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Life discovered 20m under Antarctic lake
Ancient bacteria found thriving beneath a frozen lake could hold clues to life on other planets.
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$4 million endowment for rock art research
A new focus on Kimberley rock art aims to uncover secrets about Australia’s earliest inhabitants.
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Biggest budgie flocks in a decade
As boom time ends for outback budgies, flocks up to 60,000 strong are congregating on water bodies.
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Extinct wombat climbed trees like a koala
Fossils have shed light on a wombat-like creature that once lived in Australia’s rainforest canopies.
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NZ’s Mount Tongariro volcano erupts again
A volcano on New Zealand’s North Island has erupted for the second time this year.
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Lost ants use visual cues to quickly navigate
Ants typically use an internal compass to navigate, but some species use visual cues to tell if they’re lost.
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Healthy Tasmanian devils released onto island
Fourteen healthy Tasmanian devils have been released onto Maria Island in a bid to help the ailing species.
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Fairy-wrens teach babies password call for food
Unhatched fairy-wrens learn a unique call so they can be identified by their mother, research says.
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Clouds part for 2012 solar eclipse in Queensland
The clouds in far-north Queensland parted just in time for a view of the total solar eclipse.
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Parrot back from the brink in WA
Muir’s corella and a sun moth have been taken off WA’s endangered species list, as the populations have recovered.