6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (504+ words) Music / Polifemy and BlockSounds present Choristers of Flight, Wesley Uniting Church. September 6. Reviewed by DAVID WHITBREAD Spring in Canberra was welcomed with this sparkling program of sunny songs and sounds of and about birds from voices and recorders. The seven…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (378+ words) Australia has recorded its first case of bird flu in a mammal, as the impact of the deadly virus continues to spread. A long-nosed fur seal at Beachport in South Australia tested positive for the H5 bird flu, authorities confirmed on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (462+ words) Efforts to create the largest human-inhabited feral cat-free area anywhere in the world have received a funding boost. Federal and South Australian contributions, along with a philanthropic top-up, will see almost $4 million sent the way of the Kangaroo Island project....

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (485+ words) By Aaron Bunch in Perth Long-tongued, termite-munching numbats are no longer endangered due to decades of successful conservation efforts, the global authority on the status of the natural world says. Also known as banded anteaters, the status of the pint-sized…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (525+ words) By Poppy Johnston in Canberra The beloved Great Barrier Reef has again dodged an “in danger” tag from the United Nations World Heritage Committee. But Australia has been asked for another progress report on the reef’s health by 2028, in the…...