Environment

Environment

Lost and found

Thought to be extinct for almost 200 years, the newly-named Hibbertia Fumana makes a comeback.

Claims of a cover-up as a plant lost for two centuries turns up on a development site.

Shark!

There has been a spate of shark attacks off the north coast of NSW this year.

Have a spate of bites and sightings up and down the NSW coast raised the odds that an attack awaits beachgoers this summer? Peter Hannam investigates.

Hundreds of coins extracted from sea turtle

Young visitors watch the female green green turtle nicknamed "Bank" swim in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Centre.

Thai veterinarians removed 915 coins from a 25-year-old sea turtle which had been swallowing items thrown into her pool for good luck, eventually limiting her ability to swim.

Sydney summer smashes 157-year record

Bathers hit Coogee Beach early on February 10, one of the city's hottest days during a record-breaking summer.

Sydney's record-breaking weather juggernaut rolls on, with summer confirmed as the city's hottest for both days and nights over records stretching back 157 years.

Perth's damp, disappointing summer draws to a close

A sunshade had to be re-appropriated to a rain cover after unusual summer deluge hit Perth.

"It's been pretty ordinary that's for sure. We broke the record for the wettest summer on record, with 192.8 millimetres of rain compared to 180.4 which was set back in 1955 - and the average summer rainfall in Perth is 35.4, so that's a significant rise."