Then the laughing starts ... Tim Flannery with son Coleby and David Attenborough.

The day it dawned on me:David Attenborough is the world’s most-loved man

He’s turning 100 and we’ve been friends for 40 of those years. I never laugh as much as when I’m in his company.

  • Tim Flannery

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A ‘de-extincted’ dire wolf.

Game of Thrones wolves were brought back from extinction. They’re now ready to breed

A US biotech firm used DNA from thousands of years ago to alter the genome of modern wolves and resurrect the lost species.

  • Sarah Knapton
Shearwater Capital co-founder Mike Gregg was an early investor in WiseTech.

Meet the Sydney billionaires buying up property to change the world

A $10 million gift from Mike Gregg,early investor in WiseTech Global,and his wife,Sue,could be the largest single philanthropic donation of its kind in NSW.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The research uncovered traces of giant squid off the coast of WA. This photo of the rarely seen sea creature was captured by Japanese researchers in 2006.

Giant squid among creatures of the deep hiding off WA’s Ningaloo Coast,research reveals

Curtin University researchers have detected a range of marine life near one of WA’s most famous natural attractions – including the elusive and rarely photographed giant squid.

  • Holly Thompson
Northern quolls are endangered mainly because of fatal poisoning when they eat cane toads.

Could gene-edited ‘super quolls’ fight back against cane toads?

This marsupial carnivore is endangered,mainly because it tries to eat toxic cane toads. Some scientists think they can stave off extinction by fast-tracking 10,000 years of evolution to provide resistance.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Melbourne zoo doesn't just welcome new animal babies;after tender care,recently new shoots emerged on a 110-year-old ficus tree.
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Zoo staff rally to save century-old tree

Melbourne zoo doesn't just welcome new animal babies;after tender care,recently new shoots emerged on a 110-year-old ficus tree.

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A red-eyed tree frog in Gamboa,Panama.

The global frog population is crashing. Here’s why that’s bad news for everyone

Scientists are racing to resurrect frog populations in Central America – and discovering new,surprising links between nature and human health.

  • Dino Grandoni andMelina Mara
Controversial plans for glamping resort next to protected rock pagodas

The controversial plans for a stunning natural landscape two hours from Sydney

Will a glamping resort in the Gardens of Stone near Lithgow be a great new ecotourism drawcard or destroy the very thing the conservation reserve is meant to protect?

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Rescuers attempt to assist a stranded whale near Forster.

Young humpback towed off sandbar in first stranding of an early whale season

The 9.5-metre,12-tonne sub-adult is swimming freely in a lake near Forster,but is yet to find its way back to the ocean.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A whale spotted swimming north off Bondi Beach in March.

More whales are visiting Sydney out of season. Scientists debate why

The first whales swimming north for the winter have already been spotted off the coast of Sydney,while artificial intelligence is helping reduce one of the marine mammals’ deadliest direct threats.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons