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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.

Sanctuary rises from the ashes of Black Summer fires

Sanctuary rises from the ashes of Black Summer fires

Sanctuary rises from the ashes of Black Summer fires

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.

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Time and oxygen running short for last of ancient fish

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

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

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.

'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.

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Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

Habitat of endangered glider largely unprotected in Qld

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

Watchdog hits back at Forestry Corp over glider search

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.

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.

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

Aussie frogs in hot water from climate, other threats

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

Salmon farmers' artificial oxygen endangered fish fix

Salmon farmers' artificial oxygen endangered fish fix

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

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.

Feral deer fatten up on rare, threatened alpine plants

Feral deer fatten up on rare, threatened alpine plants

Feral deer fatten up on rare, threatened alpine plants

Feral deer fatten up on rare, threatened alpine plants

Feral deer are eating rare and threatened native plants in Victoria's heritage-listed Alpine National Park prompting calls for action.

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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.

Salmon farmers at odds with destock call to save skate

Tasmania's salmon industry is resisting advice to destock pens in a harbour in order to save an ancient fish on the brink of extinction.

Once-extinct 'zombie fish' are back for a wild time

Young southern purple-spotted gudgeon, thought to be extinct in Victoria for more than 20 years, have been released into the wild after a breeding program.

Threatened species list just got a whole lot longer

Dozens of plants and animals have been added to Australia's long list of threatened species, with 14 catapulting into the critically endangered category.

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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.

Call to halt logging with glider possum on the slide

The greater glider has slid from vulnerable to endangered at alarming speed and conservationists say NSW must stop logging one of its last strongholds.

NSW govt under fire as trees fall in koala heartland

Conservationists and the timber industry aren't often on the same page but there's plenty of shared hostility over the NSW government's vague koala park plan.

Five Australian species at immediate risk of extinction

Five Australian species are at immediate risk of extinction and another 41 are in so much strife they must be listed as critically endangered, experts say.

NSW nets trap few sharks but lots of threatened species

Threatened species accounted for more than 70 per cent of everything caught in shark nets at NSW beaches in the last eight-month netting season.

Court asked to halt logging in fire-hit koala habitat

A NSW court will be asked to halt logging in two fire-hit forests, with advocates saying koalas are only just starting to recover from the Black Summer blazes.

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