More than 2000 seismic surveys have been conducted in waters off Australia since the 1960s,as companies map the seabed to prospect for new oil and gas reserves.
The mosquito numbers in south-west Sydney are two to three times higher than usual,while the rest of the city is just dealing with a regular spring surge.
“Just when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth,we find a massive coral … pulsing with life and colour,” said explorer-in-residence Enric Sala.
In Kosciuszko National Park,the government must by law retain 3000 brumbies. But in other national parks in NSW and Victoria,the goal is zero feral horses.
Forests on the North Coast are earmarked for a national park to protect “the best patch of koala habitat in the world”,but the area is still being logged in epic proportions.
Authorities on the alert for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu have tested dead shearwaters,also known as muttonbirds,in NSW and Victoria.
The young male emperor penguin probably swam from eastern Antarctica and was malnourished on arrival. It will need to make its own way home.
The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.
Australians took out licences to kill more than 1.2 million native animals and birds last year alone,with kangaroos and wallabies comprising almost half the animals killed.
A civil war in the WIRES animal rescue service that attracted millions following the apocalyptic Black Summer puts the charity at risk of losing public goodwill.
Australia’s largest and richest wildlife rescue charity has introduced a structural change that lessens oversight of what remains of the $100 million raised during the Black Summer bushfires and curtails the rights of volunteers.