Most people identify wombats and kangaroos as Australian animals, but one in six people surveyed in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria think red foxes are native wildlife. The polling commissioned by the Invasive Species Council also revealed that one in three Australians on the east coast did not know that quolls were native. More […]
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“Mothers are known to eat their own newborn babies…” 11 gruesome, grisly cannibal animals that feast on their own kind – you won’t believe number 3
Cannibalism – the act of eating an individual of the same species – is often not a good idea, and not just because of our own human morals. It can lead to the spread of some very nasty diseases, as well as the evolutionary cost of potentially eating your own kin. However, it is not […]
9 animals that could take on (and probably kill) a saltwater crocodile: Just which creatures are able to take on one of the world’s deadliest animals?
The saltwater crocodile, also known as the estuarine crocodile or saltie, is the largest of all living reptiles. Males can exceed 6m in length and a tonne in weight and are widely touted as producing the strongest bite-force of any animal. Like other crocodilians, they dismantle their prey using a manoeuvre called the ‘death roll’, which […]
It took just 60 years for the red fox, one of Australia’s most devastating predators, to colonise the continent
To a newly arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise. This landscape was filled with small native marsupials and birds, and free of European wolves or bears that usually kept fox numbers in […]
Scientists Bring Back the Dire Wolf Using Ancient DNA
In an achievement that sounds straight out of science fiction, scientists have successfully revived the extinct dire wolf using genetic engineering. According to TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger, biotech company Colossal Biosciences created three dire wolf pups—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi—by editing the genes of a modern gray wolf. These pups are the first of their kind to […]
Florida Pet Owners Warned of Invasive Toad: ‘Highly Toxic’
Florida pet owners were warned on Tuesday by the Village of Tequesta that they should “be aware” of the cane or bufo toad ahead of rainy season. In their posts on social media, the Village of Tequesta said, “As we approach rainy season the frogs will multiply. Be aware of the Cane Toad (Bufo), an […]
Northern Territory Road trip (Part IV – Mataranka to Katherine Gorge)
We arrived at Mataranka hot springs camping grounds late at night, put up the tent in the dark and went for a quick exploration walk to see what local wildlife was around. The air was laden with moisture – trademark of the tropical climate and I was hoping to find some new frogs. And frogs […]