faces extinction after 'bad government call'

Stonefly faces extinction after 'bad government call'

Stonefly faces extinction after 'bad government call'

Stonefly faces extinction after 'bad government call'

An insect with a "remarkable" life expectancy faces extinction after officials rejected an application to further protect its habitat, conservationists say.

Mass coral bleaching occurring on most of barrier reef

Mass coral bleaching occurring on most of barrier reef

Mass coral bleaching occurring on most of barrier reef

Mass coral bleaching occurring on most of barrier reef

Climate change is driving another mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef - the fifth in eight years.

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Fire ants could cost 'half a COVID' every year

Fire ants could cost 'half a COVID' every year

Analysts have offered a staggering new assessment of what Australia could lose to fire ants.

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

Step-in threat as state on notice over feral horse cull

A zero-tolerance approach to feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park has been flagged by the federal government if culling fails to stop environmental harm.

More evidence of extensive summer bleaching on reef

More evidence of extensive summer bleaching on reef

Helicopter surveys have revealed extensive coral bleaching at almost 50 sites on the southern Great Barrier Reef.

First reports of severe coral bleaching on reef

First reports of severe coral bleaching on reef

Corals are dying from severe bleaching around the Keppel Islands on the Great Barrier Reef, scientists say.

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Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest

Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest

Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest

Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest

A logging protest in defence of some of Tasmania's tallest trees has resulted in former Greens leader Bob Brown being charged and banned from all state forests.

Kosciuszko brumby shoot underway but will it be enough?

Kosciuszko brumby shoot underway but will it be enough?

Kosciuszko brumby shoot underway but will it be enough?

Kosciuszko brumby shoot underway but will it be enough?

Experts say with aerial shooting approved, at least 6000 wild brumbies will need to removed from Kosciuszko National Park each year to meet reduction targets.

Logging backflip 'won't save gliders from extinction'

Logging backflip 'won't save gliders from extinction'

Logging backflip 'won't save gliders from extinction'

Logging backflip 'won't save gliders from extinction'

Scientists and conservation groups say a backflip by the NSW environmental watchdog will do little to shield greater gliders from the effects of logging.

New exotic pest raises fears for rivers, water network

New exotic pest raises fears for rivers, water network

New exotic pest raises fears for rivers, water network

New exotic pest raises fears for rivers, water network

A highly invasive clam has been found in Australia for the first time and it could be bad news for river health and water infrastructure.

Ultra rare night parrot gives up secrets for survival

Ultra rare night parrot gives up secrets for survival

Ultra rare night parrot gives up secrets for survival

Ultra rare night parrot gives up secrets for survival

One of Australia's rarest birds has given up its genetic secrets and it could boost the elusive creature's chances of evading extinction.

Platypus rescue centre to be refuge for at-risk animal

Platypus rescue centre to be refuge for at-risk animal

Platypus rescue centre to be refuge for at-risk animal

Platypus rescue centre to be refuge for at-risk animal

The world’s largest purpose-built platypus conservation centre has opened at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, providing a refuge for up to 65 wild animals.

Event managers told to stay out of nature refuges

Event managers told to stay out of nature refuges

Event managers told to stay out of nature refuges

Event managers told to stay out of nature refuges

Scientists have told event managers to back off and keep their disruptive, showy events out of the nation's wildlife havens.

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EPA backs down on 'dangerous' new logging rules in NSW

New logging rules that had experts fearing for the survival of the endangered greater glider will be revisited by the NSW environmental watchdog.

Drones being used to protect Antarctic biodiversity

Scientists are surveying remote areas of Antarctica with drones, hoping to protect plants and animals in the fragile ecosystems in the face of climate change.

Clear milk bottle lids a win for obsessive bowerbirds

The satin bowerbird's obsession with the colour blue can sometimes be deadly but a change in milk packaging could help save the showy bird.

Glider experts left out, fearful of logging changes

Australia's leading experts on endangered greater gliders weren't consulted before logging rules were changed in NSW.

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Logging changes put gliders in peril, experts warn

Greater glider ecologists say the endangered species is in deeper trouble after NSW's watchdog for nature changed the rules that apply to logging.

Australia sends reef health update to UNESCO

Australia has submitted a progress report to UNESCO as part of ongoing efforts to ward off an in-danger listing for the Great Barrier Reef.

Forestry Corp backs away from logging in glider habitat

Conservationists are claiming a win in the battle to protect the endangered greater glider's habitat, but say the war is far from over.

Dutton backs salmon farmers amid water quality woes

Peter Dutton is siding with salmon farmers to prevent restrictions aimed at saving Maugean Skate, a unique endangered fish only found in Tasmania.

Glider's fate at stake in forest battle over fine print

A corporation that logs native forests says it's not required to do a perfect job when looking for den trees of an endangered marsupial.

Threatened species list ballooned in 2023, data shows

Native species are being added to Australia's in-danger list at an alarming rate and 2023 was the worst year on record, a new analysis shows.

Wild and captive honeyeaters breed in breakthrough

Regent honeyeaters raised at Taronga Zoo have successfully been released to breed and hatch chicks with wild birds in a boon for the endangered species.

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