Environment
Conservation
Tropical Storm Harvey forces snakes, alligators and fire ants to seek higher ground
With no Noah's Ark to ferry these animals away, they're showing up in some unusual spots.
- by Karin Brulliard
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Why a Sea Shepherd 'pirate' who's tried to stop whalers near Antarctica is stopping
Every year, Japanese boats with the word "RESEARCH" stenciled on the side head to the Southern Ocean to hunt for hundreds of whales.
- by Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
'No longer kill animals': Bill Gates, Richard Branson back 'clean meat' start-up
The billionaires have joined other business giants backing a start-up that makes meat from self-producing animal cells.
- by Shruti Date Singh
Farmer thanks firefighters for saving piglets by serving them up as sausages
Although the gift may have seemed like an appropriate gesture, it has been criticised by animal rights campaigners.
- by Helena Horton, Olivia Rudgard
A rare and elusive white moose has finally been captured on video
There are believed to be only around 100 white moose in Sweden.
- by Cleve R. Wootson jnr
Island makeover to stop baby turtles drowning
The world's largest nesting spot for endangered green sea turtles will be made over to stop baby turtles drowning and adults dying from heat exhaustion.
The 'open range' chicken farm from where a dozen eggs sell for $15
Chickens have helped Mark Killen change the way he lives. They have made the grass greener, both on his property and in the way he has viewed his world as a farmer.
- by Scott Bevan
Ex-city dwellers revive dying art of poultry breeding as RSPCA raises cruelty concerns
A new generation of poultry breeders is reviving interest a dying art as age-old practices raises animal cruelty concerns.
- by Andrew Taylor
Qld expert urges action for one of world's last frog havens
Papua New Guinea may be one of the last refuges for amphibians as a fungal disease decimates populations worldwide, a Queensland academic believes.
- by Noor Gillani
Poultry code review could help unscramble rules allowing cruelty to chickens
More than 25 million hens, plus millions of male chicks, are used by the Australian egg industry every year.
- by Elise Burgess
Genie the calf is a dead ringer for KISS rocker Gene Simmons
KISS frontman Gene Simmons is thrilled by a newborn calf born with strikingly similar black-and-white markings to the face paint he wears on stage.