2025 • Sep 18
Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast
‘Heartbreaking’ drone footage has captured the moment a mother and calf became trapped. Four humpbacks have been snared in recent days
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2025 • Sep 11
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinkingIsland-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have p...
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2025 • Sep 06
Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say
More habitat has been given up legally in 2025 so far than any other year since the animals were listed as threatened, analysis shows Get our
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2025 • Sep 06
NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging
Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victoryGet our
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2025 • Sep 01
‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive
Conservationists hope that in 15 years species will no longer be at risk of extinction in Mexico – but challenges remainIn 2010, Gerardo Ceballos and a group of other researchers set out to ...
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2025 • Aug 18
‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town
For more than two months, the bright orange butterflies have been descending on Nannup in WA’s south-west, attracted by invasive plant species
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2025 • Aug 13
Labor to use black summer-era measure to fast
Murray Watt and Sussan Ley survey devastation in Adelaide as scientists call for urgent funding for affected species
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2025 • Aug 13
Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species
Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in natureEngland needs a massive “collective endeavour” to halt the country’s nature ...
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2025 • Aug 11
‘Death spiral’: Mekong River megafish have shrunk by half, study reveals
Fish once as large as grizzly bears have become far smaller in recent years due to overfishing, dams and climate crisisThe size of megafish in the Mekong River has shrunk alarmingly in recen...
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2025 • Aug 09
Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds
Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policiesPeople’s
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2025 • Aug 06
Research into Australian skinks’ resistance to snake venom could streamline design of antivenoms
Changes to a critical muscle receptor confers immunity in a fashion similar to that of the mongoose, which is resistant to cobra venom
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2025 • Aug 05
Scientists identify bacterium behind devastating wasting disease in starfish
After 90% loss of global sunflower sea star population in 10 years, researchers hope decline can now be tackledA decade after the onset of a sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic consider...
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