ABC News Australia recently embedded with a team of ornithologists studying the jaw-dropping vocal ability of lyrebirds in their natural habitat. Deep in the primordial forests of Victoria State’s Dandenong Ranges National Park where there are still ferns as tall as trees, the superb lyrebird Menura (novaehollandiae) can be seen performing elaborate courtship displays with […]
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Giant Armored Skinks Once Roamed Australia
There are more species of lizards and snakes alive today than any other order of land vertebrates, yet their fossil record has been poorly documented compared with other groups. Paleontologists have now described a new species of gigantic skink from the Pleistocene of Australia based on the fossilized material that includes much of the skull […]
With hundreds of call-outs every day, wildlife rescue services can help Australians understand threats to native animals
Imagine coming across an injured kangaroo on the side of the road. Or a bat entangled in fruit tree netting. Would you know who to call to get help? After a quick search, you find the number of your local wildlife rescue service and give them a call. A trained operator gathers the information they […]
Holiday horror as a toddler is attacked by a dingo while his family were camping in a national park
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 […]
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. […]