Ku-ring-gai Council is claiming the Minns government has broken the law with its plan for development in special transport hubs.
The NSW biodiversity outlook suggests the state is set lose nearly a quarter of all known plant and animal species in the next 100 years,and habitat loss from land clearing especially in the agricultural industry is the biggest cause.
There is still no plan for a new Penguin Island discovery centre more than a year on from a decision to stop an on-island build.
The off-course plover,covered in golden flecks that indicate his readiness to take a mate,should have landed in the Arctic for his species’ breeding season.
Ravens are among the adaptable,aggressive native birds thriving in Australia’s large cities,at the expense of smaller native and even some introduced species.
Invasive fire ants can injure and kill Australian wildlife,such as koalas,echidnas and turtles,particularly defenceless hatchlings.
From Albany to Kalbarri,native vegetation which has evolved to cope with heat and little water is failing to withstand the extra burden from climate change.
The wood-boring beetle wreaking havoc on Perth’s grand Moreton Bay figs is just one of many invasive species keeping experts up at night.
A housing estate in Cranbourne will swallow one of the city’s last refuges for the endangered southern brown bandicoot.
The Albanese government is caught between twin pledges to double renewable energy and to end Australia’s steady stream of native species extinctions.
Landowners can earn up to $420 per hectare every year for land placed under a conservation agreement in NSW as Australia grapples with an extinction crisis.