Conservation
Climate threatens the koala
KOALAS, already listed as vulnerable, are likely to die in greater
numbers as they adapt to climate change, which will bring more
intense bushfires, rising temperatures, increased drought and a
drop in the nutrition levels of their food, a senior NSW Government
scientist warns.
Gotcha … nature unmasked
A vast new database will let us catalogue every plant and animal on the planet, and identify them in seconds, reports Sanjida O'Connell.
Cracking the barcode of creatures small
Thousands of species have been DNA barcoded as part of Australia's participation in an international project to catalogue life on earth.
Cane toads biggest threat to freshwater crocs
Cane toads have more than halved the number of freshwater
crocodiles in some Northern Territory waterways, according to new
research.
Rescued tortoises to be released
Twenty tortoises will be released into artificial wetlands at Goolwa, south of Adelaide, on Tuesday after being rescued from the lower lakes of the River Murray.
Siberian tiger cubs cute and very important
Three new Sumatran tiger cubs will not only boost Perth Zoo's array
of wildlife, but also the efforts to save the critically endangered
species.
Rat race is over - now it's gone to the birds
After a night trying to sleep amid thousands of feathered
revellers, a seabird scientist, Nicholas Carlile, says it is as if
Brush Island has just survived a huge, impromptu party.
Whale shark tracked to inland village
A marine scientist knew something was amiss when the massive whale shark he was tracking suddenly appeared to be heading inland.
7000 monitor lizards rescued
Malaysian authorities have seized more than 7000 monitor lizards
and the carcasses of 13 protected species destined to be sold to
restaurants and medicine shops.
Zoo's new baby turns out for the cameras
Taronga Zoo's first newborn pygmy hippo in 23 years struggled to
survive after her birth.
Climate change pushing lemmings over the edge
Once famous for their numbers, Norwegian lemmings are disappearing,
say scientists, who point an accusing finger at global warming.
Snowy cracks heritage list
The Australian Alps acknowledged today as a place of outstanding
natural and historic value and placed on the National Heritage
List.
Mammoth step in bringing back extinct species
Resurrection of frozen extinct animals, such as woolly mammoths,
could be a step closer to reality.
University project to save Tasmanian devils
The Tasmanian devil could be extinct within the next 20 years
unless a vaccine to suppress infectious facial cancer is found,
says an Adelaide zoologist.
Taking on an elephantine task
A campaign to have thousands of abandoned wells in a Sumatran
national park filled in is achieving results, writes Russell
Eldridge.
Last koala habitats get the chop
Bulldozers rolled in to some of the last remaining koala habitats
on the South Coast yesterday, marking the start of what police fear
could be a divisive logging operation.
How one coral species survived with love
Australian scientists have discovered some rare corals with
promiscuous habits that could be helping them to breed their way
out of extinction.
eBay to ban sales of ivory products
Online auction site eBay says it will institute a global ban on the
sale of all ivory products starting next year.
Hunting: green or just gets your goat?
The Game Council has overseen the creation of over a hundred new
"conservation hunting" reserves on public land in the past two
years.
Zoos a battleground against extinction
Zoos are becoming field hospitals in a war zone as they try to
salvage species from extinction, a zoo chief says.
3000 amphibians face extinction, says expert
The looming crisis is man-made and only human intervention can stop
it, Amphibian Ark director says.
Ocean ghosts wait for the unwary
Discarded nets are causing untold damage to sea life, writes Emma
Blacklock.
Watch out, crocs about
The Federal Government is to announce it is spending $26.76 million
on helping indigenous rangers protect Australian wildernesses.
Scientists sequence genome of giant panda
Chinese scientists have completed sequencing the genome of giant
pandas.
Ocean abyss yields hundreds of discoveries
Marine researchers have discovered 274 species new to science in
the ocean depths off southern Tasmania.
hPhotos
Hippo, hippo, hurray
Taronga Zoo's new pygmy hippo baby.
- Baby Sumatran tigers
- Deep sea wonders found
- China welcomes pandas
- Whale calf tragedy
- Taronga seal teachers
- Pandas saved
- Another cute cub
- Bloody slaughter of seals
- Crying shame for seals
- Bears come out to play
- Critters go wild
- Baby chimp ventures out
- Can you bear it?
- Orang-utans in danger
- Climate change protests
- Galapagos wonderland
- Earth Hour worldwide
- Lights out
hSlideshows
Getting your goat
The rural community is divided over hunting feral goats.
- Tubular belles
- Cost of Garnaut's cuts
- The big Arctic melt
- The real Iguanagate
- Sydney stays wet yet
- Whale watching
- Cattle country water bid
- How far does a bee fly?
- A swan song
- Graziers v irrigators
- The new ice age
- Rain from nowhere
- Crossing Antarctica
- Coalmining town destroyed
- When the river runs dry
hOpinions
Hooked on killing
The catch is fishing could be cruel, writes Bidda Jones.
- Steve Jacobs: Cruel deceit in quest for ET
- Ross Gittins: How emissions trading works
- Russell Paul La Valle: Don't monkey with human rights
- Alan Ramsey: Buckle up for trouble on the green route
- Christine Milne: Climate won't wait, Mr Rudd
- Anthony Bergin: Don't mention the whales
- Simon Webster: Love in a green climate
- Alison Bashford: Too many people
- Simon Webster: Animals are people too
