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Scientists despair as farmers clear nature hot spot

Scientists despair as farmers clear nature hot spot

Scientists say one of Australia's most valuable biodiversity hot spots is in danger of death by a thousand cuts as pastoralists clear the landscape unchecked.

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Australia to simulate arrival of deadly bird flu

Agriculture ministers have agreed to hold a national planning drill to make sure Australia is ready for the possible arrival of the deadly H5 bird flu strain.

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Australia is allowing a foreign super trawler to harvest a threatened fish species off Tasmania, amid serious concerns about a population crash.

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Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia's environment ministers are accused of being missing in action and doing little to get ready for the impacts of bird flu on native wildlife.

Why land burials of whales dig a big hole for the ocean

Why land burials of whales dig a big hole for the ocean

Nature will be the big winner if Australia stops burying dead whales and gives the mighty creatures sea burials instead, researchers say.

Cute cuddles canned as Koalas can't bear the stress

Cute cuddles canned as Koalas can't bear the stress

A Brisbane wildlife sanctuary has become Australia's latest tourist destination to ban "stressful" koala cuddles after feedback from visitors.

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

MONA queen's forest foray has aura of ambiguity

It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.

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Tiger shark shocks scientists with echidna meal reveal

Tiger shark shocks scientists with echidna meal reveal

Tiger shark shocks scientists with echidna meal reveal

Tiger shark shocks scientists with echidna meal reveal

A tiger shark has shocked scientists tagging marine life off Queensland's coast by regurgitating a whole echidna in what has been described as a "world first".

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Climate change puts the heat on Aussie ski resorts

Popular Australian ski resorts could find themselves on death row without urgent action on climate change, new modelling suggests.

Unclear why Outback Wrangler chopper crashed: regulator

Unclear why Outback Wrangler chopper crashed: regulator

Unclear why Outback Wrangler chopper crashed: regulator

Unclear why Outback Wrangler chopper crashed: regulator

Lawyers for Australia's aviation authority say it needs more information about what caused the helicopter crash that killed Outback Wrangler star Chris Wilson.

Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Logging changes leave glider in hot water

Rules designed to protect endangered greater gliders have been changed after the Forestry Corporation raised concerns about NSW's wood supplies.

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Huge croc that twice lunged at fisherman is caught

Wildlife officers have trapped and captured a 3.6m crocodile after it lunged twice at a fisherman on a creek bank.

Supermarkets defend salmon supplies with skate on skids

Supermarkets defend salmon supplies with skate on skids

Supermarkets defend salmon supplies with skate on skids

Supermarkets defend salmon supplies with skate on skids

With extinction a real possibility for an ancient Tasmanian species, supermarkets are defending the credentials of the farmed salmon it accepts from the state.

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.

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Minister won't step in over alleged logging breaches

NSW parliament has rejected calls to urgently suspend logging over claims the Forestry Corporation is failing to properly look for endangered greater gliders.

Huge croc captured but not the one rangers targeted

A day after setting up a trap, wildlife officers have captured a three metre crocodile in a north Queensland marina - but not the one they targeted.

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.

Plan to shoot reptiles with rubber bullets is no croc

Rubber bullets may be used in a trial to drive crocodiles away from a central Queensland city under a revised management plan launched by the state government.

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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'

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

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

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

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

Dodging polar bears and scoffing butter on Arctic trek

A glaciologist from subtropical Queensland is about to embark on an epic Arctic trek that combines science, adventure and an obscene amount of butter.

Four-metre croc euthanised after boy's body found

Wildlife officers have euthanised a four-metre crocodile days after a 16-year-old boy's body was found in mangroves on a far north Queensland island.

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