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Hybrid turtle possible first in Australia
The scientific community is abuzz after a suspected hybrid turtle was rescued off Queensland’s coast.
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‘Wild’ dingo characteristics are genetically dominant
Australia’s largest land predator has been found to be resistant to one of its biggest threats – changes in skull shape caused by cross-breeding with domestic dogs.
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Australia’s mysterious hybrid bird
How often do birds mistakenly mate with other species? That is a question arising from sightings in recent years – the first for well over a century – of Australia’s most mysterious bird, Rawnsley’s bowerbird.
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Hybrid birds better at fighting disease than purebreds
When virus infections attack, the hybrids of these two sub-species of parrots prevail