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Ouch, my heart: the Mareeba rock wallaby
Meet the adorable Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba), found in just one place in the world.
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Yellow crazy ant genes are like nothing we’ve ever seen before
Yellow crazy ants are the worst.
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Is the musk lorikeet Australia’s best-smelling bird?
Do you know what a cockatoo smells like? How about a king parrot? Most of us have only really smelled an ibis (and not by choice – their odour precedes them by about half a block), but did you know that some birds actually smell great?
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The maleo isn’t winning any parent of the year awards
There are plenty of lovely examples in nature of animals being good mums and dads. The maleo isn’t one…
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Meet the fish with hands
They walk on their fins, and when they’re in a hurry they trot. Welcome to the strange world of handfishes.
Wildlife
The unstoppable fish
They’re aggressive, have been seen crossing paddocks, found in remote puddles and can handle water saltier than the sea.
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First look at the moustached kingfisher
The rare moustached kingfisher has been photographed for the first time amid a controversial expedition.
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Blue-spotted tree monitor’s mysterious colour
This PNG lizard boasts a colour that’s highly unusual in nature.
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Apostlebirds keep it all in the family
These social birds are so reliant on the family they’ll even kidnap babies to boost numbers
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The kōkako, endangered and terrible at flying
The iconic but ungainly kōkako is easy pickings for rats, cats and stoats