News
Wobbegongs have more complex social lives than we thought
Groupings of spotted wobbegong sharks that were once thought to be chance occurrences are now believed to reflect far more complex social relationships.
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Rare whale washes ashore in Victoria
A whale that died on a beach in Victoria at the weekend may be a rare dwarf sperm whale – the first time the species has ever been recorded in the state.
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VIDEO: Surreal deep-sea jellyfish near Mariana Trench
Deep-sea researchers exploring around the Mariana Trench have filmed a bizarre-looking jellyfish 3700m below the surface.
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Close encounter with Mars
This month, Earth is going to get up-close and personal with the red planet, and Australians are particularly well placed to see it.
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Baby echidna recovering from chicken attack
A four-month-old echidna puggle is recovering well at Taronga Zoo in Sydney after being attacked by chickens in a family’s backyard.
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Makemake has a moon
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble telescope have discovered a 160km-wide moon orbiting distant dwarf planet Makemake.
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Teenager Jade Hameister skis into the history books
A 14-year-old girl from Melbourne has become the youngest person in history to ski to the North Pole.
Biodiversity
VIDEO: Peta the koala’s physiotherapy
After being struck by a car, Peta is regaining her strength to go back out to the wild.
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Thousands of endangered frog eggs released
Keepers from Taronga Zoo and Zoos Victoria have released over 2000 eggs of the critically endangered southern corroboree frog into Kosciuszko National Park.
Biodiversity
Quolls off to promising start in Kakadu
Cane toads all but wiped them out, but quolls are now being returned to the landscape with the skills to survive.