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Snakes and skinks and spiders, oh my!

While the passport troubles continue.

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Shark killers extraordinaire, orcas Port and Starboard.

Two killer whales are hunting down great white sharks, Hannibal Lecter style

Forget Free Willy, this is Silence of the Lambs. Shark experts are trying to figure out how and why these orcas are dispatching one of the ocean’s fiercest predators.

  • Jonathan Edwards
The 14 kilogram pup is learning to swim and hold its breath.

Endangered Australian sea lion pup born at Taronga

The birth of one of Australia’s rarest marine predators has injected critical genetic diversity into the zoo’s captive insurance population.

  • Angus Dalton
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Don’t take the bait!

And don’t leave on amber.

Andy Bossie with a bag full of seeded shells.

How restaurant leftovers are playing a role in audacious bid to bring life back to Port Phillip Bay

Donated from Melbourne’s fanciest dining establishments, thousands of shells are now blanketing Port Phillip Bay’s most denuded areas.

  • Liam Mannix
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A great work of power elite-rapture

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Guarantors get jumpy

And a food debate gets grubby.

Former WIRES volunteer Tracy Dods has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty over a kangaroo in her care.

Verdict over injured kangaroo to send ‘shockwaves’ through animal rescue community

A woman who cared for hundreds of kangaroos over five years as a volunteer for wildlife rescue service WIRES has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Liz McLeod, care co-ordinator at the Friends of the Koala rehabilitation centre, with Troppo, a 10-month-old joey found at the base of a tree.

Alfred knocked koalas out of trees and swept a kangaroo into a drain

Wildlife rescue groups have reported an influx of injured native fauna and are planning a search-and-rescue mission for koalas across forests in northern NSW.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Beach erosion at Park Beach, Coffs Harbour, on Saturday.

From Coffs Harbour to Noosa, some of our most famous beaches have been lost

Authorities will bring sand to tourist hotspots, but the affected stretches will take months to recover. Environmental experts are more worried about damage to dunes.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/wildlife-640