Red-tailed black cockatoo
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Red-tailed black cockatoo

Age photographer Justin McManus joined the annual count of the red-tailed black cockatoo,an endangered bird that has enormous cultural significance

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Your salmon fillets could be driving a rare,ancient species to extinction

Your salmon fillets could be driving a rare,ancient species to extinction

The Commonwealth’s top scientific committee says salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour could wipe out the Maguean skate.

  • byMike Foley
‘Not doing what they should’:Shark nets a threat to critically endangered species

‘Not doing what they should’:Shark nets a threat to critically endangered species

The state government has installed nets to deter sharks at Sydney beaches since 1937 and will do so again next month. But there is growing doubt about their effectiveness.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘A potential wildlife massacre’:Eyes on the sky as virus wings its way towards Australia

‘A potential wildlife massacre’:Eyes on the sky as virus wings its way towards Australia

A virulent strain of bird flu is morphing as it spreads around the world and Australia looks to be its end destination.

  • byMike Foley
Reality TV contestant apologises after hunting,eating protected bird

Reality TV contestant apologises after hunting,eating protected bird

A contestant on the survival show said he was operating on a “starvation mindset” when he made the decision to eat the vulnerable species.

  • byIsabella Kwai
Royal National Park a haven for native species,environmental stocktake shows

Royal National Park a haven for native species,environmental stocktake shows

The biggest ecological survey to date for Australia’s oldest national park and adjoining areas found previously unseen mammal species.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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‘Plastic grass has no place here’:Why residents want to stop an elite rugby precinct

‘Plastic grass has no place here’:Why residents want to stop an elite rugby precinct

The Hills Shire says concerns about the environmental impact of new sporting facilities are exaggerated,as opponents demand the federal government stop the project.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Black swans in ‘significant peril’ from bird flu

Black swans in ‘significant peril’ from bird flu

Australia’s poultry industry is grappling with an outbreak of H7 bird flu,but the H5N1 strain,which has spread to every other continent,could wipe out native species.

  • byMike Foley
Only the lonely:How regent honeyeaters are learning to sing again

Only the lonely:How regent honeyeaters are learning to sing again

The critically endangered birds made worldwide headlines when researchers discovered they were losing their songs. Now,there are signs efforts to teach them are working.

  • byBianca Hall
Why can’t Forestry find any gliders,when everyone else can?
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Why can’t Forestry find any gliders,when everyone else can?

It has all the ingredients of a Monty Python sketch:bureaucrats shuffling around a forest looking for nocturnal animals in the middle of the day.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Endangered greater glider found dead next to department’s felling site

Endangered greater glider found dead next to department’s felling site

Conservationists are furious after they warned the government about the presence of greater gliders and Leadbeater’s possums in trees identified for removal.

  • byBianca Hall