The secret history of sharks

The megalodon was one of the most fearsome predators which ever existed, so what made them die out 3.5 million years ago?

Plastic apocalypse

8 million tons of plastic dumped into our oceans every year, our marine life is swallowing more plastic than ever — and it’s killing them.

One world to share

Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team.

Curbing the cats

The Invasive Species Council have called on all parties to commit to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats on Australia’s wildlife ahead of the upcoming federal election.

Perch on prozac

An international study led by biologists from Monash University and the University of Tuscia has revealed how long-term exposure to pharmaceutical pollutants is dramatically altering fish behaviour, life history, and reproductive traits.

The wonderful world of the wombat

Wombats are an iconic Australian species but their numbers and health are threatened by land clearing, road kill and sarcoptic mange. Fortunately, Australians have several ways to get involved in their conservation.

Treemageddon

For all its protestations of environmental purity, Australia continues to be one of the world’s worst offenders in clearing native forest for agriculture.

Saving the reef

Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef will continue to deteriorate due to climate change, pollution and other human factors and the window to secure its future is rapidly closing according to a major new report into the state of the reef.

Save the Northern Territory

The Conservation groups Environment Centre NT and Arid Lands Environment Centre are calling on the Federal Government to establish a Royal Commission into water management, deforestation and impacts on the rights of Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory.

In search of Gondwanaland

Some 200 million years ago, modern Antarctica, South America, Africa, India, and Australia formed a single large continent called Gondwanaland full of trees and large animals.

Take me to the river

Paris has made a hugely expensive effort to clean up the River Seine for the Olympics and a similar effort to render Melbourne’s Yarra River safe for swimming may be more costly than it’s worth.

Recyling plastic industry propaganda

We’re in the middle of a global plastic waste crisis and recycling alone won’t solve it – despite what the advertisements might say.