Environment
Sustainability
Seal hurls octopus into kayaker's face
It was a real slap in the face for a kayaker who got caught up an almighty fight between a seal and an octopus on New Zealand's South Island.
- by Alan Granville
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Shark
Paddleboarder's close encounter as sharks feed on dead whale
A paddleboarder has told how he was "stalked" by a shark while trying to get a closer look at a dead whale floating in the ocean south of Sydney.
- by Andrew Pearson
Foreign aid
'Blessed': Tree regeneration pioneer Tony Rinaudo gets global gong
An Australian credited with creating a technique that has helped reforest millions of hectares of degraded land globally has won the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'.
- by Peter Hannam
Drought
Paving the way for a perfect courtyard
With smaller gardens often comes less privacy. The remedy, says Jackie French, is to create a courtyard that provides peace and tranquility.
- by Jackie French
Recycling
How to use Queensland's new container recycling scheme
Queensland's new container recycling scheme begins on November 1. Will it be ready? And how will you claim your 10-cent refund.
- by Tony Moore
Science
This is what happens to a shy octopus on ecstasy
A neuroscientist and an octopus expert Eric Edsinger bathed octopuses in the psychedelic drug and observed the results.
- by Ben Guarino
Animals
Scientists crack genetic code of cane toad
Researchers have used the toad's genetics to find three new viruses that, with further work, may become biocontrols to stem the toad's march across the country.
Animals
Texas mayor, 73, kills huge alligator she thinks ate her miniature horse
A miniature horse vanished a few years ago from Judy Cochran's Texas cattle ranch. On Monday, she fired one shot to kill what she says was the likely perpetrator.
- by Karin Brulliard
New Zealand
'Volcano' jellyfish washes up on New Zealand beach
Eve and Adam Dickinson and their two children found the "incredible" lion's mane jellyfish while they were walking on Pakiri Beach, in north Auckland, on Monday.
- by Melanie Earley
Ethical living
Jack Ryan makes way for jackhammers in new library
The library service will allow people to rent out power and hand tools, camping gear and sporting equipment to promote sustainability in the Brisbane community.
- by Jocelyn Garcia
Gas
'Not the details requested': EPA, RFS, others rebuke Santos over CSG
Government agencies have reiterated demands for more information from Santos about its plan to develop a $3 billion coal seam gas project in northern NSW, saying the company had failed to respond to their concerns.
- by Peter Hannam