Environment
Conservation
All that shimmers isn't gold, as Mardi Gras goes for green and bans glitter
It's as synonymous with Mardi Gras as drag queens and dancing shirtless men, but can the world famous pride parade shine without glitter?
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Environmental Protection
'I'm interested in growing more trees': PM announces $12.5m forestry boost
Nine regional forestry hubs will be created across Australia under a federal government plan to boost the industry.
- by Ethan James
Where there's a quill: CSI uses DNA to catch echidna smugglers
Wildlife forensic scientists have developed a tool to track the source of black market echidnas.
- by Julie Power
Wildlife
Black leopard photos are awesome but not first in 100 years
Will Burrard-Lucas posted photos he took of a black leopard in Kenya, but the world's media got the message wrong.
- by Reis Thebault and Alex Horton
Wildlife
Cassowary mystery cracked: Nature gifts giant bird an inbuilt 'airconditioner'
Scientists have long been puzzled by the purpose of the giant tropical birds' distinctive 'helmets' – now a team of researchers say they've cracked the case.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Science
'Sometimes women aren't listened to' in science
Women make up less than a fifth of Australians qualified in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Dr Marissa Parrott wants that to change.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Biodiversity
The conservationist who stopped mining on Fraser Island dies at 79
John Sinclair, the conservationist who halted sand mining on Fraser Island, has passed away.
- by Tony Moore
City life
Can't see the park for the trees
Why LachIan Swamp is my favourite Centennial Park spot.
- by Helen Pitt
Editorial
Editorial
Drop the pretence about the Murray-Darling plan
The South Australian royal commission says political compromise is not science.
Biosecurity
Senate to hear evidence on koalas, finches and Cleveland's wading birds
The Senate's Environment and Communications Reference Committee will meet in Brisbane on Friday.
- by Tony Moore
Water
Fish kill in the Murrumbidgee River leaves 'thousands' more dead
Fishery authorities were heading to the lower Murrumbidgee River on Tuesday afternoon to investigate reports of another fish kill on NSW rivers.
- by Peter Hannam