Wildlife
Why do wombats do cubic poos?
Poos come in many different shapes and sizes, but the wombat is unique for its cube-shaped excrement.
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Wildlife
Numbat force
A group of numbat lovers has come to the rare marsupial’s rescue in a pocket of south-western WA.
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VIDEO: Baby numbats
Our latest AG Reader Video comes from Robert McLean in south-western WA, who captured this footage of endangered baby numbats in their burrow.
Wildlife
Time is running out for these seven frog species
Chytrid fungus has already wiped out six species of Australian frogs since the disease arrived in the 1970s. Without urgent action, seven more are facing extinction.
Wildlife
The possum that hugs
Long bear-hugs, rotating sentinels and mothers forming bridges are just some of the unique behaviours of Australia’s elusive rock ringtail possum.
Wildlife
Hidden housemates: Australia’s huge and hairy huntsman spiders
Huntsman spiders deserve a place alongside koalas and kangaroos as iconic Australian wildlife.
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Octopus video with shocking twist
The latest octopus video to take the web by storm finishes with a shocking twist.
Wildlife
The wattle war
Australia has earned resentment overseas for something that seems very ordinary – our wattles having Acacia as their genus name. In Africa, botanists have spoken of “extreme unhappiness” and “profound outrage” over this situation.
Wildlife
Welcome to croc country: telling fact from fiction
The swamps, rivers and estuaries across northern Australia are home to one of the biggest, fiercest – and perhaps most misunderstood – predators in the world. We wrestle the saltwater crocodile facts from the fiction, including how to stay safe in croc country.
Wildlife
Stunning flocks of budgies in outback Australia
UK-based photographer Paul Williams used Google Earth to find and photograph this “tornado” of budgies around a waterhole in outback Australia.