Marine life
Australia gains reprieve on threat to Great Barrier Reef World Heritage status
UNESCO says Australia’s upgraded climate and environmental commitments mean the Great Barrier Reef should retain its World Heritage status – at least for the next year.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
Return of El Nino spells trouble for Great Barrier Reef coral-bleaching risk
Fears of further damage to Australia’s living underwater wonder are rising due to looming weather conditions and the underlying trend of global warming.
- by Mike Foley
The battle to save the endangered fish that prefers to walk instead of swim
With jazz hands and a fluffy pom-pom, the red handfish is a distinctive species. But there are only about 100 in the wild, and Australian experts are determined to save it and two other handfish that are critically endangered.
- by Tracey Ferrier
Opinion
Environmental protection
Twenty years after Save Ningaloo, WA’s next cultural reckoning is here
As we face our moment of no return as a planet, much of our effort must also focus on what’s happening in our own backyard: what we are directly responsible for.
- by Paul Gamblin
Japan to get crucial UN support to release Fukushima water into ocean
Japanese fishing unions, Beijing and New Zealand are among those who have raised concerns about the plan to dump the treated radioactive water into the Pacific.
- by Sakura Murakami
Whale swims with kayaker on a morning paddle in Sydney
A kayaker has been treated to a once-in-a-lifetime experience with a humpback whale swimming alongside them on Saturday morning.
- by Alex Crowe and Julie Power
‘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
Diving for an explanation to the mysterious migration of giant crustaceans
Every winter, thousands of giant spider crabs appear in Port Phillip Bay and congregate en masse. Why? We’re not sure. Now researchers have studied this curious crustacean.
- by Miki Perkins
‘Not a chance in heaven’ to save Great Barrier Reef, but botanic garden will keep corals
Coral samples from the Great Barrier Reef under threat from climate change will be preserved as part of a world-first project devised by scientists and conservationists.
- by Mike Foley
Santos wells have been leaking gas into the ocean off WA for a decade
The company says the wells off the Pilbara coast cannot be fixed, but the environment regulator’s position is that indefinite leaking is “unacceptable”.
- by Peter Milne
The unique art prize backed by Valerie Taylor where everyone is a winner
The inaugural winner of Australia’s newest art prize has warned it is now or never to save the world’s marine environment.
- by Linda Morris