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Teenager Jade Hameister skis into the history books

A 14-year-old girl from Melbourne has become the youngest person in history to ski to the North Pole.

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VIDEO: Peta the koala’s physiotherapy

After being struck by a car, Peta is regaining her strength to go back out to the wild.

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Cells act as early danger alarm for marine wildlife

The riddle of how toxicants in our waterways affect turtles and dolphins could be solved before the animals even show signs of illness.

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Thousands of endangered frog eggs released

Keepers from Taronga Zoo and Zoos Victoria have released over 2000 eggs of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog into Kosciuszko National Park.

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Quolls off to promising start in Kakadu

Cane toads all but wiped them out, but quolls are now being returned to the landscape with the skills to survive.

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First koala joey makes debut at Australia Zoo

This is the first koala joey born this season at Australia Zoo in Queensland.

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VIDEO: Jealous joey stealing hearts

Wildlife carers are lucky enough to be given a ‘sneak-peek’ into the lives of Australia’s injured and orphaned fauna – often with ridiculously cute results.

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Insects could shed light on evolution of consciousness

Insects have the capacity for ‘subjective experience’ and the brain structures that support this basic form of consciousness originated more than 480 million years ago, two Australian researchers have argued in a paper out today.