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Rare white platypus spotted, but it's not an albino

Rare white platypus spotted, but it's not an albino

A researcher has shared extraordinary images of a rare white platypus spotted in a NSW stream.

Marvellous mammals shine bright in the right light

Marvellous mammals shine bright in the right light

Marvellous mammals shine bright in the right light

Marvellous mammals shine bright in the right light

Australian researchers have shown that for the air-breathing, milk-producing, live-birthing mammals of the world, glowing under ultraviolet light is common.

The Cruel Sea to rock and roll for wildlife benefit gig

The Cruel Sea to rock and roll for wildlife benefit gig

The Cruel Sea to rock and roll for wildlife benefit gig

The Cruel Sea to rock and roll for wildlife benefit gig

Australian rock mainstays The Cruel Sea are playing their first gig in more than a decade to help raise funds for a mobile animal hospital facing closure.

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Citizen scientists asked to help unpack platypus enigma

Citizen scientists asked to help unpack platypus enigma

Ecologists want Australians to look for platypuses in their local rivers and creeks to help plug knowledge gaps about the declining species.

Salmon farmers at odds with destock call to save skate

Salmon farmers at odds with destock call to save skate

Tasmania's salmon industry is resisting advice to destock pens in a harbour in order to save an ancient fish on the brink of extinction.

Plan to shield native species from threat posed by cats

Plan to shield native species from threat posed by cats

The federal government has released a new plan that aims to stop feral and pet cats from driving more native species to extinction.

Threatened species list just got a whole lot longer

Threatened species list just got a whole lot longer

Dozens of plants and animals have been added to Australia's long list of threatened species, with 14 catapulting into the critically endangered category.

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Off-the-scale marine heatwave forecast for south east

Off-the-scale marine heatwave forecast for south east

Off-the-scale marine heatwave forecast for south east

Off-the-scale marine heatwave forecast for south east

Another marine heatwave is about to hit the waters off south east Australia and there are some lessons about what might be in store from an earlier event.

Oyster lovers on epic mission to restock Queensland bay

Oyster lovers on epic mission to restock Queensland bay

Oyster lovers on epic mission to restock Queensland bay

Oyster lovers on epic mission to restock Queensland bay

Once plentiful oysters are now functionally extinct in Brisbane's Moreton Bay but scientists say a volunteer group is onto something that could change that.

NSW nets trap few sharks but lots of threatened species

NSW nets trap few sharks but lots of threatened species

NSW nets trap few sharks but lots of threatened species

NSW nets trap few sharks but lots of threatened species

Threatened species accounted for more than 70 per cent of everything caught in shark nets at NSW beaches in the last eight-month netting season.

Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Sweet science: honey could help develop new antybiotics

Thanks to traditional owners, scientists have found honey produced by Australian ants contains antimicrobial properties that could help develop antibiotics.

Scientists hope to learn from tragic whale stranding

Scientists hope to learn from tragic whale stranding

Scientists hope to learn from tragic whale stranding

Scientists hope to learn from tragic whale stranding

Wildlife experts hope to learn more about whale strandings from samples taken and video footage of the tragic incident off the West Australian coast.

Surviving whales shown deeper water after 52 deaths

Surviving whales shown deeper water after 52 deaths

Surviving whales shown deeper water after 52 deaths

Surviving whales shown deeper water after 52 deaths

Fifty-two whales are dead after stranding themselves on a remote WA beach and rescuers are preparing to lead the rest of the pod back into deep waters.

K’gari dingo attack points to trend in behaviour change

K’gari dingo attack points to trend in behaviour change

K’gari dingo attack points to trend in behaviour change

K’gari dingo attack points to trend in behaviour change

Queensland's K'gari has had more dingo attacks in the past two years than the previous decade, a mayor believes, after a pack of the animals injured a jogger.

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Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals

Wild tiger snakes in Perth appear to be suffering the effects of exposure to long-lived, toxic PFAS chemicals.

Murray crays and fish head home after flood rescues

More than 1500 crayfish and hundreds of native fish are back home after they were rescued from the Murray River flood and sent on unscheduled holidays.

Drones a threat to critically endangered Aussie bird

Australia's largest shorebird is being pushed further towards the brink of extinction by people using drones, a study suggests.

Wildlife hospital staff devastated as funding scrapped

An all-species wildlife hospital in NSW faces possible closure after a $6m, four-year funding plan was revoked by the NSW government.

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Overfishing takes big bite out of reef sharks globally

Overfishing is driving the world's reef sharks towards extinction but Australia is doing relatively well at managing populations, a new study shows.

Zoo's new mural is much more than just a pretty picture

First Nations artist Nathan Peckham has teamed up with students with disabilities to create a mural at Taronga about caring for country.

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