Dolphins that play together get the girls together,WA study finds

Dolphins that play together get the girls together,WA study finds

The wonder of a good wingman and the power of play are clear in the world of Western Australia’s world-famous bottlenose dolphins,a global research team finds.

  • byCharlotte Vinson

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WA mega-marine park proposed to rival Ningaloo needs work:scientists
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WA mega-marine park proposed to rival Ningaloo needs work:scientists

This vast and ambitious plan has weaknesses – particularly around the popular tourism area of Esperance – that could hobble it from the start,say scientists.

  • byHolly Thompson
Islands of hope:The fight to eradicate feral pests and save native wildlife

Islands of hope:The fight to eradicate feral pests and save native wildlife

Australia’s wildlife is under threat from feral invaders on land and at sea,but some of the greatest gains are being made away from the mainland.

  • byMike Foley
The ex-PM,the treasure hunters and the deep sea
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The ex-PM,the treasure hunters and the deep sea

Scott Morrison has taken a new role at a deep-sea mining fund linked to AUKUS tech and treasure hunters,as pressure grows on Australia to oppose the controversial new mining frontier.

  • bySherryn Groch
The property boasted space for an ‘extraordinary home’. Its owner has copped a record fine

The property boasted space for an ‘extraordinary home’. Its owner has copped a record fine

A Sydney woman illegally cleared hectares of native vegetation and destroyed critical koala habitat to make a site for a house and space for her family to drive their cars.

  • byJessica McSweeney
‘This is a really dark day’:Report reveals perilous state of WA’s little penguin population
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‘This is a really dark day’:Report reveals perilous state of WA’s little penguin population

A damning population report conducted by scientists in November was finally handed to Rockingham councillors on Wednesday night.

  • byHolly Thompson
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‘Just bad luck’:Separate strains of bird flu found at Victorian egg farms

‘Just bad luck’:Separate strains of bird flu found at Victorian egg farms

More than 560,000 chickens have been destroyed at two farms in Victoria’s west as officials confirmed two different strains of avian influenza were detected at the properties.

  • byBianca Hall
‘Completely unacceptable’:Environmental offsets scheme riddled with breaches

‘Completely unacceptable’:Environmental offsets scheme riddled with breaches

The federal government’s first national audit of the environmental offsets scheme has found many projects are not fulfilling their commitments.

  • byBen Cubby
How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms

How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms

Ku-ring-gai Council is claiming the Minns government has broken the law with its plan for development in special transport hubs.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Demand for steak fuelling deforestation and extinction in NSW

Demand for steak fuelling deforestation and extinction in NSW

The NSW biodiversity outlook suggests the state is set lose nearly a quarter of all known plant and animal species in the next 100 years,and habitat loss from land clearing especially in the agricultural industry is the biggest cause.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Major WA tourism drawcard still in the lurch as businesses consider closing shop
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Major WA tourism drawcard still in the lurch as businesses consider closing shop

There is still no plan for a new Penguin Island discovery centre more than a year on from a decision to stop an on-island build.

  • byHolly Thompson