Environment
Conservation
Australia was stripped bare by feral animals. This sanctuary is reversing decades of damage
Like stepping inside a time machine, Newhaven in the Northern Territory offers a glimpse of Australia before Europeans arrived.
- by Nick O'Malley and Nick Moir
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Would you swim at a Sydney beach without a shark net?
The high number of non-target species caught in shark nets this year has renewed calls from experts to ditch the nets.
- by Laura Chung
Water tank testing reveals heavy metal levels in residents’ drinking supply
Water testing has been completed for more than 85 properties in the Cadia Valley following concerns from residents that mine pollution was affecting their health.
- by Laura Chung
Editorial
Heritage
Heritage watchdog weak and largely asleep on the job
For an organisation charged with protecting the past for the future Heritage NSW seems unable to cope with living in the present.
- The Herald's View
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Mining
The town that landed a gold mine but wishes it hadn’t
A decade after Newcrest opened its gold mine the people of the central west town of Cadia are worried. And the EPA has the mine in its sights.
- by Laura Chung and Brook Mitchell
Byron wildlife hospital faces closure after government pulls funding promise
The wildlife hospital was banking on a $6 million grant from the previous government that would allow it to operate for four years, but that dream has dried up.
- by Laura Chung
Earless dragon rediscovery like finding the Tasmanian tiger
A lizard described as the most endangered reptile in the world has been sighted in Victoria for the first time in 50 years by two early career ecologists.
- by Annika Smethurst
Bird with a wire: How to track one of Australia’s rarest species
Scientists are testing a new way to keep track of young orange bellied parrots, one of Australia’s most beloved (and difficult to locate) threatened species.
- by Miki Perkins
Looming fire ant invasion ‘worse than cane toads’
Facing a crisis demanding immediate action, critics say governments sat for two years on a crucial report on the fire ant crisis.
- by Nick O'Malley
Turn it off! The fight to darken our night skies
If you live in or near a city, you’re probably affected by light pollution.
- by Tim Elliott
‘Amazing’: Chance of Migaloo return as whales jostle off Sydney coast
The whale migration season is off to a bumper start, highlighted by the possible return of a whale superstar.
- by Ben Cubby