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Rangers use AI to sound out toadlet croaked in mystery

Rangers use AI to sound out toadlet croaked in mystery

Aboriginal rangers in their remote lands are leading a research project to learn about a tiny toadlet believed to be a new species of frog.

Urgent plan to save red handfish from extinction

Urgent plan to save red handfish from extinction

Urgent plan to save red handfish from extinction

Urgent plan to save red handfish from extinction

Scientists will relocate critically endangered red handfish to a Tasmanian facility to save the species from extinction during forecast marine heatwaves.

Dwindling duck numbers 'demand hunting ban'

Dwindling duck numbers 'demand hunting ban'

Dwindling duck numbers 'demand hunting ban'

Dwindling duck numbers 'demand hunting ban'

Leading animal advocates have renewed calls for a duck hunting ban in Victoria, saying survey data only adds to evidence in favour of abolishing the sport.

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'Broken' biodiversity protections in need of overhaul

'Broken' biodiversity protections in need of overhaul

Urgent changes are needed to Australia's biodiversity offsets system, which is failing to stem the rapid destruction of the environment, experts warn.

Sea turtles tracked swimming deep into Sydney Harbour

Sea turtles tracked swimming deep into Sydney Harbour

"Pooed plastic for six days": Sea turtles unexpectedly inhabiting Australia's busiest and most polluted waterways face increased risks from man-made threats.

Win for island wind farm despite rare parrot concerns

Win for island wind farm despite rare parrot concerns

A requirement for a proposed wind farm project to shut down for five months to safeguard a critically endangered parrot has been overturned.

Doctor arrested at blockade targeting Forestry Corp

Doctor arrested at blockade targeting Forestry Corp

Protesters are blocking access to the headquarters of the NSW Forestry Corporation over high-level concerns about its conduct in native forests.

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Australian animal fears as bird flu hits the Antarctic

Australian animal fears as bird flu hits the Antarctic

Australian animal fears as bird flu hits the Antarctic

Australian animal fears as bird flu hits the Antarctic

Australia is preparing for a bird flu onslaught that could do untold harm to native species, as scientists wait to see what will happen in Antarctica.

NSW Forestry Corp sorry for destroying protected trees

NSW Forestry Corp sorry for destroying protected trees

NSW Forestry Corp sorry for destroying protected trees

NSW Forestry Corp sorry for destroying protected trees

The NSW Forestry Corporation has apologised for destroying 17 protected trees in a state forest, and will fund compensatory projects worth $500,000.

Forestry Corporation hit with stop work order over dens

Forestry Corporation hit with stop work order over dens

Forestry Corporation hit with stop work order over dens

Forestry Corporation hit with stop work order over dens

The Forestry Corporation of NSW has been slapped with a new stop work order, amid concerns about efforts to protect endangered greater gliders.

Watchdog details allegations against NSW Forestry Corp

Watchdog details allegations against NSW Forestry Corp

Watchdog details allegations against NSW Forestry Corp

Watchdog details allegations against NSW Forestry Corp

A state-owned forestry corporation has been accused of failing to properly search a forest for the endangered greater glider before logging its habitat.

Daytime search for nocturnal glider sparks new rules

Daytime search for nocturnal glider sparks new rules

Daytime search for nocturnal glider sparks new rules

Daytime search for nocturnal glider sparks new rules

NSW's environmental watchdog is rewriting search rules after the Forestry Corporation looked for an endangered nocturnal glider during the day.

Tas govt lashes Plibersek over salmon industry warning

Tas govt lashes Plibersek over salmon industry warning

Tas govt lashes Plibersek over salmon industry warning

Tas govt lashes Plibersek over salmon industry warning

Tasmania's Liberal government has accused federal Labor of trying to kill off its salmon industry, amid a feud over how best to save an ancient species.

The hidden disease killing Australia's wombats

The hidden disease killing Australia's wombats

The hidden disease killing Australia's wombats

The hidden disease killing Australia's wombats

Mange affects almost all wombat populations across NSW and when it takes hold it causes an immune reaction that can be fatal to the short-legged marsupials.

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Sanctuary rises from the ashes of Black Summer fires

A wildlife sanctuary is bringing native species back with man-made homes but its owner fears for animals in barren bushfire zones where nothing's being done.

Time and oxygen running short for last of ancient fish

A salmon industry plan to help an endangered fish on the brink of extinction isn't fully funded yet, despite plans to start work next month.

Mixed response to consultation on new laws for nature

Stakeholders have been given an overview of Australia's new environment laws, and there appears to be little movement on climate change threats.

Cryogenics the key to saving natives from killer rust

Scientists working to combat the invasive spread of myrtle rust have taken to cryogenically preserving native plants under threat until a solution can be found.

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'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.

Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

Most of the endangered greater glider's habitat in Queensland is not protected, a new study reveals.

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.

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.

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

More than 40 per cent of the world's amphibians are threatened with extinction and Australia's once bountiful frogs are among those in strife, scientists warn.

Salmon farmers' artificial oxygen endangered fish fix

Conservationists have ridiculed a salmon industry plan to try to artificially boost oxygen levels in a harbour where an endangered fish is barely hanging on.

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.

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