Environment
Conservation
Wildlife sniffer dogs teach platypus experts new tricks
Despite the platypus having an iconic status in Australia, much remains unknown about this unique egg-laying duck-billed monotreme. That’s where the dogs come in.
- by Miki Perkins
Latest
Why Australia is on the front line of a global war on invasive species
A blockbuster UN report found the global cost of managing invasive species exceeds $600 billion.
- by Laura Chung
‘Minds were blown’: These scientists were stunned at what’s happening on the NSW North Coast
Labor promised to create the Great Koala National Park. Critics fear government loggers are destroying it before they are locked out.
- by Nick O'Malley
Logging in NSW forest suspended after an endangered greater glider found dead
An endangered greater glider has been found dead near a logging operation in one of the last sections of habitat not burnt during Black Summer fires.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Sharks
Shark nets will catch plenty of marine animals, just not sharks
All shark nets provide is a false sense of security for swimmers and a death trap for marine wildlife.
- by Lawrence Chlebeck
Exclusive
Biodiversity
Threats mounting for the last of Sydney’s healthy koala population
Members of the healthiest koala population in Sydney are dying at an alarming rate, as chlamydia-infected koalas and housing development inch closer to their habitat.
- by Laura Chung
Australia was stripped bare by feral animals. This sanctuary is reversing decades of damage
Like stepping inside a time machine, Newhaven in the Northern Territory offers a glimpse of Australia before Europeans arrived.
- by Nick O'Malley and Nick Moir
Would you swim at a Sydney beach without a shark net?
The high number of non-target species caught in shark nets this year has renewed calls from experts to ditch the nets.
- by Laura Chung
Water tank testing reveals heavy metal levels in residents’ drinking supply
Water testing has been completed for more than 85 properties in the Cadia Valley following concerns from residents that mine pollution was affecting their health.
- by Laura Chung
Editorial
Heritage
Heritage watchdog weak and largely asleep on the job
For an organisation charged with protecting the past for the future Heritage NSW seems unable to cope with living in the present.
- The Herald's View