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Permai the elephant leaves Perth, heading across the Nullarbor.

Permai the elephant begins 2000km journey from Perth Zoo to South Australia

The 37-year-old will begin her trip at around 11.30am on Monday in a custom-made crate complete with air conditioning, CCTV, snacks and water.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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A whale spotted at Bundeena.

‘Incredible’: Antarctic whale spotted at popular Sydney beach

An Antarctic whale rarely seen off Sydney was frolicking in the warm summer waters on Monday.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The iceberg, known as A23a, in November off the coast of Antarctica.

World’s largest iceberg on collision course with British island

The iceberg is bigger than the ACT and has vast cliffs higher than the Gold Coast’s Q1 Tower – Australia’s tallest building.

  • Samuel Montgomery
Orange streams are increasingly common in northern Alaska.

Orange rivers, longer days: Nine ways our planet changed in its hottest year yet

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The consequences range from the predicted to the utterly unexpected.

  • Nick O'Malley, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Bianca Hall, Angus Dalton and Emma Young
Ballarat Wildlife Park’s head of reptiles Jack Gatto, with his “beautiful” Priscilla.

How do you care for a tiny predator that could kill 100 men?

Elvis and Priscilla’s babies are hatching, but don’t be fooled by their size: these babies are among the deadliest creatures on the planet.

  • Bianca Hall
Bird flu can spread quickly between species, which is a risk for the wildlife in Antarctica like these penguins and skuas.

Australia scans the frozen continent for early signs of deadly disease

Antarctic researchers are on high alert for a deadly strain of bird flu, which could hit the continent’s wildlife at any moment – and from there make its way to Australia.

  • Mike Foley
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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
Introduced myna birds have become dominant in Melbourne gardens.

Pest birds have taken over my garden – I get why people are fighting back

Introduced myna birds and the native miner are ruling our backyards through sheer aggression and pack mentality. But there is a solution.

  • Doug Hendrie
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
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

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