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Australia’s national environment protection law ignores the big picture. Like a racehorse wearing blinkers, decision-makers focus on a single project in isolation. If they dropped the blinkers and considered the combined effects of multiple projects, they might shy away from allowing so many harmful impacts.

Efforts at major conference in Tasmania stall despite evidence that such areas would save crucial foraging and breeding grounds for Antarctic wildlife

Scientists working to combat the invasive spread of myrtle rust have taken to cryogenically preserving native plants under threat until a solution can be found.

Silk, drawn from the cocoons of the domesticated silk moth, is 5,000 yrs old. Wild moths feed on mulberry leaves while domesticated moth depends on human care. Silkworms’ cocoons come in an eye-catching palette of colours thanks to carotenoids and flavonoids. Research on domestication conducted in China, Japan and India…