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A Sydney man is lucky to be alive after being bitten by a poisonous blue-ringed octopus at Balmoral Beach.
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Man recounts moment blue-ringed octopus bit him

A Sydney man is lucky to be alive after being bitten by a poisonous blue-ringed octopus at Balmoral Beach.

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A humpback whale surfaces while lunge feeding on menhaden, a small fish, in the Atlantic. Scientists have discovered a new anatomical structure that allows lunge-feeding whales to take in massive amounts of water without choking.

‘Slimy, wet and rough’: What it’s like inside a whale’s mouth

A prominent whale expert explains why the kayaker who wound up inside the mouth of a humpback whale was in no danger of being swallowed.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Whale swallows kayaker

Whale swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia

A father has captured on camera the terrifying moment his son was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off Chile.

Composite of QPS photo and file image of crocodile. Human remains found in search of Aurukun man.

Human remains found in crocodile following search for missing man

Over a week after police and rescue operators commenced a search for a missing man in a remote Indigenous community, authorities have confirmed a tragic finding.

  • Courtney Kruk
Hundreds gathered on the beach to pay tribute to Charlize Zmuda.

Sea of mourners gather around Charlize’s family

Twenty-four hours after local lifesaver Charlize Zmuda was fatally attacked by a shark at a popular Bribie Island beach, more than a thousand locals gathered at a vigil for the teen.

  • Courtney Kruk
Woorim Beach at Bribie Island was closed after a fatal shark attack.

Shark was seen, drumlines were baited days before teen died

With shark control measures under review in the wake of Charlize Zmuda’s death, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has declared “people have to come first”.

  • Cloe Read, Sean Parnell and Courtney Kruk
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Charlize Zmuda died after she was attacked by a shark of Bribie Island.

Teenage girl killed in shark attack off popular beach identified

Photos online show she had her school formal in recent days and was a keen member of the island surf lifesaving club.

  • Sean Parnell and Cloe Read
A ranger photographed the juvenile dingo eating the fish on the beach.

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

The attack was the second such incident of the Australia Day long weekend, and follows the biting of a young child last week.

  • Suzanne Simonot
The fangs of a funnel web.

A new species of Sydney funnel-web has been discovered – and it’s a monster

The world’s most dangerous spider just got deadlier. And they’re on the move, with a baby already bitten this season.

  • Angus Dalton
Local government rangers called the RSPCA after they found the cat dead in an esky.

Floreat man charged after neighbour’s cat dies in esky

The man had trapped the cat and then called City of Nedlands rangers to notify them, but when they arrived, the animal was dead.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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