‘Whale is delicious’:The push to revive Japan’s whaling culture

‘Whale is delicious’:The push to revive Japan’s whaling culture

These days,most Japanese people have either never eaten or rarely eat whale meat. But one filmmaker wants to change that.

  • byLisa Visentin

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Homes v habitat:The fight to save a forest amid a population boom

Homes v habitat:The fight to save a forest amid a population boom

Campaigners want to save south-east Queensland’s Woogaroo forest for koalas;developers want the land for desperately needed housing. Something has to give.

  • byCourtney Kruk
‘A dog’s breakfast’:Environment groups flag ‘inconsistencies’ in US company’s Kimberley fracking plans

‘A dog’s breakfast’:Environment groups flag ‘inconsistencies’ in US company’s Kimberley fracking plans

An American oil and gas company with plans to begin fracking operations in the Kimberley is accused of attempting to pull the wool over the federal government’s eyes.

  • byHolly Thompson
Trout fishing on the hook for threatened species’ survival

Trout fishing on the hook for threatened species’ survival

The popular pastime could be curtailed to save at-risk native species from extinction.

  • byMike Foley
‘Refugees in their own country’:Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis

‘Refugees in their own country’:Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis

Perth’s zoo and black cockatoo rehab centres are struggling with emaciated cockatoos after an unprecedented climate event wiped out their remaining food source.

  • byEmma Young
Once healthy creeks in the Sydney catchment have become dead zones. Now scientists know why

Once healthy creeks in the Sydney catchment have become dead zones. Now scientists know why

New research provides scientific evidence that longwall mining is draining endangered upland swamps,eroding water quality and creating fire risk.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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What happens when a threatened species gets in the way of a new Perth housing estate?

What happens when a threatened species gets in the way of a new Perth housing estate?

These spectacular little spiders are found in only one spot:in the pathway of a housing estate that received its environmental approval decades ago.

  • bySarah Brookes
‘It’s just a matter of when’:Australia war-gaming deadly bird flu outbreak

‘It’s just a matter of when’:Australia war-gaming deadly bird flu outbreak

Australia is untouched by a virus that has devastated wildlife around the planet,but the spring migration from Antarctica is beginning,and with it comes an extinction-level threat for native birds and mammals.

  • byMike Foley
The ‘time capsule’ being built in the middle of suburban Sydney

The ‘time capsule’ being built in the middle of suburban Sydney

At a new national park nestled amid housing development in suburban Sydney,locally extinct animals are coming back one species at a time.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Penny knows Neville needs to be locked up,like all the other killers

Penny knows Neville needs to be locked up,like all the other killers

The number of pet cats per household could be capped as Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek prepares a scheme to protect wildlife from domestic and feral felines.

  • byMike Foley andMillie Muroi
Travis turns heads when he wears this feather. But there’s a grim prediction behind it

Travis turns heads when he wears this feather. But there’s a grim prediction behind it

They’re majestic in flight,a big talker and a really fussy eater,which is part of the reason the red-tailed black cockatoo is endangered.

  • byJustin McManus