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Threatened species get $24 million funding boost

Threatened species get $24 million funding boost

The environment minister has announced $24 million for projects that will help 73 of the more than 2000 species that are threatened in Australia.

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Wombat burrows help other critters survive after fires

Camera traps have shown wombat burrows are hot property after bushfires, with animals using them for shelter and as drinking stations after rain.

Forestry Corp admissions ward off criminal trial

Forestry Corp admissions ward off criminal trial

Forestry Corp admissions ward off criminal trial

Forestry Corp admissions ward off criminal trial

A public interest advocate is seeking special permission to be heard in court when the NSW government's logging business is sentenced for forest destruction.

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NSW could lose hundreds of species, grim report warns

NSW could lose hundreds of species, grim report warns

Biodiversity continues to fall across NSW on almost every measure, with damaged and degraded landscapes less able to support life, a new report reveals.

Rare handfish returned to wild after heatwave 'rescue'

Rare handfish returned to wild after heatwave 'rescue'

Incredibly rare red handfish rescued from waters off Tasmania to protect the species from a marine heatwave have been released again into the wild.

Reef in crisis: scientists despair as corals perish

Reef in crisis: scientists despair as corals perish

Scientists from three research stations on the Great Barrier Reef have shared sobering accounts of the damage inflicted by the latest marine heatwave.

Japan-bought patrol ship to ramp up anti-whaling fight

Japan-bought patrol ship to ramp up anti-whaling fight

A former fisheries vessel has been bought from the Japanese government by anti-whaling activists for use in the Southern Ocean.

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Forestry Corp faces fresh glider negligence claims

Forestry Corp faces fresh glider negligence claims

Forestry Corp faces fresh glider negligence claims

Forestry Corp faces fresh glider negligence claims

The NSW Forestry Corporation has again been accused of incompetently searching for endangered greater gliders before logging their habitat.

Forestry Corp compliance squad sets sights on protests

Forestry Corp compliance squad sets sights on protests

Forestry Corp compliance squad sets sights on protests

Forestry Corp compliance squad sets sights on protests

Conservation groups have sounded the alarm over a new Forestry Corporation compliance team that will focus heavily on logging protests in NSW.

Govt probes brumby rehoming on illegal knackery claims

Govt probes brumby rehoming on illegal knackery claims

Govt probes brumby rehoming on illegal knackery claims

Govt probes brumby rehoming on illegal knackery claims

The NSW government will investigate after suspending its brumby rehoming program on claims over 250 horses went to a person linked to an illegal knackery.

National park closed for helicopter brumby culls

National park closed for helicopter brumby culls

National park closed for helicopter brumby culls

National park closed for helicopter brumby culls

Pests including deer, pigs, and thousands of brumbies NSW has to cull will be targeted in aerial shooting closing parts of a national park for six months.

Penguin chick Pesto melts hearts at Melbourne aquarium

Penguin chick Pesto melts hearts at Melbourne aquarium

Penguin chick Pesto melts hearts at Melbourne aquarium

Penguin chick Pesto melts hearts at Melbourne aquarium

A king penguin chick dubbed Pesto has been unveiled by Melbourne aquarium ahead of the Easter holidays.

Call to close at least 30 wetlands to duck hunters

Call to close at least 30 wetlands to duck hunters

Call to close at least 30 wetlands to duck hunters

Call to close at least 30 wetlands to duck hunters

Native bird advocates are pushing for duck hunters to be banned from a number of Victorian wetlands as the hunting season approaches.

Parrot 'stuffed' while logging continues: scientist

Parrot 'stuffed' while logging continues: scientist

Parrot 'stuffed' while logging continues: scientist

Parrot 'stuffed' while logging continues: scientist

A leading expert says Australian governments are not doing what's needed to save the swift parrot, amid a new estimate there may be just 500 left.

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Researcher sounds alarm over growing dead zone

A picturesque bay off Brisbane is being smothered with huge volumes of sediment and urgent action is needed to rehabilitate river systems, a new study warns.

Researcher warns of killing zones inside new koala park

A sprawling new koala park planned in NSW will lock in logging threats unless all timber harvesting is banned, including in plantations, researchers warn.

Forestry Corp fined for destroying wildlife habitat

The NSW Forestry Corporation has been fined for tearing down hollow-bearing trees inside an environmentally sensitive area in NSW.

Snake snack warning knell for endangered lizard

Mulga snakes have been discovered as potential predators of an endangered lizard after researchers examined a reptile's stomach contents.

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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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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