Environment
Conservation
Opinion
Biodiversity
Australia’s nature-positive laws at risk as WA drives ‘nature negative’
The West Australian government, and sections of our media, are presenting a false picture of what WA voters want to the rest of the country.
- by Jess Beckerling
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National parks
The ‘time capsule’ being built in the middle of suburban Sydney
At a new national park nestled amid housing development in suburban Sydney, locally extinct animals are coming back one species at a time.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Biodiversity
New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project
Another species being declared endangered on the doorstep of Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field has delivered a fresh blow amid approvals processes.
- by Emma Young
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Mining
Lies, damned lies and gold mines: What you need to know about the Blayney bunfight
The McPhillamys mine proposed by Regis Resources has become a political football since Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek decided to block a key part of the project on Indigenous heritage grounds.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
This miner claims Plibersek’s decision sets them back a decade. She says it’s ‘nonsense’
Regis Resources claims that its project in the NSW Central West has been delayed by up to a decade due to a federal decision to veto the location of its tailings dam.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Mike Foley
As it happened: Whale rescue as young humpback freed from fishing gear in Sydney Harbour
National parks staff have rescued a young humpback whale tangled in fishing tackle in Sydney Harbour this morning.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Whale leads rescuers on harbour chase, before slice of freedom
The humpback moved erratically and often quickly, lunging across Sydney Harbour’s coves and bays and then hugging the coastline. It was untangled from the fishing line with a few deft cuts.
- by Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Humpback whale entangled in fish trap in Sydney Harbour
Rescuers have been working to free the distressed juvenile whale. A GPS tracker has been attached to the animal to help find it at first light and resume the operation.
- by Riley Walter
Bandicoot bandits taking a bite out of a multimillion-dollar business
The unlikely gourmands are pilfering thousands of dollars of farmed black truffles a night, but a PhD student has been working to get them to change their ways.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
When crocodiles attack: Why people become prey
Crocodiles were almost wiped out but have rebounded since protections were introduced in the 1970s. How common are crocodile attacks and how many people are killed?
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Big-hearted project tracks cardiovascular disease in great apes
When you need to monitor the heart health of a 150-kilogram gorilla, who do you call? A children’s cardiologist.
- by Bianca Hall