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Small island makes big effort in caring for environment

Small island makes big effort in caring for environment

Pristine coral reefs in East Timor are naturally buffered due to their location, but residents on a small island are also doing their bit for the environment.

Warming climate gives reef devouring starfish a leg up

Warming climate gives reef devouring starfish a leg up

Warming climate gives reef devouring starfish a leg up

Warming climate gives reef devouring starfish a leg up

Scientists have more bad news for the Great Barrier Reef - baby crown-of-thorns starfish are very good at dealing with the heat climate change is dishing out.

Senate to probe efforts to eradicate fire ants

Senate to probe efforts to eradicate fire ants

Senate to probe efforts to eradicate fire ants

Senate to probe efforts to eradicate fire ants

The Senate will investigate Australia's efforts to squash invasive fire ants, amid claims a national eradication program hasn't been given the cash it needs.

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'Extinction risk': federal backing for feral horse cull

'Extinction risk': federal backing for feral horse cull

A federal inquiry says NSW must allow the aerial culling of brumbies in the Australian Alps, saying they pose an immediate extinction risk for native species.

Australia doing a poor job of protecting unique plants

Australia doing a poor job of protecting unique plants

Australia is doing a very poor job of working out if its unique plants are in danger of extinction, scientists warn.

Major new threat to Great Barrier Reef identified

Major new threat to Great Barrier Reef identified

Yet another serious threat to the Great Barrier Reef has emerged - invisible flows of groundwater that are dumping harmful nutrients into the fragile ecosystem.

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

Forestry authorities say they met all necessary requirements when they held daytime searches for an endangered nocturnal glider before logging a NSW forest.

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Forestry Corp looked for nocturnal glider at daytime

Forestry Corp looked for nocturnal glider at daytime

Forestry Corp looked for nocturnal glider at daytime

Forestry Corp looked for nocturnal glider at daytime

A harvesting ban has been extended in a NSW forest after authorities said the Forestry Corporation failed to identify den trees for an endangered glider.

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugongs in steady decline along Great Barrier Reef

Dugong numbers are shrinking over a vast area of the Great Barrier Reef and it's been happening for almost 20 years, scientists say.

Koala park and urban sprawl strike precarious balance

Koala park and urban sprawl strike precarious balance

Koala park and urban sprawl strike precarious balance

Koala park and urban sprawl strike precarious balance

The NSW government's $80 million pledge to protect koalas on Sydney's urban fringe could be threatened by housing developments in the park's proposed backyard.

Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas

Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas

Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas

Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas

Conservationists are praising Australia's leadership after it signed a new pact to protect the parts of the global ocean that don't belong to any country.

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

Minister faces court over coal mines' climate harms

A small conservation group is challenging Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek in court, arguing she failed to adequately consider fossil fuel harms to nature.

Community 'heartbroken' after sacred sandhills damaged

Community 'heartbroken' after sacred sandhills damaged

Community 'heartbroken' after sacred sandhills damaged

Community 'heartbroken' after sacred sandhills damaged

The SA Environment Department will conduct an inquiry into a bungled approval process that allowed an Aboriginal cultural heritage site to be destroyed.

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

Australia granted more time to address reef threats

The World Heritage Committee has confirmed it won't yet list the Great Barrier Reef as in-danger but Australia's guardianship remains under close scrutiny.

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Fire ants invade Qld islands, raising fears for K'gari

There are fears fire ants could invade World Heritage-listed K'gari after 130 nests were found on another large sand island off Brisbane.

Reef used to road-test water quality forecasting system

The CSIRO is testing a new system on the Great Barrier Reef that could one day pump out water quality forecasts, much like weather reports.

Logging halted in forests earmarked for koala hubs

Logging will be paused in forests on the NSW mid-north coast that have been flagged as koala hubs in a proposed Great Koala National Park.

Citizen scientists asked to help unpack platypus enigma

Ecologists want Australians to look for platypuses in their local rivers and creeks to help plug knowledge gaps about the declining species.

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Volunteers warn of 'uncertain' future for Landcare work

Funding uncertainty for Landcare is putting the movement under threat, with volunteers claiming not enough money is reaching those on the frontline.

Plan to shield native species from threat posed by cats

The federal government has released a new plan that aims to stop feral and pet cats from driving more native species to extinction.

Stormwater loaded with microplastics from car tyres

Tiny toxic particles from tyres are polluting the stormwater that flows into Australian waterways, but scientists say there are simple solutions available.

Invaders top threat to Australia's native treasures

A landmark international report has detailed the extraordinary toll invasive species are taking on ecosystem health worldwide, and Australia is no exception.

Alien invaders driving destruction of nature worldwide

A landmark international report has detailed the extraordinary toll invasive species are taking on ecosystem health worldwide and Australia is no exception.

Man faces heavy fines and prison over animal cruelty

A man has been charged with almost 50 animal cruelty offences after conservation officers found 40 protected animals kept illegally in terrible conditions.

Off-the-scale marine heatwave forecast for south east

Another marine heatwave is about to hit the waters off south east Australia and there are some lessons about what might be in store from an earlier event.

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