World Environment Day - 5 June
2010 National Whale Day
Launch of the third National Whale Day and announcement of recipients of more than $668,000 of non-lethal whale and dolphin research funding.
Huge new SA conservation reserve launched on the eve of World Environment Day
A huge outback property more than twice the size of greater Adelaide has become Australia's newest reserve, protecting much needed habitat for species such as the magnificent peregrine falcon and the vulnerable dusky hopping mouse.
Can you pick Australia's favourite new species?
A barnacle that looks like the Sydney Opera House? A pink fish that walks on the sea floor? These are just two of the newly discovered Australian species that are part of a new teachers' resource booklet and competition that will this week go to school children around the country.
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