Environment
Conservation
'Unacceptable': Timber battles resume in fire-hit South Coast forests
State-owned Forestry Corp has been accused of committing the same logging breaches in a bushfire-hit South Coast forest that triggered a lengthy stop work orders by the environmental regulator.
- by Peter Hannam
Latest
Biodiversity
Nature-starved Melburnians yearn for green spaces
The pandemic lockdowns have enhanced the value of nature for Melbournians and increased their support for new national parks, according to new polling.
- by Miki Perkins
Biodiversity
Alarm raised over logging near 'Lazarus' frog
Environmentalists have raised the alarm over logging near the habitat of a rare frog in East Gippsland that was long thought extinct until it was rediscovered five years ago.
- by Miki Perkins
Biodiversity
'Devastating blow': Long-running bird conservation program at risk, volunteers say
A NSW coastal shorebird conservation program faces collapse after the Berejiklian government cut funding for its paid staffer, according to volunteers.
- by Peter Hannam
Environmental protection
Multiple problems with state logging agency, damning audit reveals
Victoria’s state-run logging operations have failed to adequately survey for threatened species, identify old growth forest or contain post-logging burns, the audit says.
- by Miki Perkins
Biodiversity
'Growing a backbone': NSW EPA praised for prosecuting Forestry Corp
The NSW environmental watchdog has begun five prosecutions against state-owned Forestry Corp for allegedly felling trees in protected areas in northern NSW, drawing praise from conservationists.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Feral horses barely affected by summer bushfires, numbers likely climbing again
Invasive Species Council's conservation officer Candice Bartlett said that, as the horses were very mobile, most would have moved out of the way of the fires.
- by Peter Hannam
Biodiversity
Alarm at quarry plan for Arthurs Seat bushland
Mornington Peninsula residents have sounded the alarm over a large quarry proposal in bushland at Arthurs Seat, saying it would destroy wildlife habitat.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Whales
Think men and women are the same? Try saying you've spotted a whale
Krakens aside, the lure of cetaceans leaves most blokes cold.
- by Anson Cameron
Heritage
Heavenly views and a heritage listing for 1880s Brisbane homestead
An 1880s Brisbane timber homestead has been added to Queensland's Heritage Register because it was built on a bluff over the Brisbane River providing sweeping views towards Brisbane's west.
- by Tony Moore
Animals
'Not your regular tortoise': Reptile park's star turns 70 with giant shellebration
Hugo the Galapagos tortoise marked his birthday at the Australian Reptile Park with a special cake.
- by Matt Bungard