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‘Trevor the shark’ spotted swimming off Perth beaches. Picture: 9News Perth

Close encounter with ‘Trevor’ the tiger shark prompts call for quicker Perth beach warnings

A number of tiger sharks were spotted by a keen wildlife videographer last week, who even used his drone to warn a woman that she was dangerously close to one of them.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Andrew Du

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A colony of brush-tailed rock wallabies has been spotted in the Grampians after the bushfire raged through.

Endangered wallabies survive Grampians fire but starvation threatens

Government field teams have assessed over 1000 native animals in the Grampians fire ground, and Parks Victoria has launched an aerial operation to feed at-risk wallabies.

  • Lachlan Abbott
The orca known as J35 (Tahlequah) carries the carcass of her dead calf in the waters of Puget Sound off West Seattle, Washington.

An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

The mother, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female baby since Wednesday.

  • Claire Rush
Joeys take shelter inside Wildwood Wildlife Shelter.

A lounge filled with joeys: Wildlife rescuers brace for influx of animals injured in Grampians blaze

Twenty joeys found refuge from the Boxing Day fire conditions inside the home of a shelter operator.

  • Alex Crowe
For the past decade, Julie Keating has spent most of her waking hours guarding seabirds on the Maianbar foreshore.

The ‘crazy bird lady’ standing between Sydney’s seabirds and extinction

Rain or shine, Maianbar resident Julie Keating is on the Port Hacking foreshore protecting migratory and resident seabirds almost every day from July to March.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Christmas beetle numbers appear to be on the rebound.

Christmas beetles can still be found in Brisbane gardens. But can you tell them apart?

The Australian herald of the holiday season, the Christmas beetle, has returned. Look out for these species calling the south-east home.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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A sugar glider being cared for by Wildlife Victoria chief executive Lisa Palma.

This tiny sugar glider needs help, but carers are stretched to breaking point

Wildlife rescuers have fielded almost a call a minute, and some services are reducing their hours, as demand soars for help for injured wildlife.

  • Bianca Hall and Margaret Gordon
Tracy Dods outside Katoomba Local Court in October.

How the death of one kangaroo could leave Tracy with a criminal conviction

The Blue Mountains artist has cared for hundreds of injured kangaroos as a WIRES volunteer. She stands accused of animal cruelty for allegedly failing to provide veterinary treatment.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Floored falcon soars again after skyscraper rescue, rehab

One of the fledglings that hatched this year in Melbourne’s CBD has been released into the wild after a dramatic rescue and rehabilitation.

  • Cassandra Morgan
A white ibis from the book Melbirds, written by Michael Livingston and Cindy Hauser.

In a flap over bin chickens? What happens when an urban invasion comes home to roost

They’re the native bird we love to loathe, with disparaging nicknames – and the occasional council cull.

  • Rita Glennon

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