Posted January 25, 2020 11:40:18 Photo: The Hume Dam is a huge water supply and storage on the Murray River near Albury-Wodonga. (Provided: WaterNSW, file photo) Related Story: Rainwater washed bushfire ash into this river,…
Posted January 25, 2020 07:59:32 Photo: Menindee locals are hopeful of a better future for their town and the river. (ABC Broken Hill: Aimee Volkofsky) If two million dead fish washed up in the river…
Updated January 22, 2020 15:05:41 Photo: Renowned angler and environmental advocate Matt Hansen surveys the Dubbo fish kill, along with his sons, Jack and Cooper. (Inland Waterways OzFish) A renowned angler says a mass fish…
Hundreds of thousands of native fish are estimated to have died in northern New South Wales after rains washed ash and sludge from bushfires into the Macleay River. Parts of the Macleay River – favoured…
Updated January 16, 2020 11:41:50 Photo: Locals believe hundreds of thousands of fish may have died. (Supplied) Related Story: Over a billion animals now dead in NSW bushfires, wildlife experts say Fisheries experts are monitoring…
When it rains after bushfires, the consequences stretch way beyond temporary relief for those on the front line — and scientists are warning of potentially dire impacts on our waterways. They say the aftermath of…
Posted January 01, 2020 10:33:36 Not everyone would get excited about being gifted a 170-year-old fish, but when you are an ichthyologist it feels like Christmas. John Pogonoski is one such fish scientist who manages…
Updated December 19, 2019 07:07:24 Photo: A study has found fish were attracted to the super-saline discharge of the Sydney desalination plant. (Supplied: McLennan’s Diving Service) Sydney’s desalination plant has delivered an unexpected effect on…
Updated December 18, 2019 10:53:07 Photo: The hot start to summer has also seen a rise in ocean temperatures along the WA coast. (Supplied: Australian Ocean Data Network) Mainland Australia is bracing for a heatwave…
Updated December 17, 2019 16:20:34 Californian beachgoers were recently stunned by the sight of what appeared to be washed-up disembodied penises — and another similarly perplexing creature has been spotted on a South Australian beach….