Sciences

Irynej Skira: A tribute

Dr Irynej Skira, Tasmanian scientist and naturalist, died on February 18 in Hobart after being taken ill while doing research into birdlife...

Tasmania’s WMDs

With around 18% of last year’s baits taken or over 2800 baits (The Mercury, 22 April), (Victims of fox 1080 target) the...

Good-guy Gunns

Gunns – the 1.5 billion company which boasts one of the most phenomenal and controversial rises seen in recent Australian business history...

Clean, green Tasmania

To the reader: A letter sent to politicians as well as the general media. I require straight answers to my concerns so...

Legal action

Sue Napier, 1992

What a pity Sue Napier no longer finds the need to speak out against such an abuse of human rights. She did...

Recherche Bay

A parrot’s tale

The endangered Orange-Bellied Parrot may now have a future, with scientists developing a stable sub-population at Birches Inlet from captive birds as...

The suburban forest

How does someone get to be the leader of a political party in a developed western country, where the basics of the...

Little Red Riding Hood

THE arc of a rainbow spread across the Waterworks Valley as I hurried home to beat the rain. I had been walking...