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ART/CULTURE

Sunday essay: in praise of pardalotes, unique birds living in a damaged country

Guest Author - 14 November 2020

Image: Shuttlestock I’ve spent more of my life with pardalotes than with most other acquaintances. They are an obscure and odd group of four...

CONSERVATION

How much the budget undervalued conservation: 16 World Heritage sites received less than Sydney Harbour

Guest Author - 11 October 2020

Picture:Shuttlestock The proportion of Earth’s surface designated as “protected” has expanded over the past decade. But new findings show these areas have failed to...

ANIMAL WELFARE

Predators, prey and moonlight singing: how phases of the Moon affect native wildlife

Guest Author - 4 September 2020

Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Humans have long been inspired and transfixed by the Moon, and as we’re discovering, moonlight can also change the behaviour...

CONTRIBUTORS & BLOGGERS

Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic

Guest Author - 1 August 2020

Are cats really to blame for the worldwide loss of biodiversity? Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images Plus A number of conservationists claim cats are a zombie...

CONTRIBUTORS & BLOGGERS

Environment Minister Sussan Ley is in a tearing hurry to embrace nature law reform – and that’s a worry

Guest Author - 21 July 2020

Graeme Samuel, left and Environment Minister Sussan Ley. Lukas Coch/AAP The Morrison government on Monday released a long-awaited interim review into Australia’s federal environment law. The...

2019-2020 BUSHFIRES

Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires – but we must not give up

Guest Author - 21 January 2020

Glossy black cockatoo populations on Kangaroo Island have been decimated. But a few precious survivors remain. Flickr That a billion animals may die as a result of...

CONTRIBUTORS & BLOGGERS

Forest thinning is controversial, but it shouldn’t be ruled out for managing bushfires

Guest Author - 20 January 2020

Prescribed burning in thinned silver top ash forest. Forest thinning should be one way we tackle fire management and forest resilience, but we need...

CONTRIBUTORS & BLOGGERS

A report claims koalas are ‘functionally extinct’ – but what does that mean?

Guest Author - 10 May 2019

Koalas are facing serious threats in the wild. Mathias Appel/Flickr Today the Australian Koala Foundation announced they believe “there are no more than 80,000...