Hundreds of endangered southern brown bandicoots live behind a predator-proof fence on Melbourne’s south-eastern fringe. A proposed development nearby could push the marsupial closer to extinction.
Brisbane’s reputation as one of Australia’s greenest cities is well deserved,but experts question whether the mix is right when it comes to public open space.
A major boy wizard-themed event has been relocated from a sensitive wildlife sanctuary on the Mornington Peninsula to an off-leash dog park.
Warner Bros. and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council are re-evaluating the event after community concern over potential harm or distress to native animals.
Paralysed lorikeets have been found across northern NSW,appearing unbalanced and sometimes dying because they are unable to breathe.
Warner Brothers’ six-week takeover of a Mornington Peninsula wildlife reserve for a Harry Potter-themed nighttime bushwalk is facing a backlash from the community and environmental groups.
Victoria’s sewage treatment areas may have snakes,fighting raptors and ‘poo soup’,but they also attract beautiful,internationally renowned birds.
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It's where half of Melbourne's sewage ends up,but the Western Treatment Plant in Werribee is also a world-class birdwatching site.
More than 800 feral horses have been shot from helicopters in the Kosciuszko National Park,just months after the government trialled aerial shooting in the state for the first time in 20 years.
The screeching bird has meant other native - and less noisy - birds have begun to disappear from suburban parks and residential gardens across Melbourne.