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Australia Zoo welcomes first white koala
The white female koala joey isn’t albino, but has something scientists call the ‘silvering gene’.
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Noise caused by marine oil and gas exploration potentially affects whale migration
Scientists say that whales are adversely affected by other loud ocean noise produced by humans.
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No sign of honeyeaters or swift parrots on the Central Coast
More bad news for the honeyeater whose numbers remain at an abysmal 400.
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Bird dads that sing to their eggs get more attentive chicks
These findings are the first to show that unborn chicks can learn to recognise parent’s songs.
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Meet the Reptile Park’s new baby sugar glider triplets
Tiny, Beyoncé and Lemonade are the newest additions to the Reptile Park’s big family
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Scientists discover 91 volcanoes in Antarctica
If one of the volcanoes were to erupt west Antarctica’s ice sheets would be further destabilised while the increase in melted ice would cause sea-levels to rise, scientists say.
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100-year-old fruit cake has been found in Antarctica
The fruit cake belonged to early explorer, Robert Falcon Scott.
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Sea snakes are losing their bands of colour because of pollution
Sea snakes are experiencing rapid evolutionary change causing them to turn black in order to concentrate pollutants in their skin. Scientists have also found that the sea snakes are shedding their skin more frequently.
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Australia’s thousand year-old wetlands could be wiped out
Researchers have found that by accounting for the impact of man-made structures on sea-level rise in our wetlands, the rate at which these vital ecosystems are predicted to disappear is increased by 50 per cent.
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Humans lived in Indonesia’s rainforests more than 70,000 years ago
Human incursions into Southeast Asia may have occurred more than 20,000 years earlier than previously thought.