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Perth Zoo orangutan to be released into the wild

In a world first, Perth zoo will release a zoo-bred male orangutan in the jungle of Indonesia to help save the species.

This year’s winners of the PM Science Prizes include chemists who rewrote the textbooks on plastics.

The Australian-based Nobel laureate thought it was a joke when he got the call about winning the physics prize.

Culling of diseased Tasmanian devils can’t keep up with the rate of infection, new research shows.

Male koalas have learned to belt out louder bellows much bigger than an animal of their size.

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A 100-year-old biscuit from Shackleton’s 1907-09 expedition to Antarctica is up for auction.

The season for drunken lorikeets has begun in the Northern Territory, but no one knows what causes it.

Dinosaurs that lived near the poles of the Earth didn’t necessarily hibernate in winter, say experts.

Earthquake survivors are difficult to find under rubble, but now they could be detected with breath sensors.

Hibernation helps slow down the process of ageing for animals that take the long winter nap, a new study shows.