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Good news! Some corals show surprising resilience to ocean acidification

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Oct 2015

What is a bettong?

Jennifer Huizen 5 Oct 2015

Adorable echidna babies boost hope for critically endangered cousins

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2015

Studying the unloved through the wisdom of crowds

Roz Evans 11 Sep 2015

Conservationists to send killer robots after destructive starfish

Jeremy Hance 8 Sep 2015

Climate change to kill off many of Australia’s cloud forest species

Jeremy Hance 25 Aug 2015

Snail scent repels starfish; may protect coral and Great Barrier Reef

Neelam Pereira 11 Aug 2015

Microplastic pollution a possible threat to Great Barrier Reef coral

Mike DiGirolamo 27 Jul 2015

Does fishing make corals sick?

Sandhya Sekar 20 Jul 2015

Invasive predators, deforestation driving Tasmanian parrot over the edge

Apoorva Joshi 29 May 2015

World on course to lose 1 in 6 species to climate change – South America, Australia, New Zealand face even more extinctions

Glenn Scherer 4 May 2015

Australia becomes first country to ban lion trophies

Jeremy Hance 9 Apr 2015

Scientists uncover new seadragon

Jeremy Hance 18 Feb 2015

World Parks Congress talks the talk, but future depends on action

Jeremy Hance 5 Feb 2015

Endangered environmentalists: investigating government crackdowns on green groups

Mongabay.org 19 Nov 2014

Green Climate Fund nears $7 billion after U.S. pledges $3 billion

Jeremy Hance 17 Nov 2014

Australia’s small rainforest conservation steps overshadowed by broader assault on environment (commentary)

William F. Laurance 13 Nov 2014

Australia cancels plan to dump dredge in Great Barrier Reef

Jeremy Hance 2 Sep 2014

How do we save the world’s vanishing old-growth forests?

Jeremy Hance 26 Aug 2014

The future of tropical biology research and conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 30 Jul 2014

Desperate measures: researchers say radical approaches needed to beat extinctions

Morgan Erickson-Davis 24 Jul 2014

Scientists ask Australia to strengthen, not weaken, protection for Great Barrier Reef

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2014

Scientists blast Australian government’s moves to dismantle environmental protections

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2014

Two years after coming into effect, Australia kills carbon tax

Jeremy Hance 17 Jul 2014

World Heritage Committee takes ten minutes to reject Australia’s bid to strip forests of protection

Jeremy Hance 23 Jun 2014

Australia sees rise in greenwashing front groups

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2014

Tree-huggers: koalas cuddle up to keep cool

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jun 2014

Plan to shrink World Heritage forest in Tasmania ‘clearly inappropriate,’ says IUCN

Jeremy Hance 27 May 2014

Olinguito, tinkerbell, and a dragon: meet the top 10 new species of 2013

Jeremy Hance 22 May 2014

Scientists discover giant sperm fossilized in bat feces (PHOTOS)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 May 2014

Coral could prevent HIV: newly discovered protein blocks infection

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2014

Australians rally to save World Heritage Site from chopping block

Jeremy Hance 28 Apr 2014

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