Conservation

The South Australian government will pour half a million dollars into programs aimed at reducing the likelihood of shark attacks and improve first aid responses on remote beaches, after a horror year of fatal attacks in 2023. 

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

An audit shows supermarket customers are charged less for plastic-wrapped produce more than 70 per cent of the time, and conservationists say it's hurting the environment.

Kelp forests around Australia, and the world, are under threat, but researchers are worried people don't know about the vital marine ecosystems.

The new South Coast Marine Park has a hole in it to facilitate a yet-to-be-approved renewables project in a region some scientists believe warrants inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.

Dieldrin and DDE have been banned in Australia for decades, so how did the pesticides show up in tests on the bodies of nine dead birds?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads to Tasmania to announce $28 million to improve water quality in Macquarie Harbour — the last known refuge of the endangered Maugean skate.

Jamdrop and Florentine are the newest western quolls on the block, following success of a decade-long mammal conservation project in the Wheatbelt.

The moth or the butterfly? The stick insect or the hoverfly? The beetle or the bee? Can you guess which is the inaugural ABC Australian Insect of the Year?   

For 35 years American researcher Peggy Rismiller has been studying Kangaroo Island's animals, from snakes to echidnas.

Unlike commercial macadamias, the nuts only grow to the size of a five-cent piece and cannot be eaten due to their bitter flavour and ability to produce cyanide.

Efforts to bring a rare, unique macadamia nut back from the edge of extinction

Wildlife rescuers are increasing measures to prevent the potential spread of the deadly bird flu strain H5N1, which is yet to arrive in Australia, as they respond to reports of thousands of dead shearwaters along the east coast.

Prince William has gone on an early-morning nature walk with Australian conservationist Robert Irwin to promote the work of rangers in a unique national park in South Africa.

Scientists say southern right whale numbers have recovered in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park, and are now calling for further protection as they move into new areas.

After finding numerous trees with branches sawn off, WA photographer Lynn Webb is increasingly concerned the lure of $8,000 per kilogram seeds is putting the environment at risk.

Some of Victoria's most spectacular grasslands exist on nondescript roadsides in the heart of the state's western sheep country. Scientists say too many species in the endangered ecosystem face extinction. 

Edna Walling was one of Australia's most influential garden designers, known for her use of low stone walls, meandering pathways and self-seeding plants. 

Using underwater endoscopes, researchers have already discreetly filmed the freshwater cod taking refuge in several of the new purpose-built habitats.