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Common product banned around the world is killing our owls

Common product banned around the world is killing our owls

Powerful owls predate on possums, snatching as many as 250 a year. But those possums are increasingly falling prey to another predator: rat poison.

  • by Bianca Hall

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‘Absolutely incorrect’: The evidence is in on whales and offshore wind farms

‘Absolutely incorrect’: The evidence is in on whales and offshore wind farms

Those who hold doubts about offshore wind farms may not be aware that their misgivings have been deliberately planted.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The world’s toughest lion broke an epic record. Australians were filming

The world’s toughest lion broke an epic record. Australians were filming

Jacob the lion has survived being mauled, trapped and gored. Now his life – charted by an Australian biologist – has a dramatic new chapter.

  • by Angus Dalton
The dirty history of ‘Nukey Poo’, the reactor that soiled the Antarctic

The dirty history of ‘Nukey Poo’, the reactor that soiled the Antarctic

At an American base on NZ-claimed Antarctic territory, a small nuclear reactor was once installed to provide energy and save money. The after-effects are still being felt.

  • by Nick O'Malley
Bone found at Balmoral Beach reveals origins of Australia’s apex predator

Bone found at Balmoral Beach reveals origins of Australia’s apex predator

When Sally Wasef sent a bone found in an exclusive Sydney enclave off for carbon testing, she thought it would be a couple of hundred years old. She was wrong.

  • by Catherine Naylor
Ray of hope for beach shack owners in the Royal National Park
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Ray of hope for beach shack owners in the Royal National Park

The beach communities at Little Garie, Era and Burning Palms in Australia’s oldest national park are heritage listed. Their licences expire in March 2027, and the government is yet to decide what happens after that.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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The biggest threat to whales
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The biggest threat to whales

Entanglements with fishing gear is the biggest killer of whales and dolphins.

Admin costs soar as wildlife charity yet to spend bushfire money
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Admin costs soar as wildlife charity yet to spend bushfire money

The biggest wildlife rescue organisation in Australia, WIRES, raised more than $100 million during the Black Summer bushfires. It wants to reduce oversight of the remaining $69 million.

  • by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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.

  • by Bianca Hall
The endangered songbird learning its song again
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The endangered songbird learning its song again

Regent honeyeaters made worldwide headlines when researchers discovered they were losing their songs. Now, there are signs efforts to teach them are working.

‘Show them to me’: Victoria accused of vastly exaggerating koala counts
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‘Show them to me’: Victoria accused of vastly exaggerating koala counts

The Australian Koala Foundation has lashed out at the state government’s koala strategy, saying it inflates the population size by potentially more than 20 times.

  • by Bianca Hall