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Abzeco Deer Crossing Eltham Road
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Abzeco Deer Crossing Eltham Road

Caught on a night-vision camera, Abzeco deer are seen grazing and crossing the road near Eltham.

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The battle to save the endangered fish that prefers to walk instead of swim

The battle to save the endangered fish that prefers to walk instead of swim

With jazz hands and a fluffy pom-pom, the red handfish is a distinctive species. But there are only about 100 in the wild, and Australian experts are determined to save it and two other handfish that are critically endangered.

  • by Tracey Ferrier
Byron wildlife hospital faces closure after government pulls funding promise

Byron wildlife hospital faces closure after government pulls funding promise

The wildlife hospital was banking on a $6 million grant from the previous government that would allow it to operate for four years, but that dream has dried up.

  • by Laura Chung
Cardboard ‘rocketships’: How NSW plans to prevent another billion wildlife deaths

Cardboard ‘rocketships’: How NSW plans to prevent another billion wildlife deaths

Ten thousand habitat pods, 80,000 firefighters and 5000 trained vets are part of NSW’s plan to save wildlife ahead of the next bushfire season.

  • by Laura Chung and Angus Dalton
When possums drop in – literally – and make themselves at home

When possums drop in – literally – and make themselves at home

Melbourne’s possum catchers get calls year-round from residents reporting the critters entering homes. One family had three possums fall into their shower and fireplace.

  • by Carolyn Webb
Warning as video shows shark frenzy on dead humpback

Warning as video shows shark frenzy on dead humpback

The frenzy involved about 50 tiger sharks scavenging a humpback that died of natural causes and was adrift.

  • by John Crouch
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Cute and horny: stink bug with tusks discovered in Western Australia

Cute and horny: stink bug with tusks discovered in Western Australia

This little bug has major fashion sense, evolving stylish appendages to match its chosen habitat and, perhaps, triumph over its competitors in love and war.

  • by Peter Milne and Emma Young
Google AI put to the test in bid to track threatened cockatoos

Google AI put to the test in bid to track threatened cockatoos

QUT, Australian Acoustics Observatory and Google are working together to build a system that can crunch thousands of hours of recorded animal calls in minutes.

  • by Tim Biggs
The staggering death toll of roaming pet cats finally revealed
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The staggering death toll of roaming pet cats finally revealed

Domestic cats will kill more than a quarter of a billion native animals in Greater Sydney and Melbourne during the next four years unless stricter pet regulations are introduced.

  • by Laura Chung
Gillnets banned to protect Great Barrier Reef’s threatened dugongs, turtles

Gillnets banned to protect Great Barrier Reef’s threatened dugongs, turtles

The nets are used to catch fish but they can also injure and kill dugongs, turtles, dolphins and protected shark species.

  • by Laura Chung
‘Wild dog’ bounty in crosshairs as DNA research upends dingo myths

‘Wild dog’ bounty in crosshairs as DNA research upends dingo myths

Experts have questioned a Victorian bounty scheme that pays farmers more than $100 for “wild dog” pelts after new research revealed most dingoes in the state are purebred.

  • by Miki Perkins