News
Digital map records 250 Indigenous massacres, more predicted
In the second stages of the mapping project, the number of massacres has increased from 172 to 240.
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News
Just 13 per cent of the world’s oceans can be classified as wilderness, study finds
Areas of ocean wilderness, untouched by human impact, are sparse in number according to new research.
Biodiversity
Feral cats hunting Leadbeater’s possums as they leave nest boxes
Camera footage captured attempts by feral cats to ambush the possum.
Biodiversity
Persistent logging greatest threat to swift parrot, scientists find
Breeding season for the critically endangered swift parrot is being impacted by a lack of available trees.
News
Underground lake discovered on Mars
We now know that there is permanent liquid water on Mars, according to a paper published today in the journal Science.
News
Once-in-a-century lunar eclipse to happen this weekend
On Saturday, 28 July, Australia will have front-row seats to the rare astronomical event.
Biodiversity
‘Every minute I’m not out looking, a wombat joey dies in its mother’s pouch’: The horrors of wombat roadkill
Wildlife carers driving along rural New South Wales roads are concerned about the rates wombats are dying from road collisions.
Biodiversity
Installation of wooden poles could save Aussie gliders
Aussie gliders may not often turn up as roadkill, but their ability to travel from tree to tree is hampered by the construction of large scale roads.
Biodiversity
Image of duck with plastic lid around its neck prompts outrage online
A photographers image of a duck with a plastic cap caught around its neck is a symbol of the current plastic pollution crisis in Australia.
Biodiversity
Eastern quolls born on Australian mainland for the first time in 50 years
The quolls were reintroduced to NSW earlier this year.