4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (909+ words) September 10, 2026 — 6:00am Native Australian bushland continues to be cleared at massive scale for cattle grazing, threatening the Great Barrier Reef and climate targets, despite federal efforts to rein in the practice and major supermarkets committing to stripping beef raised on cleared…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (921+ words) September 10, 2026 — 6:00am Native Australian bushland continues to be cleared at massive scale for cattle grazing, threatening the Great Barrier Reef and climate targets, despite federal efforts to rein in the practice and major supermarkets committing to stripping beef from cleared land…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (896+ words) Last month, five Australian marsupials were confirmed extinct on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, including the crested-tailed Mulgara. These tiny carnivorous marsupials were once distributed across most of arid Australia and ranged across Western Australia from…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (133+ words) IFS officer Parween Kaswan’s X post has sparked discussion about why leopards are increasingly seen in tea gardens. A study on leopard habitat use in northeastern India found that dense ground vegetation, connected tea plantations and nearby livestock can make…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1025+ words) August 30, 2026 — 5:00am Federal funding to combat the deadly bird flu gripping Australia is being disproportionately spent on biosecurity measures including for commercial chicken farms, rather than defending threatened native populations, animal groups have warned. The Invasive Species Council called the $20 million…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (55+ words) NT News ‘Extinction-level’: Expert’s chilling bird flu warning; ‘luxury’ eggs fears Farmers have warned eggs could become “a luxury product” as H5N1 bird flu’s threat to Australia’s commercial poultry industry deepens amid a suspected fox case in South Australia. All your…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (97+ words) The Washington Post Alaska’s North Slope tundra may look desolate, but crouch down and you’ll see a lush jungle TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska — With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska’s North Slope tundra can look desolate — especially to outsiders…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (689+ words) August 25, 2026 — 11:58am A proposal for a major industrial port just 10 kilometres south of Exmouth goes against government plans to transform the region into Western Australia’s newest marine park, conservationists argue. As public comment opens in the state environment watchdog’s assessment of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (165+ words) August 23, 2026 — 12:03pm A long-nosed fur seal has been announced as the first confirmed death of a mammal by the deadly bird flu virus that is now spreading through Australia, a development in the progression of the virus long expected but dreaded…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (692+ words) Why do we insist on defying Darwin’s verdict, pulling species back from the brink when evolution has always been content to let them fall? Stand on the cliffs of Cape Breton, scanning the grey Atlantic for a spout that may…...