Environment
Conservation
Could WA be the genetic testing ground for 'synthetic mice' to end mice?
Australian and US scientists - with US defence funding - have big plans for six islands in WA. But is gene technology a safe way to beat invasive species?
- by Katherine Wilson
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City life
Woo-hoo: Powerful Owl calls for distinguished ears
Wanted: discrete volunteers who can distinguish between a deep, double “woo-hoo” hoot and a “soft, deep, and continuous low oom oom oom” sound.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Water
National park 'at the mercy' of Murray-Darling Basin water changes
The fate of a 50-year-old national park in western NSW is "at the mercy of water managers", as the battle for the Murray-Darling Basin hots up.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
Debunked: The strange tale of Pope Gregory, Lent and rabbits
The details of how most animals became domesticated are much debated and glimpsed only in tantalising hints from fossils and DNA. We thought we knew the story of rabbits.
- by James Gorman
Energy
Seismic squabble: NSW tells federal government to lift its standards
Seismic testing for gas and oil off the NSW coast has unearthed a rift between the state Coalition Energy Minister and his federal counterpart.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
The marine ecosystem more endangered than the Great Barrier Reef
Australia's shellfish reefs are the country's most threatened ocean ecosystem and are almost extinct.
- by Elise Donaldson
Brisbane
Old bridge on Kingsford Smith Drive tells of city's early convict days
An old timber bridge built before the 1860s under what is now known as Kingsford Smith Drive has been uncovered during a $650 million road-widening project.
- by Tony Moore
Opinion
Wildlife
A deadly way to celebrate
Balloons are now recognised as one of the top three threats to marine wildlife.
- by Karen Joynes
Australia
Land-clearing prosecutions drop, destruction rates rise 'very substantially'
The Berejiklian government continues to withhold data on how much land has been cleared, particularly since its overhaul of native vegetation protection laws.
- by Peter Hannam
St Kilda Road officially a national treasure, but too late for its trees
A precinct encompassing the Shrine of Remembrance and Domain Parklands joins the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru and the MCG on the National Heritage List.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Animals
Mystery surrounds death of 16 horses on the way home from Tasmanian polo trip
Sixteen horses from a NSW polo club died on their way home from a Tasmanian polo tournament.
- by Jessica Willard