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For a long time, ecology tended to ignore people. It mostly focused on beautiful places far from large-scale human development: deep rainforest or pristine grassland. Then,…

In an age of monumental political shifts, the news that the Coalition doesn’t like, and very likely won’t support, Labor’s proposed revamp of national nature law…

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The Trump administration has approved more oil and gas drilling across Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge (ANWR), prompting widespread criticism from environmental conservation organizations.On Thursday, the…

© Luca Lorenz / Wildlife Photographer of the YearSole Survivor. A selection from from the portfolio Watchful Moments by Luca Lorenz, Winner, Rising Star Award. Lorenz…

A few dozen large nests appear in the mist of equatorial dawn, half-hidden behind a tangle of vines and leaves. That is where the bonobos sleep,…

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The winner of the Photojournalist Story Award categoryA black-tailed rattlesnake outside Fort Davis, Texas, US. For centuries, rattlesnakes have been viewed in vastly different ways across…

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A corroboree frog is tested for chytrid fungus. Introducing genetic changes to these frogs could help to make them more resistant to infections.Credit: James Cook UniversityThe…