Conservation concern as alien aphid detected on Kangaroo Island
An invasive species of aphid could put some threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island at risk as researchers from the University of South Australia confirm Australia’s first sighting of Aphis lugentis on the Island’s Dudley Peninsula. It is another blow for Kangaroo Island’s environment, especially following the Black Summer bushfires that decimated more than half […]
Groups say huge steps taken forward to protect globally significant marine hotspot
An alliance of leading environment groups has welcomed the Morrison Government’s commitment to create two new marine parks off Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, in a huge step forward for marine protection in Australian waters. The parks will cover up to 740,000 square kilometers of Australian waters around the islands, an area twice […]