Wildlife
What do we stand to lose as species go extinct?
Have you ever wondered what would happen to humans if we keep losing species? The answers are as compelling as they are galvanising.
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Drop bears target tourists, study says
Drop bears are less likely to attack people with Australian accents, according to experts at the University of Tasmania.
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Three new carnivorous sponges found in Great Australian Bight
What are found 3km below the surface of the water, have evolved into meat eaters and can only be found in the Great Australian Bight?
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Eight in 10 Aussie farmers want more action on climate change
A survey of more than 1300 Australian farmers from every agricultural sector and every state and territory has revealed the vast majority are concerned about climate change and want to see more action.
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Watch Christmas Island’s annual red crab migration live online tomorrow morning
Each year on Christmas Island, over 100 million red crabs scurry at once from the forest to the sea to breed and spawn. For the first time tomorrow you can watch the surreal sight live from home.
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New wild population of critically endangered honeyeater birds found
A small but promising population of 20 previously unknown regent honeyeaters has been discovered in northern New South Wales.
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VIDEO: Asian elephant born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo
A healthy male Asian elephant was born yesterday afternoon, the first of its kind at the Dubbo zoo.
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New weapon against virus killing Australia’s endangered parrots
Findings announced this week could be the beginning of a cure for the disease threatening four endangered native parrots.
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New koala genome bank aims to end chlamydia epidemic
A new $1.8 million koala breeding program in Queensland will create a chlamydia-free gene bank to revitalise the region’s dwindling population.
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Indigenous art highlights Sydney’s Garden Palace fire of 1882
In 1882, a palace at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden was destroyed – and with it, thousands of Indigenous artefacts. The new barrangal dyara (skin and bones) installation is a reminder of what was lost.