Tiny kangaroo rescued by local tradies
THIS is the heart-warming moment a Queensland tradie grabbed the paws of a small kangaroo after it had become trapped in a ditch.
THIS is the heart-warming moment a Queensland tradie grabbed the paws of a small kangaroo after it had become trapped in a ditch.
A WOMAN has placed a frantic 911 call after her pet boa constrictor latched onto her nose and wrapped itself around her neck.
IT WAS a short-lived idea and it wasn’t long before the CIA worked out these not so secret agents were actually pretty bad spies.
THE Adelaide River may be about to get a new boss croc, as two massive reptiles face off in an insane fight to the death.
A NEW Zealand farmer who lives 10km from the nearest beach made the surprise discovery while checking for lambs. The problem was what to do next.
AN elephant was shot to death after trampling and killing a handler who worked for a company in Zimbabwe that offers elephant rides to tourists.
IT WAS dubbed “Great Gold vs Great White” as Olympic legend Michael Phelps took on a shark. But viewers were left fuming.
REMOVAL workers in the UK received a shock when they discovered a 18cm huntsman spider after it hitched a ride all the way from Brisbane.
THE son of Cecil the Lion has been killed by trophy hunters just two years after his father suffered the same fate.
A PHOTOGRAPHER has captured the moment a large pod of sperm whales quietly slept at around 65ft under water for 10 minutes.
A GREAT White Shark named Hilton, who has been spotted off the US, now has his own Twitter account and probably more followers than you.
A HUMPBACK whale was discovered by Hervey Bay whale watching crews in Platypus Bay with “rope wrapped around its tail, mouth and fins”.
FINDING Nemo would have been a very different movie if it reflected the true lives of clownfish, scientists say.
SYDNEY residents have been warned to be aware of what lies beneath the water after a monster shark was captured.
IT’S the stuff of nightmares. More than three tonnes of slime eels were dumped on a highway in the US after a truck crashed. See the extraordinary pictures.
AN elephant has been rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy after being discovered swimming out to sea 16km off the country’s coast.
CAN animals own the copyright to their selfies or this the most ridiculous legal case that just won’t go away?
EARTH is already in its sixth mass-extinction event, meaning three-quarters of all species could soon disappear from our planet, scientists have warned.
MOMENTS after Joe Howlett untangled a whale from fishing lines off the Canadian coast, it crushed him under a “big flip”.
A TEENAGER who woke to hear a “crunching sound” before realising his head was inside the mouth of a bear has told of his miraculous escape.
ENTRIES in the Comedy Wildlife Photography competition prove that our furry friends can look pretty ridiculous sometimes.
UNIVERSITY of Adelaide researchers have discovered what our oceans will look like at the end of the century, and what they found will surprise you.
A SHARK that lives for nearly 400 years and is the longest living vertebrate on the planet could hold the key to the fountain of youth.
CHAINED day and night, kept in dark sheds and tied up on concrete flooring — welcome behind the scenes at elephant venues across Asia.
THE cane toad is mutating into a deadlier creature thanks to a common household item.
CATS were once worshipped as gods. Now a survey of feline influence over each Australian state reveals things haven’t really changed all that much.
A YOUNG Alaskan boy got the shock of his life when a black bear crashed into his room, the latest in a series of close encounters.
THIS big guy has been dubbed ‘the Dominator’ and took some tourists off guard in the Northern Territory this week.
A CRUSHED koala has been found in a logged forest, after the Victoria failed to follow the advice of its own scientific committee to protect the environment.
DERRICK Koh was horrified when a giant king cobra slithered into his home. Three days he thought it was gone. He was wrong.
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