Parks and wildlife rangers have launched an urgent hunt to track down a dingo that attacked a two-year-old boy, leaving him with serious injuries. The toddler was attacked by the wild dog at Dales Campground in Karijini National Park, outback Western Australia on Friday night. He was rushed to Tom Price hospital with ‘serious but […]
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Australian Fisherman received a $431 penalty for hand-feeding a dolphin
Aussies have slammed authorities and called the country a ‘nanny state’ after a fisherman was fined $431 for hand-feeding a wild dolphin. Footage of the ‘illegal interaction’ shows a man out on the water in Tin Can Bay in southeast Queensland gently feeding the dolphin chunks of cut up fish. But after the video was […]
Discover the Wildlife in Your Backyard with the WildTracker Project
Have you ever wondered what creatures share your backyard? Meet the Marshall family from Tinderbox, south of Hobart, Australia, who recently embarked on an exciting journey to find out what animals live on their property. Thanks to the Tasmanian Land Conservancy’s WildTracker project, a citizen science program, the family is discovering the fascinating array of […]
Quiet seaside town shocked by violent act against kangaroos after they were run down and left to die on the street
Six kangaroos have been mowed down and left to die on a quiet street in a beachside town, with residents and wildlife rescuers up in arms over the ‘disturbing’ incident. The attack occurred on Blairs Road at Long Beach in Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast last Sunday with locals claiming they heard noises […]
Australia’s rarest bird of prey disappearing at alarming rate
Australia’s rarest bird of prey—the red goshawk—is facing extinction, with Cape York Peninsula now the only place in Queensland known to support breeding populations. Ph.D. candidate Chris MacColl from The University of Queensland’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences led the research project that made the discovery and was shocked by the hawk’s dwindling numbers. […]
Dying for sex: endangered male quolls may be mating themselves to death instead of sleeping, scientists say
Male northern quolls seem to sacrifice sleep in favour of having sex, behaviour that might be responsible for their early deaths, suggests new research into the endangered marsupials. Australian scientists have investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death after one season, while females of the species reproduce once but live up to […]
Crocodile takes revenge on noisy zoo employee by devouring his lawnmower
Zoo workers have been forced to rescue a mangled lawn mower after it fell foul of a grumpy crocodile. Elvis the croc, who resides at Australian Reptile Park, New South Wales, Australia, took issue with the noisy grass trimmer as it shortened the green in his enclosure. Waking up and choosing violence, he entered into […]
Five baby emus are DELIBERATELY run over on a remote dirt road as their owner breaks down in tears over the sickening act of animal cruelty: ‘A massacre’
Heartbreaking images of five emu chicks ran over and left for dead on a remote road in a national park have sparked community outrage over what’s been described ‘deliberate act of cruelty’. A quest for answers is underway after the ‘massacred’ chicks were discovered in various states of trauma with horrific injuries across a dead-end […]