Biodiversity
Numbats thrive in feral-free reserves
As West Australian numbat populations decline, fenced reserves in South Australia and New South Wales are yielding more hopeful results.
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“Racism is killing the Australian dream” speech goes viral
Indigenous Australian journalist Stan Grant has delivered a passionate speech on racism and the Australian dream that is being described as Australia’s “Martin Luther King moment”.
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Snake bites spike in Queensland
A dozen people and a kitten have fallen victim to snake bites in the past three days in Queensland.
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Everything you need to read this Australia Day
From top Aussie songs, foods and inventions, to the controversy surrounding our national day – here’s the very best of our Australiana content for Australia Day.
Biodiversity
Dugong rescue operation in NSW
A young dugong recently found a long way from home in southern NSW is being relocated to Queensland after concerns over its health mounted.
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Secrets of the Coral Sea revealed
Researchers have discovered ancient “living fossils” and rare corals in previously uncharted depths in the Coral Sea.
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The planets are about to align
From 20 January, all five bright planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn – will appear in a line, visible to the naked eye.
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Full moon to light up Christmas
For the first time since 1977, we will be treated to a full moon this Christmas.
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GALLERY: Dick Smith’s India mission
On a recent trip to India, AG founder, philanthropist and entrepeneur Dick Smith and his wife Pip saw a family living under a bridge. Returning home, he enlisted a couple of Aussie adventurers on a mission to find and help them – with nothing to go by but a photograph and a set of GPS coordinates.
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Rare sea snake discovery off WA coast
Two critically endangered sea snakes previously thought to be extinct have been spotted off the WA coast.