Wildlife
'This is not where he needs to be': Kookaburra discovered for sale in US pet shop
Wendy Davidson, an expat living in Virginia, spotted the bird named Thunder in her local pet store listed for $US1199.
- by Ben Weir
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Opinion
Opinion
Now, about that $2 million pigeon: why we should pay at least respect
Some people just don't get it, but a bird lover explains the invaluable contribution of man's best feathered friend, the pigeon.
- by Charles Purcell
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Biodiversity
Deadbeat dad replaced by feather duster as zoo rescues orphaned chicks
It's Australia's most important bird with fewer than 1000 left in the wild. So zookeepers were 'over the moon' when their plains-wanderer population doubled this week.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Wildlife
Experts leave 'faked' night parrot research in tatters
Evidence of the elusive night parrot in the Diamantina National Park has been revealed to be fraudulent after a damning expert investigation.
- by Derek Barry
Canberra
Canberra Now: Public housing blocks sold; breast cancer high in ACT
Plus, love it or loathe it, the Canberra Raiders have a new team song.
- by Emily Barton
Development
Developers paid $4.6 million in koala offset payment to clear bushland
Those upfront payments were chosen in 97 per cent of all development applications where an offset for clearing bushland was necessary since 2014-15.
- by Tony Moore
Planning
Minister extends rifle range koala land submissions
The time frame for public submissions over the controversial upgrade of a gun range in Brisbane's south-east has been extended.
- by Tony Moore
Animals
Diver almost became a whale's lunch
The South African dive tour operator has described the moment everything went dark as his head and torso were swallowed by a Bryde's whale in a feeding frenzy.
- by Victoria Ward
Animals
'Consumers must act': Jane Goodall's plea to avoid a 'bleak' future
The renowned naturalist says the increase in youth activity - such the global climate movement started by Swedish student Greta Thunberg - is a source of hope.
- by Peter Hannam
China
China growing crops for wild elephants to spare farmers
Wild Asian elephants are a protected species in China, and conservation efforts have allowed their numbers in the country to rise to about 300.
Wildlife
Ancient rite, modern fight: how brumbies are breaking the landscape
“The horse is much heavier than us, so when they tread on this, they are turning the taps off on the Murrumbidgee River.”
- by Justin McManus and Finbar O'Mallon