Environment
Conservation
Can wedge-tailed eagles survive the slaughter?
It’s thought to be one of the largest illegal culls of wedge-tailed eagles authorities have ever seen. But is it a one-off or a widespread practice?
- by Simone Fox Koob
Latest
Opinion
Water
Raising level of Warragamba Dam is an act of environmental vandalism
The proposal will lead to extensive and irreversible damage to the integrity of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
- by Tim Vollmer
Great Barrier Reef
'Laughable': Reef Foundation windfall was a trial case, document shows
The $443.4 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation was intended to be a 'trial case' to see if non-profit groups could be used to deliver 'big government programs', documents released to a Senate inquiry show.
- by Peter Hannam
Good Weekend
Killing season: Crisis time for Africa's famed wildlife
The “Big Five” – lions, elephants, rhinoceros, leopards and Cape buffalo – have never been in greater peril.
- by Greg Callaghan
Water
'First salvo': Lines drawn as battle over raising Warragamba Dam begins
A multi-year battle over the potential flooding of parts of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area has begin – even if prospects of a near-term flood are low.
- by Peter Hannam
Wildlife
How fire could unlock suburbia's 'hidden treasure' of wildflowers
Conservation workers say they have discovered a wildflower never before recorded in Melbourne's suburbs – and predict it could be the tip of a botanical iceberg.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Opinion
Editorial
Shooters party must not dictate policy
The NSW government's decision to ditch its plans for expanding marine sanctuaries in the coastal waters around Sydney is politically inept and environmentally irresponsible.
- by Editorial
Water
Go with the flow: desalination plant study finds 'amazing' ocean impact
The Sydney desalination plant's biggest effect on the ocean is unlikely to be from the release of highly saline brine, according to the first peer-reviewed study into the industry's marine impacts.
- by Peter Hannam
Water
'Absolute disgrace': Adani pipeline plan won't activate water trigger
Adani's proposed giant coal mine has cleared another hurdle with the federal government waiving the requirement for a full environmental assessment for a pipeline that will extract billions of litres of water in drought-ravaged central Queensland.
- by Peter Hannam
'Prepare to get your legs broken': MP threatened over fishing ban
MP targeted with online abuse and even death threats for supporting plan to introduce lockout zones to protect fish.
- by Nick O'Malley
Animals
Powerful friends in low places rescue and release disoriented owlet
A recorded trilling, a Woolies bread tray and a clutch of determined bird lovers turn out to be the ideal combination to rescue a disoriented powerful owlet.
- by Peter Hannam