Environment
Conservation
Scientists, historians adder up clues to find truth about lost snake
A team of historians and scientists peers into Melbourne Museum's ‘extinction drawer’, revealing truths about death adders and human-caused extinction.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Latest
Water
'Trust us': Changes to Murray-Darling plan may face legal challenges
A bid to amend the $13b Murray-Darling Basin plan to cut environmental flows by about one-fifth will likely face legal challenges should it pass the Senate.
- by Peter Hannam
Animals
The extraordinary life and death of the world's oldest known spider
This is the story of the oldest known spider in the world, and the people who knew her.
- by Avi Selk
Animals
Kangaroo attacks in hospital grounds prompt call to warn visitors
Signs in multiple languages warning that kangaroos can cause injuries and shouldn't be fed should be installed at what has become a tourist hot spot, MP says.
- by Helen Gregory
Water
Partial recovery of key Murray-Darling Basin sites stirs debate
Several key Murray-Darling sites are showing positive responses to extra water, stirring debate about whether cuts to environmental flows should proceed.
- by Peter Hannam
Zoos release eggs to help corroboree frogs leap out of extinction
On Monday, 1000 southern corroboree frogs eggs from Melbourne – where they were bred – were delivered to Australia's highest mountain.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Animals
The world's oldest spider has died, aged 43
She far outlived her previous rival, a 28-year-old Mexican tarantula.
Recycling
Expert says spot-check yellow bins while ministers tackle packaging
Random spot-checks on yellow bins should begin and smart phones used to shake householders out of their recycling 'comfort zone', a United Nations expert says.
- by Tony Moore
Sponsorship deal kicks St Kilda's women's team into forests debate
For footy fans who have campaigned to save Victoria's native forests, the news from the Southern Saints was a kick in the guts. But then came the response.
- by Katherine Wilson
Courts
Relief for green groups, locals after court puts Noojee logging on hold
Anti-logging groups win temporary reprieve for Gippsland town
Pollution
Environment department investigates potential chemical spill at super dump site
Queensland government environment inspectors are investigating a spill from an explosives storage plant beside a controversial proposed super dump at Ipswich.
- by Tony Moore