Environment
Divers film close encounters with giant great white sharks
Two incredible encounters with the creatures have been caught on camera off the coast of Hawaii this week.
- by Laura Chung
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Health
'Civilisation in crisis': Science tells us how to eat to save our planet
Humanity must radically change its diet to avert catastrophic damage to the planet, including cutting red meat consumption by more than half, a major report warns.
- by Kate Aubusson
Darling Disaster
'One died in front of us': More dead fish surface in the Darling River
More dead fish are turning up in the Darling River at Menindee, about 10 days after a mass die-off in the far-western NSW region killed off as many as 1 million fish.
- by Peter Hannam
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Darling Disaster
'Not a bathtub': Burke demands better monitoring of Murray-Darling
Labor's water spokesman says getting better information about the state of Murray-Darling Basin ecosystems is "an absolute priority".
- by Peter Hannam
Extreme weather
The world's 15 hottest sites on Tuesday were all in Australia
Australia was home to all 15 of the world's hottest temperatures on Tuesday, a feat it may well repeat on Wednesday and beyond as a huge swath of the nation bakes.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
Fish kill risks mount as temperatures 'scream' in hard-hit Menindee
The first of 16 machines aimed at keeping vital fish stocks alive in NSW's ailing rivers will be installed as soon as Wednesday as fears build of more large dieoffs amid searing inland temperatures.
- by Peter Hannam
Darling Disaster
'Won't die wondering': NSW to deploy aerators to keep fish stocks live
The state of many of NSW's rivers is so dire that the Berejiklian government will start installing aerators to increase oxygen levels and keep vital stocks of native fish alive.
- by Peter Hannam
Snakes
Reptiles feel the love at the Botanic Gardens' latest scaly exhibition
Hundreds of people have flocked to the National Botanic Gardens to meet their slithery reptilian neighbours.
- by Steve Evans
Heatwave conditions for southeastern Australia
A heatwave is forecast over southeastern Australia from January 10 before heatwave conditions return reaching Canberra and Sydney by January 15.
Opinion
Global warming
An ocean of evidence on warming is our cue to take action - now
The latest research on rising sea levels attests to the accelerating threat to the planet and its human populations. We have the technology to confront it, but we need the will.
- by John Church
University
Why this 28-year-old scientist is devoting her life to roadkill
There is a (figurative) mountain of dead animals rotting in the bush. What we do with them could drive species toward extinction – or help save them. If only we weren't so squeamish.
- by Joe Hinchliffe