Shark tagging program ramps up
The shark tagging program aims to improve public safety by monitoring shark activity as part of the State’s Shark Hazard Mitigation Strategy.
Focus on tiger snake safety
Said to be among the top 10 most venomous snakes in the world with strongly neurotoxic and coagulant poison, tiger snakes are a common site in southern Australia.
Night parrot bird species discovered in WA
The “holy grail” for Australian bird watchers is the night parrot, a reclusive ground-dwelling species once thought to be extinct that seems to live in large unburned clumps of desert spinifex.
Time to be snake aware
As the weather warms and snakes start actively hunting and seeking a mate, people are urged to keep an eye out for them.
Our little backyard companion
Wildlife rescuer Darren Darch is hoping to draw attention to the Western Pygmy Possum, a species vulnerable to habitat loss which is often found in Esperance and Ravensthorpe back yards.
Researchers talk to climate sceptics
At least 97 per cent of climate scientists agree that climate change is happening, and now research suggests that talking to the public about that consensus can help change people’s misconceptions, and can lead to small shifts in people’s beliefs and worry about climate change.