First published in The Age on February 9, 1983

First published in The Age on February 9, 1983

Deep in a tropical rain forest, during a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, four tiny spiders crawled down a tree, got stuck in some sticky resin and never climbed up again.

Deep in a tropical rain forest, during a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, four tiny spiders crawled down a tree, got stuck in some sticky resin and never climbed up again.

Deep in a tropical rain forest, during a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, four tiny spiders crawled down a tree, got stuck in some sticky resin and never climbed up again.

Deep in a tropical rain forest, during a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, four tiny spiders crawled down a tree, got stuck in some sticky resin and never climbed up again.

The NSW Planning Commission has given the go-ahead to a mine extension in the Blue Mountains that has environmentalists fuming.

The ozone layer is not healing as fast as scientists had hoped.

The ozone layer is not healing as fast as scientists had hoped.

Petition calls for a moratorium on a costly water pipeline that may have far-reaching effects on western NSW communities.

79 scientists in the largest-ever female expedition to Antarctica are part of a long-term project to change the way environmental policies are made.

"It's about placing your dollars behind your values". Achievable and affordable ways to make a difference.

Brisbane's first electrical power connected Parliament House and the Government Printing Office in 1884. Now the 134-year-old electrical cables will be exposed.

Developing the Northern Territory's onshore shale oil and gas resources could release the equivalent of 34 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, equal to 60 times Australia's current annual carbon pollution, according to The Australia Institute.

Robert Meilhammer, of Crapo, lost two teeth and his memory.

The Great Barrier Reef is in "deep trouble" as climate change and other threats mount, hindering the ability of corals to rebound from natural events, a senior scientist with the reef's Marine Park Authority said.

Consumers are quick to complain about their rising bills but not so quick to demand their homes become less wasteful of energy.

Nigel the gannet died as he lived, alone on the cliffs of a remote island, surrounded by fake birds.

Craig Shephard will be showcasing the briny sweetness of freshly-harvested sea urchin roe at Carriageworks' Night Market.

Australia is ridding its cosmetics and soaps of plastic microbeads, but it may have unintended consequences, a leading scientist has warned.

Australia is ridding its cosmetics and soaps of plastic microbeads, but it may have unintended consequences, a leading scientist has warned.

Craig Shephard will be showcasing the briny sweetness of freshly-harvested sea urchin roe at Carriageworks' Night Market.

Craig Shephard will be showcasing the briny sweetness of freshly-harvested sea urchin roe at Carriageworks' Night Market.

Australia's mean temperatures have been increasing at the rate of about 0.15 degrees every 10 years in recent decades.

If climate change curbs live up to their promise, oil demand may fall 20 per cent by 2040, Exxon Mobil says in one forward-looking report. But a more likely scenario is it will grow by 20 per cent, the company says in separate outlook.