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Bizarre mushrooms give Australian forests an otherworldly vibe
If you go down to the woods today, look out for your ear on the ground…
Category: Science & Environment
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Home on the range: red-tailed phascogales take a 450km journey to new digs in NSW
Fourteen locally extinct red-tailed phascogales have been reintroduced to Mallee Cliffs National Park in western NSW.
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Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole
Just when you thought Australia’s animals couldn’t get any weirder comes the astounding revelation that the ancestors of the platypus and echidnas evolved in Antarctica.
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Hit by heatwaves: Antarctica and the Arctic swelter simultaneously. What’s going on and what’s it mean for wildlife?
Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal. What on Earth is going on?
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Star struck: NASA’s James Webb telescope takes its best image yet of galaxy far, far away
In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a single star.
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Treasure in the trees: ancient stand of Huon pines ‘discovered’
This 2000-year-old stand of Huon pines discovered in the takayna-Tarkine wilderness, north-west Tasmania, must be protected.
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In pictures: the impacts of the floods on animals
We document the impact of the recent floods on animals.
Science & Environment
‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods
The deluge dumped on southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales this week has been catastrophic. Floodwaters peaked at around 14.4 metres high in Lismore – two metres higher than the city’s previous record.
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World’s leading climate body paints a picture of a planet in turmoil
The strongest warning yet has been delivered about the consequences of climate change and the failure to address rising greenhouse gas emissions.
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Wet weather causing ‘jellyfish-like blobs’ to fall from trees
The wet weather hammering Australia is causing all sorts of unusual sights but one that has had people stumped is the jellyfish-like blobs being found.