Wildlife of Australia and New Zealand
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- Kangaroo Island, Australia's richest wildlife spot.
- Whale and dolphin watching in Australia
- Whale and dolphin watching in New Zealand
- Whale watching the Southern right whales in South Australia
- Koalas - Facts about diet, habitat, life cycle, threats and conservation.
- Australian wildlife photography.
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Recent Australasia news
- New species of sea worms discovered in Australia & Sweden
- Cane toads approaching the last barriers to Western Australia
- Extinct Australian frog found alive after 30 years
- The Antarctic Whale Research Expedition
- Kakapo euthanized after health fails
- Endangered Hooded plover has good breeding season in New South Wales
- New Zealand high court sides with rare dolphins against fisheries
- First Kokako chicks born to newly translocated population in Central New Zealand
- New species of stingray discovered off Western Australia
- Jewelled gecko smuggler caught in New Zealand
- Killing in the name of conservation
- Ground parrots spotted in New South Wales park for first time in 20 years
- Record number of critically endangered Takahe chicks born
- Heat wave killing endangered birds in Western Australia
- Impact of nature's invading aliens measured for the first time
More Australasia news
- Ten captive bred wobbegong sharks tagged and released in Sydney
- Some people just don’t know when to shut up. Japanese whalers ridiculous PR
- Sea Shepherd vessel sinks after 'collision' with Japanese whaling ship
- 273 pilot whales beach in New Zealand, 230 die.
- Green frog eats a snake - photo
- Tasmanian devil cancer revealed
- Eggs of critically endangered bird disappear in New Zealand
- Successful artificial insemination of Kakapo gives hope to critically endangered bird
- First record of tool use in an invertebrate – An Octopus – Video & images
- New study sheds light on Koala evolution
- Kakariki breeding on Auckland Island for first time in 100 years
- Komodo dragons and other giant lizards all evolved in Australia
- Western Australia braced for poisonous cane toad invasion
- Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss
- Critically endangered Takahe numbers crash – But some good news
Related News Articles
Extinct Australian frog found alive after 30 yearsAn Australian species of frog that was believed to have gone extinct 30 years ago has been discovered in the Southern Tablelands on New South Wales. The Yellow-spotted Bell Frog (Litoria castanea) was once abundant until a population crash in the 70s saw them disappear.
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Sea Shepherd vessel sinks after 'collision' with Japanese whaling shipThe Sea Shepherd Society claims that the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 deliberately rammed the Ady Gil and caused catastrophic damage to the Sea Shepherd catamaran.
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One Humpback whale caught every 10 days in Queensland beach netsAnother Humpback Whale has been caught in a shark net off Australia's Queensland Coast, this is the 5th Humpback snared since September 2009.
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850 new invertebrate species discovered in Australian cavesResearchers have discovered some 850 new species of invertebrates, including insects, small crustaceans, spiders, worms and many others, living in underground water, caves and "micro-caverns" amid the harsh conditions of the Australian outback.
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Western Australia oil spill a potential disaster for marine lifeWWF has warned that an oil spill off Australia's North West coast may take a heavy toll on the region's globally significant wildlife. The oil & gas is spilling from a rig in the Timor Sea and it will take several weeks for the leak to be plugged.
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Albino Humpback returns to Queensland watersNot seen since 2007, Migaloo - bigger than a truck and iridescent white - made his annual migration north past Cairns unnoticed.
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Tiny Australian bat to go extinct within a year
Long-term monitoring using ultrasonic bat detectors indicates this species has undergone a 99% decline in relative abundance since 1994.
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Population boom for one of world’s most endangered animals - Northern Hairy-nosed wombatQueensland's critically endangered Northern hairy-nosed wombat, one of the world's most endangered species, has seen its population increase by 20 per cent in two years thanks to some remarkable State Government recovery efforts.
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New species of White-eye discovered in the Solomon IslandsThe discovery of a new bird to science in a distant archipelago is providing evidence of how, in the absence of competitors, unique species can evolve rapidly to fill empty niches.
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Lake Eyre filling up for the first time in 10 years – wildlife spectacleThe world's largest salt lake, Lake Eyre in South Australia is once again bursting into life as Queensland floodwaters flow along normally dormant creeks and rivers to reach Australia's lowest point, 15 metres below sea level.
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Long lost kakapo rediscovered after 21 yearsA male kakapo last seen 21 years ago on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, just off Stewart Island, has been rediscovered, adding his genetics to the small but increasing kakapo population.
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50 Sperm whales die after stranding in TasmaniaThe Sperm whales, which were mostly mothers and calves, stranded on Perkins Island, a remote island off Tasmania's north-west corner.
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274 new marine species discovered off South TasmaniaHundreds of new marine species and dozens of previously unknown undersea mountains south of Tasmania have been discovered.
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Australian wildlife images
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Adelaide dolphins learn to ‘Tailwalk’A wild dolphin in Adelaide has been teaching other wild dolphins the art of ‘tailwalking', a behaviour which is extremely rare in the wild.
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Seabird, Not Seen For 80 Years, Photographed off Papua New GuineaExtinct seabird rediscovered off Papua New Guinea.
Doubts raised over Australian ´New Parrot` claims.Doubts have been raised over the claimed discovery of a new species of Fig parrot in Queensland.
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South Island kokako declared extinctThe South Island Kokako has been officially declared extinct by New Zealand authorities.
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Amazing Specimen Of World's Largest Squid Caught In New ZealandA Colossal squid, thought to be the largest largest invertebrate ever seen, has been caught by an NZ fishing boat.
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100 new shark and ray species recognised from Australian waters Australian biologists have finished an extraordinary 18-month long project which has described more than 100 new species of sharks and rays.
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New species of Iguana discovered in FijiA new species of iguana has been discovered in the central regions of Fiji by a research team lead by a scientist from The Australian National University.
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Grey-headed albatrosses on the brink in AustraliaThe sole population of Grey headed albatross left in Australia is under severe threat from competition with eveasive species such as rabbits.
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First mainland breeding population of takahe to be established in the North Island New Zealand.Two highly endangered takahe have been introduced to a special enclosure in the Maungatautari reserve in New Zealand.
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Rare chance to see a Kakapo.The Ulva Island trust is offering a chance to see one of the worlds rarest birds, the kakapo, on Ulva Island, as well as the chance to see some of the other rare birdlife there, such as the weka.
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Southern right whales of South Australia.This is one of the best viewing areas in the world with up to 70 whales, including calves, congregating in the seas adjacent to the Bunda cliffs.
