Environment
Opinion
Water
Plan to kill carp with herpes could prove as foolish as cane toad
The idea that there are reserve Dad’s Armies of citizens ready to retrieve many tonnes of decomposing fish smelling off-the-scale like the gates of Hades is beyond preposterous.
- by Simon Chapman
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
Renewables
Victorian government furious as Turnbull 'takes credit' for French solar deal
France's Emmanuel Macron and Malcolm Turnbull attended a signing of an MOU on Wednesday, but the French were surprised to learn no one from Melbourne was invited.
- by Peter Hannam
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
Extreme weather
Record heat for Australia in driest April for 21 years
A huge heatwave that seared much of Australia helped drive April daytime temperatures to a record high.
- 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
Extreme weather
Sydney smashes April records with a month of summer-like heat
If this April in Sydney often felt more like mid-summer than mid-autumn, you wouldn't be far off the mark
- by Peter Hannam
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