Wildlife
Exclusive
Planning
Caught on film: Koalas using wildlife bridge to cross busy road
Before the images were revealed, researchers had no proof that koalas would use the kind of smaller-scale log bridges that council had installed.
- by Tony Moore
Latest
Penny knows Neville needs to be locked up, like all the other killers
The number of pet cats per household could be capped as Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek prepares a scheme to protect wildlife from domestic and feral felines.
- by Mike Foley and Millie Muroi
Travis turns heads when he wears this feather. But there’s a grim prediction behind it
They’re majestic in flight, a big talker and a really fussy eater, which is part of the reason the red-tailed black cockatoo is endangered.
- by Justin McManus
Perspective
City life
With the Olympics around the corner, let’s embrace the ibis as a Brisbane icon
Few animals elicit as much contempt as the “bin chicken”. But maybe we should embrace this misunderstood bird as an icon of the city rather than a stain on our name.
- by Courtney Kruk
Hello baby! Victorian zoo welcomes arrival of white rhino calf
The birth of the 60-kilogram male calf is a major milestone for Werribee Open Range Zoo and breeding efforts for the species, which is classified as near threatened.
- by Adrian Black