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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.

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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

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

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

Minister won't step in over alleged logging breaches

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.

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Huge croc captured but not the one rangers targeted

Huge croc captured but not the one rangers targeted

Huge croc captured but not the one rangers targeted

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

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.

Plan to shoot reptiles with rubber bullets is no croc

Plan to shoot reptiles with rubber bullets is no croc

Plan to shoot reptiles with rubber bullets is no croc

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.

NSW could lose hundreds of species, grim report warns

NSW could lose hundreds of species, grim report warns

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'

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

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.

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.

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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.

Federal cash to help protect treasured wetlands

Federal government funds will be used to improve shorebird habitats in wetlands at the mouth of the River Murray in South Australia.

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Scientists despair as even deep corals cook

Scientists are rattled over the latest bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, saying it will not survive the ongoing exploitation of fossil fuels.

NSW govt faces fresh assault over native forest logging

The NSW government is under renewed pressure to get out of the business of logging native forests, as politicians, academics and environmentalists join forces.

Anger as trigger to be pulled on duck hunting season

Animal rights advocates have doubled-down on concerns for endangered birds in Victorian wetlands ahead of the start of duck hunting season.

Coral bleaching hits 75 per cent of Great Barrier Reef

Coral bleaching driven by climate change has hit three quarters of the Great Barrier Reef as the federal government continues to fight an in-danger listing.

Volkswagen to test car tech to make kangaroos go jump

Australian-made car technology that will play sounds kangaroos don't like will be tested in motion after receiving university approval.

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.

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.

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