Environment
Conservation
Traffic signs, trolleys and bikes found during Clean Up Australia Day
Taking to their local parks and waterways on Sunday, Clean Up Australia Day volunteers picked up more than 15,000 tonnes of rubbish.
- by William McInnes
Latest
Pollution
Plastic and cigarette butts make up most of debris in waterways
Up to 1000 pieces of rubbish occupy each kilometre of Australian coastline, statistics from the Australian Marine Debris Initiative Database show.
- by Sarah Muller
State Parliament
'No coherence': No koala plan in sight a year after submissions closed
The Berejiklian government has marked exactly a year since public submissions closed for its NSW Koala Strategy.
- by Peter Hannam
Exclusive
Animals
'Really scary': NSW environment minister warned of land-clearing leap
Document reveals for the first time what the government's own modelling of land-clearing law changes predicted for the state's native vegetation.
- by Peter Hannam
Good Weekend
Wiping out ants on the kitchen bench? This is what you interrupted
They invade our homes and can, depending on the species, deliver a painful bite, yet there is much to admire about ants, not least their complex societal ways.
- by Fenella Souter
Good Weekend
Spotlight: 'Plastic is more dangerous in the oceans than on land'
Last year, Adelaide-based Malcolm Doyle spent his annual leave picking up litter from 60 beaches. It brought mixed feelings, to say the least.
- by Greg Callaghan
Opinion
Animals
Fascination with Wikie the talking orca says more about us than her
When video emerged of an orca “talking”, or, let’s be honest, mimicking human sounds, it saddened us rather than impressed us. All it showed was an intelligent and complex animal performing a cheap trick.
- by Peter Singer and Jordan Sosnowski
Mining
Coal mining in Sydney's water catchment to be scrutinised by new panel
Environmental groups have welcomed the establishment of an independent panel to examine coal mining in Sydney's water catchment.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
Kangaroo cull to increase with restriction on harvesting licences axed
The cap on kangaroo harvesting licences will increase the number killed.
- by Julie Power
Farming
Port Stephens feeding frenzy: 'I’ve never seen so many sharks in my life'
The waters around the controversial Port Stephens’ fish farm is alive with dozens of large sharks that have moved in for a feeding frenzy amid concern more kingfish have escaped.
- by Donna Page
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