Environment
Conservation
Historic fig trees vandalised in Mosman
Mosman council was informed on Monday that a Balmoral resident had witnessed someone drilling into a fig tree along the Balmoral foreshore.
- by Laura Chung
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Marine life
Hook, line and sinker: Fishing for blue groper banned in NSW
Two spearfishing incidents in Sydney and Jervis Bay sparked widespread community outrage. The state government has now outlawed line fishing for the “puppy dogs of the sea”.
- by Laura Chung
Opinion
Environmental protection
Plibersek can save this wonderland, or give it away with the fairies
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek holds the fate of a delicate slice of Tasmania’s wilderness in her hands.
- by Geraldine Brooks
Thousands of rainbow lorikeets are unable to fly and vets don’t know why
Paralysed lorikeets have been found across northern NSW, appearing unbalanced and sometimes dying because they are unable to breathe.
- by Laura Chung
Australia had more fatal shark attacks than anywhere in the world last year. Here’s why
The data, published by the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, found that surfers were slightly more prevalent in the data than people swimming or wading.
- by Laura Chung
Lucky one-millionth caller: The frog that sounds like cross between a chicken and a lawnmower
The Spalding’s Rocket Frog has been recorded by one of the world’s largest citizen science projects, which has now hit one million amphibians and counting.
- by Laura Chung
Ollie woke with pins and needles in his arm. 15 minutes later he was being rushed to hospital
The 20-year-old had been bitten by a deadly funnel-web spider while he slept. Thankfully, Australia is home to the most developed antivenom in the world.
- by Laura Chung
Critics fear change of logging law will further endanger greater gliders
Loggers will no longer be required to search for the endangered Greater Gliders and their den trees in known habitat areas in NSW.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Biology
Meet the scientist playing God by cryo-freezing 100 species
An Australian scientist is on a life-saving mission with a cryogenic collection of animal cells frozen at minus 196 degrees.
- by Angus Dalton and Laura Chung
In three months, aerial culling knocks out record number of feral horses
More than 800 feral horses have been shot from helicopters in the Kosciuszko National Park, just months after the government trialled aerial shooting in the state for the first time in 20 years.
- by Laura Chung
Invasion is everyone’s war when little fire ants are marching south
The discovery of an imported nest south of the Queensland border makes it vital that the people of northern NSW learn how to identify the invaders.
- by The Herald's View