2025 • Nov 16
We have lift-off! Melbourne’s skyscraper peregrine chicks take to the sky
Falcon fledglings’ inaugural flight watched by dedicated fans includes dramatic crash-landing
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2025 • Nov 13
Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety
Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic that users struggled to distinguish between fact and fictionIf a record number of...
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2025 • Nov 01
Gumnuts, baby! How two abseiling horticulturalists rescued specimens from an endangered tree
The threatened Jillaga Ash (Eucalyptus stenostoma) was spotted 90m down a cliff in Wadbilliga national park, in southern New South WalesGet our
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2025 • Oct 27
Bear attack survival tips released in Japan as encounters surge
Governor of one prefecture says he is considering asking the military for help to tackle increasing attacks amid thousands-strong bear populationKnowing what to do in the event of a close en...
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2025 • Oct 21
Scientists say North Atlantic right whale population slowly increasing
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past yearOne of the rarest
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2025 • Oct 21
October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm
Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states
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2025 • Oct 11
Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years
Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds studyThe number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubl...
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2025 • Oct 10
Crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin ‘wrongfully arrested’ and should be returned to wild, traditional owners say
Exclusive: ‘Old Faithful’ was captured after Queensland authorities deemed him ‘a problem crocodile’, but Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation says the government is mistaken
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2025 • Oct 08
‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations
New research finds 90% of marine fish sold by major US retailers are wild-caught, including threatened or endangered species
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2025 • Oct 07
Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remarkGet our
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2025 • Oct 04
‘Baudin’s or bauxite?’: stark warning black cockatoo won’t survive mining expansion
BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered birdGet our
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2025 • Sep 29
Threatened kārearea falcon wins New Zealand’s 2025 bird of the year
The country’s fastest bird has taken out the top prize in a scandal-free year for the annual pollNew Zealand’s fastest bird, capable of flying 200km/h in its pursuit of prey, has been crowne...
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