This video captures a wallaby standing quietly among native plants in the forests of Tasmania, filmed in 4K. Includes close-up footage with natural forest ambiance, no narration, and no on-screen text ...

A shaded creek winds through fern forest along the Lilydale Falls Trail in northern Tasmania. As hikers pass by, researcher Todd Walsh reaches into the slow-moving water and beneath a rock to pull out ...

Scientists estimate the endangered bird’s population has slumped to about 750. But the logging agency responsible for clearing its habitat said it acted lawfully Sign up for climate and environment ...

Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests are globally significant. They accumulate carbon faster than any other natural forest ecosystem in the world. But climate change is making it harder for these forests ...

A team of researchers managed to isolate and sequence century-old RNA from the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger. Reading time 3 minutes The last known thylacine—the largest marsupial ...

Tasmania's forests are iconic - all Australians and people all over the world recognise them as possessing a value that goes way beyond the economic and political machinations of the day. Yet Tasmania ...

Tasmania's logged forests burn significantly more severely in a bushfire than old growth, University of Tasmania scientists have found in a study that provides the strongest evidence yet on a question ...

Despite the damage humans cause to the planet, in some cases wildlife can benefit from the presence of people. The Tasmanian devil, for example, frequently feeds on roadkill left by humans. But our ...

THE ‘precautionary principle’ is not included in the Tasmanian Forest Practices Code, where a more pragmatic approach manages any threatened species, according to a senior Tasmanian forestry expert.

A new study has confirmed logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks". The study has found around a ...