Former Australian of the Year and Chief Councillor of the Climate Council, Professor Tim Flannery, said the Liberal's decision to ditch net zero would be a “catastrophe for Australia”, financially, environmentally, but also for the party itself au.news.yahoo.com/liberal-part...

Priceline, one of Australia’s biggest pharmacy chains, is “actively considering” whether to continue stocking a controversial supplement, Antarctic krill oil. While Chemist Warehouse has refused to comment on the matter. au.yahoo.com/news/priceli...

NSW has launched a plan to go further than any other state in banning some of the world’s most damaging plastic items. Incredibly, the hit list includes ALL plastic bags with handles, tomato sauce sachets, soy sauce fish, and single-use umbrella sleeves au.news.yahoo.com/nsw-reveals-...

Tourists flock to Australia to see its koalas, but those taking the ferry to Victoria’s French Island are shocked to see hundreds of animals starving in trees stripped of leaves. au.news.yahoo.com/tourists-con...

Australians are being urged by Bob Brown Foundation to boycott a popular supplement sold by wellness company Swisse. Its active ingredient, Antarctic krill, has been linked to concerning practices in a fragile ecosystem. au.news.yahoo.com/popular-swis...

Through the acquisition of Viagen Pets and Equine, de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has almost doubled the number of species it has biobanked. Its plan is to protect them from extinction for future generations. au.news.yahoo.com/tasmanian-ti...

Over five years after cameras were set up within a sprawling Western Australian landscape, an elusive “chuditch” has been filmed for the first time. au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...

A zoo's plan to euthanise five aging lions is on hold after several parties expressed interest in caring for them. au.news.yahoo.com/zoo-reveals-...

There is a glimmer of hope for five of the seven lions that New Zealand's Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary had scheduled to euthanise. au.news.yahoo.com/public-outcr...

This is the first time I've ever seen a meteor during the day. au.news.yahoo.com/incredibly-l...

Three inventions that have ruined relaxing at the beach in Australia. In order of annoyance: 1. Jet skis 2. Portable speakers 3. Rows of CoolCabanas close to the water blocking the view Am I missing any?

A vandal’s decision to cut a gaping hole in a high fence has been linked to the death of an endangered koala. Drivers who had stopped to help the animal on the motorway in Ipswich watched on helplessly as the animal was struck. But there's much more to this story. au.yahoo.com/news/devasta...

🕸️ Happy Halloween! 🕸️ Now please remove your plastic spider webs! au.news.yahoo.com/tragic-disco...

A petition containing thousands of signatures has been tabled in Victoria’s parliament, calling for an inquiry into the government’s decision to shoot koalas from helicopters. For close to 30 minutes, politicians from all sides gave fiery speeches au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-in...

Queensland is considering a controversial change to the laws governing dingoes, which would see them reclassified as domestic dogs. The proposal has sparked controversy because it could result in them being legally kept as pets for the first time. au.news.yahoo.com/controversia...

Annually, there were upwards of 100 collisions between kangaroos and vehicles on a 6km stretch of road in NSW. So locals raised $12k to buy a virtual fence. Then someone stole it. au.news.yahoo.com/community-sh...

One of Australia’s largest irrigation companies has “unintentionally” transformed kilometres of channel into a “death trap” for wildlife. The problem occurred after Murrumbidgee Irrigation upgraded the concrete-lined walls with slippery black plastic. au.news.yahoo.com/aussies-dist...

After securing a US$8.5b deal with the US, Australia is promising to fast-track rare earth production. Amid the race to extract and refine, experts say China's environmental mistakes should act as a "cautionary tale" for Australia. au.yahoo.com/news/austral...

Fake single-use plastic webs - 👎 Reusable cotton webs 👍

Anyone seen a tiger snake hunting for fish in saltwater before? This could be the first time it's ever been photographed. I had a chat with the farmer who witnessed it, and the Australian Herpetological Society to find out more. au.news.yahoo.com/farmer-captu...

Plastic Halloween spider webs are known to entangle birds. For years, people celebrating the tradition have been urged to stop hanging them. It hasn't worked. Now the focus has shifted to the supermarkets and other retailers that stock them. au.news.yahoo.com/coles-woolwo...

Monitoring cameras set up in a remote corner of an Australian national park have captured something that hasn’t been seen since the 1990s, a long-footed potoroo in NSW. Exciting! au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...

Australia and the Persian Gulf have defied a trend as dugongs disappear from the world's oceans, as a new report from the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) reveals. au.news.yahoo.com/australia-br...

When wildfires burn across Australia's outback, few people know or care. They should. au.news.yahoo.com/mega-blaze-i...

Dugong numbers are declining across the world, but Australia and the Persian Gulf are defying the trend. Here's why au.news.yahoo.com/australia-br...

An image of a black dingo was used for a controversial council campaign, sparking an uproar from the photographer and advocates for the Australian native animal. au.news.yahoo.com/council-dele...

Excitement is brewing that Migaloo, the world-famous white whale, may have been spotted again for the first time in five years. Here are the first pics. au.yahoo.com/news/frenzy-...

It's been confirmed that the call of another Australian mammal has been heard for the last time. The Christmas Island shrew was declared extinct on the IUCN Red List. au.yahoo.com/news/austral...

Sat down for a yarn with Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett. “The only way we’ll reach our targets is by getting out of fossil fuels,” he said, before adding the government had made a "poor decision" by approving the extension of Woodside's North-West Shelf. au.news.yahoo.com/midnight-oil...

An unwanted inheritance of National Australia Bank shares has been put to unlikely use by an impassioned 70-year-old. He's added his name to an Australian Conservation Foundation-led shareholder resolution calling on the lender to stop financing deforestation. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/retiree...

If you've taken a dip in the ocean and felt the waters are strangely warmer, then you’re not wrong. A new map produced by UNSW using 40 years of satellite data highlights how waters around most of Australia are steadily heating. au.yahoo.com/news/worryin...

This has to be the most incredible creature I've seen this year. I've seen golden brushtail possums before, but not one like this ❤️ Luckily she didn't suffer the same fate as her mum, and a family stopped to help. au.news.yahoo.com/couples-shoc...

Very sad to read about the death of Dr Jane Goodall at 91. We last corresponded in 2024. Despite her age and busy schedule, she took time to comment on Defence Housing Australia's plan to bulldoze Lee Point in Darwin for new homes, calling it “simply unacceptable”. 1/2 📸Getty

To think that people would intentionally release feral pigs into the environment!?!? Were they not paying attention at school when we were taught about the impact of foxes and rabbits in the mid-1800s? au.news.yahoo.com/plan-to-spre...

In an unexplored stretch of desert, researchers have discovered 176 engravings dated to between 12,800 and 11,400 years ago. Some show pictures of long-extinct animals, including aurochs. au.news.yahoo.com/monumental-1...

Farm Transparency Project has published the locations of 76,000 farms around the world to give consumers knowledge about where the majority of their meat is sourced from. I spoke to its founder, along with the president of the National Farmers Federation. au.news.yahoo.com/australian-g...

Australian moths and butterflies are unintentionally invading New Zealand after being blown off course by strong winds and reaching its shores in 48 hours. au.news.yahoo.com/10-million-f...

"I’m getting on a bit now, but yes, I expect I’ll probably end up describing some more" 84-year-old entomologist Michael Batley has described 104 native bees, including 12 new species this week. au.news.yahoo.com/hidden-world...

Scientists are warning a $1.1 billion NSW Government renewable energy project could almost destroy one of the last 3 known habitats of a rare frog, if the plans aren't changed. au.news.yahoo.com/rare-aussie-...

Dr Bill Hare has warned the Trump administration's dismissal of climate change and green energy could be hampering Australia's emissions reduction ambitions. au.yahoo.com/news/warning...

As jet skis and boats scrambled to help a distressed whale off Queensland's coast, the animal’s cries could be heard by beachgoers on the sand. It's the fifth whale this week to become entangled in the government's controversial nets. au.news.yahoo.com/boats-and-je...

"Revolting" That pretty much sums up the reaction from witnesses after a mother whale and her calf were tangled in shark nets set by the QLD Government. They've been freed. But will they survive long-term? Story by Courtney Greatrex and me: au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ur...

"Our government knows that climate change is real" Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has set an emissions reduction target of 62 - 70%. Greenpeace had warned anything less than 75% would leave the government's "climate credibility hanging by a thread". au.news.yahoo.com/anthony-alba...

Dodos could be one step closer to walking the Earth once more, according to Colossal Biosciences, a US-based biotech company with a valuation of over US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) au.news.yahoo.com/extinct-dodo...

It's snake story season again! au.news.yahoo.com/wild-find-in...

"The whale was extremely sick and looked like it was going to die" - Dr Olaf Meynecke Humpbacks are increasingly discovered washed up on Australia's east coast beaches. Here's why. au.news.yahoo.com/dark-side-of...

49 days after a woman photographed tracks from a nesting sea turtle, she returned to the beach and found hundreds of footprints from her hatchlings entering the sea. au.yahoo.com/news/aussie-...

We've got to stop the assault on dingo populations, in the A.C.T., in Victoria, and elsewhere. There are far better ways to protect livestock than barbaric trapping, shooting and poisoning of dingoes. Comments from me in this article by @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social au.news.yahoo.com/warning-cont...

An amazing coincidence that big environment decisions by the Albanese Government always come on Fridays🤯 Now: Woodside's North West Shelf extension 29Aug: Robbins Island wind farm through the orange-bellied parrot's flight path 1Aug: Canberra Airport road through grassland earless dragon habitat

Early indications from a population count of little penguins in NSW indicate numbers have dropped from roughly 20,000 in the early 2000s to around 2,000 to 2,500 today. au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-islan...