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White whale makes appearance off Byron Bay
Is that you Migaloo? Incredible footage and images captured of rare white humpback whale in Byron Bay, NSW.
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A hefty bone-crunching extinct relative to the Tassie devil discovered
Scientists have found the tooth of a carnivorous Aussie marsupial that weighed as much as a 10-year-old and hails from the same family as the Tassie devil.
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New Zealand wants to be ‘predator-free’ by 2050
Possums, rats and stoats to be targeted in world-first large-scale pest eradication program across the ditch.
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Breeding program ups the ante to save devils
Devil Ark plans to double its Tassie devil insurance population by 2020 to save the species from extinction.
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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.