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Australia announces a new spider species called ‘Brian’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

New ‘Blue Economy Challenge’ wants your solutions to transform the aquaculture industry

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Mar 2016

‘Sitting on the edge of a knife’: Deforestation ramps up in Queensland

Morgan Erickson-Davis 29 Feb 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

77 inspiring rainforest pictures

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Feb 2016

Photos: ‘Extremely rare’ baby albino turtle spotted in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Feb 2016

Why is Tasmania burning, and why are scientists worried?

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Feb 2016

India, China, Indonesia score lowest when it comes to tropical forest protection

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jan 2016

Release herpes virus to kill invasive carp in Australia, groups urge

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jan 2016

Tasmanian Devils hit by a second contagious cancer

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jan 2016

Giving the handfish a hand

Caleb O'Brien 31 Dec 2015

Australia launches shark-tracking drones and ‘smart’ drum lines to prevent shark attacks

Becca Cudmore, Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2015

Researchers are inducing a drought in an Australian rainforest to study its effects

Mike Gaworecki 25 Nov 2015

Birds, butterflies, and flowers might be blander than expected in the tropics

Alison F. Takemura 20 Nov 2015

Could these technologies reduce shark attacks and culls?

Roz Evans 19 Nov 2015

Mystery sharks captured in New Guinea river

Mike Gaworecki 12 Nov 2015

Tracking the tiny: Harmonic direction finders aid study of small amphibians  

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2015

Tasmanian Devil vaccine trial suffers setback: 4 of 19 vaccinated devils killed on road

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Oct 2015

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

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