Invasive Species
Geckos become the reptile rulers with successful invasion
Nicky Phillips They arrived by sea, probably stowed in the hold of a cargo ship, and like any invader advanced their territory through a combination of stealth and stamina.
The rains came, and feral pests, too
Nicky Phillips The pastures blossomed first. Then came the small ground-dwelling creatures - the rabbits and the mice, followed by their hunters, the foxes, feral pigs and wild dogs.
Ecuador's bold idea now as endangered as Eden's wildlife
Jonathan Watts In their first hour in Yasuni's Amazonian forest, many people will see more creatures than they have in their lives, including some that have yet to be documented by science.
Decimated kelp 'jungles' listed as endangered
David Wroe Like many forests on land, the giant kelp jungles in the waters off south-east Australia are gravely threatened by climate change, scientists say.
Hope springs eternal for besieged blue-eye
Bridie Smith Rimmed by native grasses, the vivid pools at this central Queensland nature reserve are bursting with life, some of it endangered, much of it endemic to Edgbaston's unique spring-centric ecosystem.
Natural selection
Madeleine Murray An army of weekend volunteers has weeds and invasive species in its sights rejuvenating bushland around the city.
Living with nature's original sin
Michael Duffy It's been suggested that passionate environmentalism is a bit like religion. It has its own sense of original sin, the belief that the New World was once a pristine and stable wilderness that was...
Farmers' bane returns
Jim O'Rourke It's the pitter-patter of tiny feet that farmers dread. A mouse plague is threatening south-eastern Australia, causing more headaches for grain growers already suffering $300 million in crop losses...
Tsunami killed thousands of seabirds
Thousands of seabirds were killed when the tsunami generated by last week's massive earthquake off Japan flooded Midway, a remote atoll north-west of the main Hawaiian islands, a US wildlife official...
Extinction of bat highlights critical ecosystem failure
Tom Arup Environment Correspondent A LAST-DITCH effort to save the Christmas Island pipistrelle bat has failed, leaving the animal facing almost certain extinction.
Changes help biodiversity effort
Max Halden THE Sydney Harbour we know and love is vastly different from the waterway the city's first European visitors saw.
Mine plan shows BioBanking fails, say green groups
Ben Cubby, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR THE state's first BioBanking site, unveiled last month by the state government, is set to be undermined by a BHP Billiton coalmine that could cause the ground to crack and subside.
Toxic hot spots plague the harbour
Megan Johnston It is a tale of two harbours - the first of clean water, thriving fish and sharks. But Port Jackson also has a murkier story of sediments poisoned by years of dumping, leaching and run-off.
