As humpback whale watching season approaches, an expert calls for more monitoring of boats to protect these mammals.
Whale of a time
Shark trade to Sharktrace
Singapore is one of the largest shark traders in the world. Experts hope new technologies will make it a centre for change.
Sterilise to save lives
A WA animal shelter volunteer is calling for better education on pet sterilisation as increasing numbers of dogs are surrendered.
The Gulf left behind
Exmouth Gulf was excluded from World Heritage protection, despite being a whale nursery. Now an industrial port is proposed.
Fight for the flightless
There are moves to further protect penguins on Penguin Island, but Rockingham activists say it’s a drop in the ocean.
Dropping like pies
WA wildlife rescuers say magpies are turning up paralysed in record numbers, and no one knows why.
Who cares for carers?
Wildlife rehabilitators say carers need more mental health support due to the emotional and financial toll it takes.
Fairway to biodiversity
As more bushland is bulldozed for redevelopment, local golf courses are becoming vital refuges for native animals.
Turtles the Main problem
Wildlife advocates and locals are fighting to protect native snake-necked turtles from land clearing by Main Roads WA in Innaloo.
Quollity care
The chuditch, a WA marsupial, is facing extinction but wheatbelt locals and conservationists hope a new plan will help.
Hook, line and stinker
Western Australian Seabird Rescue workers says summer is their most challenging time as birds get tangled in fishing gear.
Owls on deathwatch
Australia’s owl populations are under threat from rodenticides on sale here, but banned in other countries.
Death on demand
Vets and rescue workers describe the emotional toll of ‘convenience euthanasia’.
Tech vs the purrfect predator
The State Government is using new technologies to stop the growing feral cat population.
WA’s cost of pets crisis
RSPCA WA reports a 19 per cent rise in animal cruelty linked to the cost of living crisis.
Serious monkey business
Passionate Singaporean ecologists continue to fight to maintain forest habitats for langurs and macaques, and connect the city to nature.
Royal Show on for one more day
Perth’s Royal Show is back with a bang with lots to offer for West Australian families this year.