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Woylies return to NT after becoming locally extinct 60 years ago
The woylie is making a comeback.
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Yep, bird-eating centipedes exist
This heavy-armoured, 23.5cm long centipede rules Phillip Island, preying on its seabird chicks. But it’s the hero of this recovery story.
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NSW shark nets kill a turtle every 20 days
The vast majority of animals caught in the past year in shark netting off beaches in and around Sydney are not targetted shark species, statistics show.
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Bandicoots return to outback NSW for first time in a hundred years
Western barred bandicoots are again scampering around in an area of far northwestern NSW after more than hundred years.
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Real estate boom for furry friends after Black Summer
Threatened species affected by the 2019–20 bushfires are setting up home in purpose-built nesting boxes on the NSW north coast.
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A new octopus’s garden in Western Australia
A new octopus fishing industry in Cervantes, WA, has far-reaching tentacles. But does it have legs?
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Australia Post releases ‘Australia’s Volcanic Past’ stamps
A new collection of stamps tell the story of Australia’s volcanic past.
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Don’t miss tonight’s conjunction of Venus and Mars in the evening sky
This evening, Venus and Mars will appear so close together, you can spot them with a pair of binoculars or a telescope.
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An evolutionary explanation for why we see faces in everything
A University of Sydney study has looked at the phenomenon of face pareidolia, or seeing faces in inanimate objects.
Australian Geographic Adventure
Project Blizzard: An ‘old’ mountain bike gains a second life on the trails
Take a 10-year-old steel MTB frame, add a rider disillusioned with the all the tech around a sport that is far from complicated at its core, and this trail-ripping hardtail is the result.