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A high-risk dingo has been fitted with a GPS collar on K'gari.

Dingo bites boy washing off in creek

Rangers are reminding tourists and residents to be vigilant after a 10-year-old boy was bitten by a dingo on K’gari.

Map shows Australia before humans arrived.

Map shows Australia before humans arrived

This is what Australia looked like 75,000 years ago when seafarers entered into what’s now Australia through the ancients land of “Sahul”.

WARNING. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Pak Boon and Tang Mo (background) at Taronga Zoo Sydney. Elephants at Taronga Zoo celebrate World Elephant Day with enrichments/Photograph by Rick Stevens 12.08.2022

Taronga Sydney farewells iconic animal

A fan favourite for 100 years at an iconic Australian institution, the final pair of Asian elephants will leave Sydney’s Taronga Zoo.

Huge rescue effort to save more than 200 pilot whales from being stranded on a WA beach. Photo: Mick Marlin

’Puzzling’ reasons for mass whale stranding

Authorities are none the wiser as to why more than 200 whales would beach themselves off Western Australia’s coast.

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’Stay out of the water’: Worst fears confirmed

Experts have urged Sydneysiders to brace for a “cluster” of shark bites this summer after Lauren O’Neill was attacked in the harbour.

Snake catcher removes brown snake from fridge

Snake catcher removes brown snake from fridge

Footage by Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers shows snake handler Brandon Gifford removing an eastern brown snake from behind an oven, then releasing…

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‘Fluke’ that saved shark attack victim’s life

A hero vet was one of the first on the scene after a woman was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbour. One detail about her life-saving actions will stun you.

Aussie zoo animals enjoy popsicle party to beat the heat

Aussie zoo animals enjoy popsicle party to beat the heat

Hippos and camels at an Australian zoo were treated to a popsicle party to help cool down in the summer heat.

KRAKOW, POLAND - JANUARY 22: SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during live interview with Ben Shapiro at the symposium on fighting antisemitism on January 22, 2024 in Krakow, Poland. The symposium on anti-semitism, organized by the European Jewish Association, was held ahead of international Holocaust remembrance day on January 27. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

First human receives Neuralink brain chip

A brain chip made by Neuralink has been installed in a human for the first time, Elon Musk announced on social media today.

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Aussie birds have a little biff over some bird seed

Aussie birds have a little biff over some bird seed

A pair of cockatoos and a pair of lorikeets have a bit of beef to settle over a bowl of bird seed.

Shock as tiger shark hurtles towards shore

Shock as tiger shark hurtles towards shore

Shocking footage has captured a tiger shark hunting incredibly close to shore.

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Shock as tiger shark spotted in shallows

Hair-raising footage has showed a tiger shark racing towards shore, getting closer to the sand than many thought was possible.

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Creepy intruder caught in car air vent

Footage has captured the moment an Aussie family’s road trip was brought to a halt after they spotted something moving inside the air vent.

Aussies warned against swimming in muddy water

Aussies warned against swimming in muddy water

Visitors to a Queensland crocodile farm showed off just how ferocious these “dinosaurs” can be.

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