Environment
Conservation
Only the lonely: How regent honeyeaters are learning to sing again
The critically endangered birds made worldwide headlines when researchers discovered they were losing their songs. Now, there are signs efforts to teach them are working.
- by Bianca Hall
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The endangered songbird learning its song again
Regent honeyeaters made worldwide headlines when researchers discovered they were losing their songs. Now, there are signs efforts to teach them are working.
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Biodiversity
‘Show them to me’: Victoria accused of vastly exaggerating koala counts
The Australian Koala Foundation has lashed out at the state government’s koala strategy, saying it inflates the population size by potentially more than 20 times.
- by Bianca Hall
ABC reporting on brumbies lacked accuracy, impartiality: ombudsman
The ABC Ombudsman criticised three news bulletins that included unsubstantiated claims challenging the science behind the feral horse population estimate, but declined to rule on the journalist’s personal use of social media.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Tex Perkins rallied to save it, but ‘world-class’ wildlife hospital could still close
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, a registered charity, has treated more than 7000 creatures since it opened in October 2020.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Endangered species
Why can’t Forestry find any gliders, when everyone else can?
It has all the ingredients of a Monty Python sketch: bureaucrats shuffling around a forest looking for nocturnal animals in the middle of the day.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons