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Steve Irwin’s long-lost bum-breathing turtle rediscovered in northern Queensland
The iconic Irwin’s turtle lives on!
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Creatura Blog
This is the face of one of the rarest animals in Australia
It might not look like much, but that enigmatic grimace belongs to one of the rarest and most elusive species in the country — the maugean skate.
Wildlife
Australia’s bizarre creatures
Australia is home to many bizarre creatures, but they’re no less lovable than our iconic kangas and cuddly koalas. Here are our favourites.
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Sighting of a lifetime: night parrots found in WA
They were only rediscovered in 2013, and now a new population has been found in northern Western Australia, where the last confirmed sighting was over 100 years ago.
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Rare whale washes ashore in Victoria
A whale that died on a beach in Victoria at the weekend may be a rare dwarf sperm whale – the first time the species has ever been recorded in the state.
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New and rare species found in remote PNG
An Australian team spots rare species and finds three new mammals in Papua New Guinea’s mountain ranges.