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Bushfires
'Teetering on the brink': Half a billion dollars sought to aid wildlife recovery
Conservation efforts in NSW to stop more species becoming extinct in the wake of this season's unparalleled bushfires require more than half a billion dollars over the coming four years.
- by Peter Hannam
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Rubbish
'He really struck a chord': Clean Up Australia going strong after 30 years
When Pip Kiernan's father Ian organised a community rubbish-collecting day called Clean Up Sydney Harbour 31 years ago, he was worried that nobody would come.
- by Matt Bungard
Whales
'Strong association' found between whale strandings and use of naval sonar
To the list of humans assaults on our marine environment from giant garbage gyres to over-fishing, add one that you can't see: noise pollution.
- by Peter Hannam
Organised crime
Cold-blooded treasures: The illegal traffic in Australian reptiles
Australia is home to 869 identified native reptile species, over 90 per cent of which are unique to the continent. That's made us a target for organised crime.
- by Citizen team
Bushfires
Koala losses 'spectacularly huge' after NSW drought, bushfires
Ecologists estimate the recent drought and huge bushfires have killed thousands of koalas in NSW, pushing the marsupial to "endangered status" in the state.
- by Peter Hannam
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Bushfires
After the 'firestorm', hopes rise for mountain pygmy possum's revival
As Michael Saxon and other staff prepared to inspect the huge burnt tracts of the Kosciuszko National Park for remaining wildlife, they were bracing for the worst.
- by Peter Hannam
Drones
The future of planting? Seeds from the sky
After one of the worst fire seasons on record, Australian company AirSeed is developing drones to reforest from the skies.
- by Madeleine Bower
Bushfires
'Immortal clones': Plea for recovery plan to aid ancient rainforests
This season's bushfires damaged Gondwana rainforests, including trees with lineages dating back tens of millions of years, placing at risk the highest concentrations of threatened species in NSW.
- by Peter Hannam
Wildlife
Baboon grooms lion cub in Kruger park in scene from 'Lion King'
The baboon took the cub up into a tree and preened it as if it were its own, said safari operator Kurt Schultz, who, in 20 years, had never seen such behaviour.
Bushfires
'Best job on the planet': Wildlife carers go from rescue to recovery
Wildlife centres across Australia are being inundated with animals, with carers warning the loss of so much habitat will delay release back to nature.
- by Peter Hannam
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Bushfires
NSW wildlife recovery plan to stress protection of unburnt areas
Food drops for endangered species and aerial shooting of feral animals are being stepped up to help preserve fire-hit plants and animals brought closer to extinction.
- by Peter Hannam