Wombats fall victim to cars in reserves

Steve Dow AT least 3000 wombats are killed each year on 800 kilometres of NSW highway that fall within the wombat's reserved optimal habitat.

Newborn armadillo footage a world-first

Ben Cubby Taronga researchers hope breakthrough will aid conservation efforts.

Unlocking the secrets of mysterious Lake George

John Thistleton The Australian National University is embarking on the most comprehensive study yet of Lake George's mysterious water levels, as well as its archaeological, indigenous and European history.

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Hunting puts park users in cross-hairs, rangers maintain

Ben Cubby PARK rangers overwhelmingly oppose hunting in NSW national parks and many believe it poses a serious risk to human lives, as well as killing native animals and damaging existing feral animal control...

Second baby wombat thrills rangers

A second northern hairy-nosed wombat joey has been caught on film emerging from a burrow at a nature refuge in south-west Queensland.

Rare newborn's 'historic first steps' captured

Tony Moore Scientists have captured the "historic first steps" of a joey of one of Australia's rarest marsupials, a northern hairy-nosed wombat - a species still facing extinction.

Urban growth takes heavy toll on native animals

Marika Dobbin Eight koalas have been hit by cars in the past month near the town of Gisborne, 10 kilometres north-west of the Melbourne boundary.