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Why protect Ningaloo?
Famed for whale sharks, Ningaloo is also a safe nursery for lactating humpback whales and their newborn calves.
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Outback telescope’s first image surpasses expectations
Less than one per cent of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies.
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Aussie explorer to swap snow boots for spacesuit
Australian polar explorer Eric Philips will be launched into space later this month as part of the first crewed mission to orbit the North and South poles.
History & Culture
Notes from the field: Tall tales
Telling the story of Australia’s bunya pines was a refreshing change for wildlife photographer and writer Esther Beaton. For one thing, the trees didn’t move!
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21 native species added to threatened list
Twenty-one native flora and fauna species have been added to Australia’s federal threatened species list, and six species already on the list have been moved into higher-threat categories.
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New interactive heat map to help Darwin residents stay cool in a warming world
Darwinians have a new online resource to make life more ‘liveable’ as the impacts of rising temperatures linked to climate change begin to bite.
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Rare, almost mythical Australian tree kangaroos can finally be studied, thanks to new tech
Australia’s most mysterious marsupials can now be detected using new technology.
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Largest study on genetic diversity finds glimmers of hope amid general global decline
Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction erodes genetic diversity, because a species’ gene pool shrinks as the population declines. Losing genetic diversity limits the ability of populations to adapt to threats such as disease and climate change.
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Return of the red goshawk
A formidable native bird of prey that eats cockatoos for breakfast has been sighted in Central Australia for the first time in three decades.
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Australia remains on high alert for killer bird flu despite enduring recent high-risk migration season
As a deadly bird flu continues to wreak havoc across the globe, Australia has so far remained the only continent free of the disease. But experts warn it’s only a matter of time before the lethal virus that causes the disease arrives on our shores.