A microscopic collection of worms and mites could play havoc with Santos' biggest coal seam gas project in the New South Wales Pilliga State Forest. The ancient, subterranean creatures that live deep ...

The discovery of bizarre new groundwater species has brought a $1 billion drilling project to a halt. THE DISCOVERY OF NEW stygofauna species in the groundwater of Pilliga State Forest in New South ...

Like the rest of the Western Australian outback, there’s a wonderful paradox where the land appears barren, but is, in fact, rich with biodiversity - and animals are under threat of extinction if the ...

If proof was needed that size really does matter consider the case of the bugs that you will probably never see blocking the development of a $500 million uranium mine in Western Australia. The ...

The Australian Outback is hot, dry and desolate. But just under the surface it is teeming with life. A team of researchers in Australia has been looking for invertebrates in small underground cavities ...

Gavin Mudd currently receives funding from Geoscience Australia (for research work not related to this article), and is Chair of the Mineral Policy Institute (a mining-focussed NGO). One day before ...