Nick Kilvert
Australia is the world’s third-largest exporter of CO2 in fossil fuels, report finds
When we think of big fossil-fuel-producing nations, it’s usually Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and maybe Venezuela that spring to mind – but...
Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching causes numbers of baby coral to plummet
The amount of baby corals born on the Great Barrier Reef crashed in 2018 in what scientists are describing as the early...
Victorian coal plants producing highest mercury pollution in the country, report shows
Victoria’s coal-fired power plants released more than a tonne of mercury into the atmosphere during 2017-18, according to data from Australia’s National...
‘The flying bulldog’: World’s largest bee not seen for 38 years rediscovered on Indonesian island
A group of scientists and insect enthusiasts has rediscovered the world’s largest bee while on an expedition on a remote Indonesian island....
More than half the world’s vertebrates gone since 1970
The number of vertebrate animals in the world has halved since 1970 and there are few signs we are slowing the trend,...
Claims Icelandic company slaughtered endangered blue whale
An Icelandic whaling company has been accused of slaughtering an endangered blue whale. International anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd claims the huge...
Plastic bags ban: Here’s how the alternatives stack up
Plastic bag bans are here. For any states still able to get their hands on single-use shopping bags, the party comes to...
Would you go vegan to save the planet?
Would you give up animal products to save the planet? No more meat, dairy, leather, cheese. Cheese? To a lot of people,...
Chimps and bonobos speak the same ‘language’, and we might too
If a bonobo and a chimpanzee ever crossed paths, they’d probably be able to understand each other, according to research published on...
Snakes and ladders trump sharks on summer’s deadly list
Sharks capture our imagination like almost no other animal. In cinemas they stalk their hyperventilating human prey with callous indifference, sometimes onto...