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Wild dolphin baby born at popular WA beach
Baby Piper is the fourth generation wild bottlenose dolphin to be born at Monkey Mia in Western Australia.
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Dolphins get the girl with help from mates
Male bottle-nosed dolphins are more successful at mating and breeding when they cooperate with friends.
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Seaweed migrates south with warming seas
Warming seas due to climate change have led to one-quarter of temperate seaweed species to head south.
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Outrage over plans to cull sharks in WA
After a spate of recent shark attacks the Western Australian government is calling for a shark cull.
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Deep-water corals adapt to low light
Some species of shallow-water corals have found ways to survive in deep water.
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Aboriginal groups impose dugong hunting ban
In the wake of seagrass damage from the 2011 floods, traditional owners have decided to stop hunting dugong.
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‘Happy feet’ penguin returns to Antarctica
A lost penguin is getting a lift home to Antarctica on a New Zealand research vessel.
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Ancient whale sucked up prey vacuum cleaner-style
An early ancestor of the blue whale hoovered up its prey rather than using baleen plates to filter feed.
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Marine conservation plan panned
Experts are underwhelmed by a government plan to protect the seas of Australia’s southwest.
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Bottled messages reveal ocean currents
Casting a message in a bottle adrift is an age-old communication method, but it can also reveal ocean currents.