Environment
Conservation
‘We can’t save everything’: Record number of species listed as threatened
About 144 animals, plants and ecological communities were added to the list last year, five times more than the yearly average and double the previous record year set in 2009.
- by Laura Chung
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How a fight to save the bush became a battlefield
A bid to preserve rainforest trees and protect endangered animals led to a long-running campaign of intimidation.
- by Nick O'Malley
Why this green box might be able to solve the feral cat problem
The Felixer has been trained to detect feral cats and foxes, shooting a toxin into their fur that could help the war on feral animals. But it’s illegal to use in Victoria.
- by Laura Chung
Floating ‘rafts’ of deadly fire ants pose growing threat to NSW
Venomous fire ants caught in Queensland floodwaters are forming living rafts that can quickly travel long distances, raising the threat of more incursions into NSW.
- by Mike Foley
‘Our spider levels are good’: How milking this giant, deadly funnel-web could save a life
With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, one of the biggest male Sydney funnel-web spiders ever found is now in the care of spider specialists – and his venom might one day save your life.
- by Laura Chung
Inside the shed where tanks of frogs are on a mission to save their species
These corroboree frogs – no bigger than three centimetres – are critically endangered, battling disease, invasive species, a changing environment and natural disasters. It’s hoped this shed will change that.
- by Laura Chung