News
Meteor shower to shine in late July
Stay up late or set your alarms; the Delta Aquarid meteor shower is sending shooting stars across the twilight sky this month.
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First search for atmospheres around Earth-sized exoplanets
NASA’s Hubble telescope has made the first atmospheric study of two Earth-sized planets outside our Solar System.
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Online competition awards best drone photos
Incredible aerial photos from around the world recognised in international drone photography contest.
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Vulnerable to endangered: whale sharks one step closer to extinction
With whale shark numbers more than halving in the last 75 years, urgent conservation action is needed.
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Wedgies not a threat: eagle expert weighs in on viral photo
Last week, this photo of a wedge-tailed eagle attacking a boy at a wildlife park in Alice Springs went viral around the world.
Biodiversity
WWF to buy $100k shark fishing licence
Conservation group WWF-Australia is raising $100,000 to buy – and retire – a Great Barrier Reef shark fishing licence.
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Australian Antarctic Territory’s new names
28 previously unnamed islands and features in the Australian Antarctic Territory have been given imaginative crowd-sourced titles.
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Meet Bowie, the koala with a special eye oddity
The Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital recently admitted Bowie, a koala with an extremely rare genetic condition.
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VIDEO: Dancing and kissing corals
New underwater microscope reveals the secrets of marine life with unprecedented resolution.
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Rare turtles caught on film for the first time in WA
The discovery of an endangered marine turtle nest in remote WA will add valuable knowledge for the species’ conservation.