Egg-laying mammal — feared locally extinct after wildfire — rediscovered in Australia
On a small island off the southern coast of Australia, a spiky mammal emerged from the forest and walked through a clearing. Its brief appearance, captured by a nearby trail camera, turned out to be ...
Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct—but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
It took thousands of years to develop the world's extraordinary range of domesticated farm animals—an estimated 8,800 ...
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'Extinct In The Wild' Australian Snake Breeds For The First Time
In a major breakthrough for wildlife conservation, Aussie Ark, the organisation behind the world-first success, welcomed four healthy baby Broad-headed snakes, offering new hope for the survival of ...
Frozen penguin among millions of specimens moved to new home at CSIRO's National Collections Building
The collections include 99 per cent of Australia's native birds as well as exotic bird species, skeletons, mammals, reptiles ...
Aussie fisherman lands 'amazing' and extremely rare catch: 'Thought they were extinct'
A sighting alone is considered exceptionally 'rare' – never mind the feat of catching one. It took this fisherman 13 years to ...
‘Extinct’ marsupial might be alive and ‘evading detection’ in Australia, study says
A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...
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Last supper of 15-million-year-old freshwater fish
A team of scientists led by Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney palaeontologist, Dr Matthew McCurry, have described a new ...
Remarkable Find: Scientists Discover 15-Million-Year-Old Fish With Preserved Stomach and Stripes
Australian scientists have discovered an ancient freshwater fish fossil with its stomach contents remarkably preserved. In a ...
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Stomach contents preserved after 15 million years in fish fossil
Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...
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Hundreds of livestock breeds have gone extinct – but some Australian farmers are keeping endangered breeds alive
Catie Gressier receives funding from the Australian Research Council’s Discovery ... Of all chicken breeds, one in ten is now extinct, and a further 30% are endangered. How did this happen?