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Former WIRES volunteer Tracy Dods has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty over a kangaroo in her care.

Verdict over injured kangaroo to send ‘shockwaves’ through animal rescue community

A woman who cared for hundreds of kangaroos over five years as a volunteer for wildlife rescue service WIRES has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Liz McLeod,care co-ordinator at the Friends of the Koala rehabilitation centre,with Troppo,a 10-month-old joey found at the base of a tree.

Alfred knocked koalas out of trees and swept a kangaroo into a drain

Wildlife rescue groups have reported an influx of injured native fauna and are planning a search-and-rescue mission for koalas across forests in northern NSW.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Beach erosion at Park Beach,Coffs Harbour,on Saturday.

From Coffs Harbour to Noosa,some of our most famous beaches have been lost

Authorities will bring sand to tourist hotspots,but the affected stretches will take months to recover. Environmental experts are more worried about damage to dunes.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Every Little Thing captures the paradoxical lives of hummingbirds.

Gangs,brawls and defying gravity:Inside the secret lives of hummingbirds

No heavier than a marshmallow and no longer than an adult’s little finger,the colourful birds can also be ferocious.

  • Sandra Hall
Economist Ken Henry is living back on the Mid North Coast where he grew up,and focusing on environmental work.

The secret ‘wild life’ of Ken Henry

The former Treasury boss sometimes came to the office with a joey tucked under his shirt to keep it warm. The economist’s full-time focus is now squarely on the environment.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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A native forest logging site in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest,part of the assessment area for the Great Koala National Park.

Koala park delay prompts fear Labor has folded to logging industry

After nearly two years in government,state Labor has still not created the koala national park it promised in 2015,prompting criticism from one of its own.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Logging site at Mt Horsfall.

Inside the fight to save the last Victorian Highlands forest fairies

Faced with ‘government inaction’ on protecting Australia’s most critically endangered animals,these campaigners are taking matters into their own hands.

  • Bianca Hall
The Australian Reptile Park expects a spike in Sydney funnel-web numbers.

‘More abundant’:Spider season spikes as summer ends

Sydneysiders can expect to see a lot more spiders,including deadly funnel-webs,as weather becomes perfect for arachnids.

  • Angus Dalton
Peacocks in suburban Ourimbah.

Cause of mysterious peacock deaths revealed in environmental Cluedo

The environmental watchdog has found six peacocks from a wild population on the Central Coast died from eating pesticide pellets,in what may have been a deliberate poisoning.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons