Biodiversity
The frogs have stopped calling where Perth wetlands have dried up
Lake Gnangara, the most southerly of the Wanneroo wetlands, and Lake Mariginiup have become acidic after previously submerged soils containing metals and other sediments were exposed to oxygen because of dropping water levels.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Latest
Updated
Missing person
Bodies retrieved in Amazon search for British journalist, Indigenous worker
A man earlier confessed to killing them, police said. The 10-day search for the men has provoked international outrage.
- by André Spigariol, Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
‘Deeply sorry’: Brazil apologises for telling journalist’s family bodies were found in Amazon
The confusion is the latest misstep by officials in the search for the British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous worker Bruno Pereira.
- by Terrence McCoy
Family waits for ID of bodies found in Amazon search for missing pair
British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous rights worker Bruno Pereira went missing after receiving threats. Family and official reports differ.
- by Terrence McCoy
Hot, young, dead too soon – why these wrens’ climate future should worry us all
Dry and hot weather damages the DNA of purple-crowned fairy wrens causing them to age earlier and die younger, new research has found.
- by Miki Perkins
Seed hunters hit the highlands in search of bushfire survivors
Collectors have found small populations of five rare plants in Australia’s alpine region – a huge relief after the devastating Black Summer bushfires.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Sydney
My love letter to Sydney and its truly awesome underbelly
The Vivid Sydney festival asked me to write a love letter to our city. Here it is.
- by Julia Baird
‘Here, we do it in secret’: the tricky joy of connecting with local wildlife
Feeding wild birds is not encouraged but many urban dwellers do it anyway, underlining our abiding desire to connect with nature.
- by Frank Robson
Explainer
Coronavirus pandemic
We’re now in the ‘age of pandemics’. Can we stop the next one?
What needs to happen to avert another virus-borne global tragedy? We ask the scientist who helped discover Ebola, a Nobel laureate, and the man who first published COVID-19’s genetic code.
- by Sherryn Groch
‘Every second counts’: British journalist, Brazilian expert missing in lawless part of Amazon
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing while reporting in a remote part of the rainforest near the border with Peru, after reports of threats.
- by Fabiano Masonnave and David Biller
‘Never seen that before’: Brush turkeys are turning carnivorous in Sydney suburbs
With their ancient lineage, prehistoric nesting behaviour and taste for blood, brush turkeys are proving to be the suburban dinosaur.
- by Angus Dalton