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Lion attack.

Lion kills 14-year-old girl in Nairobi

According to the Kenya Wildlife Service, the teenager was mauled on Sunday evening in Savannah Ranch, located near Nairobi National Park.

  • Harriet Barber

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Visitors to K’gari are reminded to never approach or feed dingoes, avoid walking alone and keep children close at all times. Food and waste should also be secured at all times.

Woman bitten on hand by dingo before Easter long weekend

Rangers are urging people to take dingo safety advice seriously and understand the risks as K’gari prepares for an influx of visitors over the holiday period.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Where the wild things are: The danger that can’t be tamed on K’gari

A young boy was mauled to death by dingoes in 2001. Strategies to manage the island’s native predators have shifted drastically in the years since, but millions of tourists are still at risk.

  • Courtney Kruk
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.

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
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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.

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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
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

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