News
Giant manta rays are deep-sea predators, study finds
A long-term study has confirmed much of the diet of giant manta rays is made up of deep-sea fish rather than zooplankton as previously thought.
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News
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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First night parrot fledgling in 100 years spotted in western Queensland
Scientists have sighted and photographed a night parrot fledgling for the first time in a century.
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Glowing geckos show farmers the way to protecting biodiversity
New research tracking glow-in-the-dark geckos has shown that isolated trees and the right crop direction could help improve biodiversity in agricultural landscapes.
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Halloween meteorite found on outback WA farm
A 1.15kg meteorite that hit a farm in outback Western Australia on 31 October has been recovered with minimum contamination.
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Urbanisation of crows a “significant moment”
While they’ve lived among us for decades, these timid but intelligent birds are only just making Aussie cities their home.
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Australia’s oldest ornament found in the Kimberleys
A piece of kangaroo bone discovered in remote north-western Australia 20 years ago is the oldest-known piece of Indigenous Australian jewellery, according to new research.
Biodiversity
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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First puggles born at Taronga Zoo in 29 years
Three short-beaked echidnas have been born at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, the first puggles born at the zoo in decades.
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Colourful ancient gecko discovered in Australian desert
A ‘relic’ gecko species with no close living relatives has been found in Central Australia.