Endangered species
Pythons for bait and dodging militias: on the trail of the rare ‘monkey-eating’ eagle
Mindanao island is the last stronghold of the endangered Philippine eagle. But now the raptor’s habitat is at risk from logging, hunting and armed groups
Vincent Mundy
18, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist says
Another campaigner says state environment minister ‘refuses to do anything’ ahead of koala protection summit in Sydney
Lisa Cox
17, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
Colorado could bring back wolverines in an unprecedented rewilding effort
Move would be the first return of the animal in North America and is part of ongoing effort to restore native species
Christine Peterson in Laramie, Wyoming
09, Mar, 2024 @12:00 PM
France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners
Scientists and vets are urging the president to afford the world’s most traded species better protections
Ajit Niranjan
09, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM
Investigation into logging on Kangaroo Island under way after release of ‘horrific images’ of dead koalas
Logging stopped as Australian Agribusiness Group says its teams have resolved to increase efforts ‘on the protection of the local animal population’ and that they ‘are operating well beyond what is considered best practice for wildlife management’
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor
07, Mar, 2024 @6:54 AM
Dozens of koalas allegedly killed or injured during plantation logging on Kangaroo Island
Exclusive: Ex-employees of Australian Agribusiness Group allege dozens of injuries occurred as blue gums cleared for agricultural use, claims which the company rejects
Daniel Clarke and Adam Morton
04, Mar, 2024 @6:33 AM
‘Killed in vast numbers’: horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting
The crabs’ blue blood is used to test vaccines, saving millions of lives – but there are synthetic alternatives
Robin McKie
02, Mar, 2024 @10:51 AM
Did a marine heatwave cause 7,000 humpback whales to starve to death?
Populations were recovering, but a new study reveals that numbers dropped by 20% coinciding with a period of record temperatures in the North Pacific
Brianna Randall
28, Feb, 2024 @7:01 AM
Norfolk hawker dragonfly no longer endangered, scientists say
Population has spread from small area of East Anglia to become established in Cambridgeshire, Kent and Herefordshire
Helena Horton Environment reporter
26, Feb, 2024 @12:20 PM
Rambo part II: wildlife in the forest where the feral fox once roamed is thriving – but is a comeback tour likely?
Hunted for years in NSW’s Pilliga, Rambo has now disappeared. In his place is an explosion of native species. But why will no one call Rambo ‘dead’?
Angus Fontaine
23, Feb, 2024 @11:00 PM
From turtles to fruit bats, migratory species increasingly under threat, says UN
Migrating animals are at risk from pollution, the spread of invasive species and the climate crisis, first report of its kind reveals
Patrick Greenfield
12, Feb, 2024 @8:45 AM
Sydney’s 90m-year-old climbing galaxias fish may have been wiped out by school building works
The species can climb waterfalls and reaches back to Gondwanaland – but there are fears polluted runoff has proven fatal
Peter Hannam
10, Feb, 2024 @7:00 PM
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