June 18, 2013 The final report of a cross-party inquiry into Australia's biodiversity and climate change produced only 'weak and ineffective' recommendations, the Australian Conservation Foundation said.

June 17, 2013 The accumulation of rubbish near the ocean surface is well known, such as the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' which could extend over a region twice the size of Australia.

June 11, 2013 City calls for people to stop feeding stray cats after trapping 617 in the past three years.

June 10, 2013 Moby Dick's descendants are in trouble. Sperm whales are failing to recover from whaling in Australia, 30 years after the great predators were last harpooned.

June 9, 2013 The usual tool for dealing with an oyster is a stubby-bladed knife, inserted and twisted to prise the bivalve apart and unlock the seafood treasure inside. Instead, Lindsay James uses a sharpened steel star picket, fitted with a wooden handle for ease of use. That, or a crowbar.

June 7, 2013 The government has promised not to begin its cull of almost 1500 kangaroos until at least Wednesday,

June 7, 2013 The ACT government has issued regulations setting out details of how kangaroos can be culled, including instructions on how joeys are to be euthanased, as protesters lodge an appeal against the annual shooting.

June 7, 2013 As long-lost cousins go, he wouldn't take up much room at the Christmas dining table.

June 6, 2013 A young Francois’ Leaf-monkey has been getting round-the-clock care from zookeepers at Taronga after its mother failed to provide enough milk.

June 5, 2013 Researchers have sequenced the genomes of 29 strains of a deadly fungus responsible for the extinction of four Australian frog species and the mass killing of frogs worldwide.