Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of a small herd of Brumbies, affectionally named 'the welcoming committee' by local horse watchers, rests in deep snow in ...

A new electrified fence protects rare alpine wetlands in Kosciuszko National Park. This enclosure safeguards endangered sphagnum bogs and associated fens from wild horse impacts. Horse activity ...

Helicopter culls, political pressure and clashing worldviews will collide again as one of the nation’s fiercest environmental ...

A new electric fence in the Australian Alps aims to protect an endangered alpine wetland and its three threatened species from feral horse damage. Built at a cost of A$187,000, this project emphasizes ...

The authorities wanted to contain their population to about 3000 by mid-2027. “Threatened native species are in danger of extinction and the entire ecosystem is under threat. We must take action,” NSW ...

Australia approved on Friday the aerial shooting of wild horses in one of the country's largest national parks, resuming a contentious practice that authorities described as "essential" to protect ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The New South Wales government has authorized an "aerial shooting" program to cull a population of ...

In this image made from video, two wild horses stand in an open field, Sunday, May 20, 2018, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia. An Australian state government has decided to legally ...

Peatlands store more carbon per square meter than any other ecosystem on Earth. These waterlogged, mossy bogs beat even dense rainforests for their ability to act as carbon reservoirs. Under the right ...

Brumbies are romantic creatures. Australia’s wild horses, descended from the steeds of early settlers, roam the continent’s highest ranges, the Australian Alps. Synonymous with whip-cracking stockmen ...

A fresh round of aerial culling will kick off in the Snowy Mountains on June 29, reigniting one of Australia’s most divisive environmental fights — the future of the nation’s iconic brumbies. The NSW ...