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| UpdatedAustralia's iconic penguin-protecting dog Oddball, who inspired a movie of the same name, has died at the age of 15.
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| UpdatedIt's a dire outlook for turtle hatchlings on Mon Repos beach in Queensland, with heatwave conditions proving deadly.
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A six-week old sea lion pup is the second of its species to be born into captivity in an Australian zoo in the past five years.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, education, conservation, travel-and-tourism, coffs-harbour-2450
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A leopard shark in a Queensland aquarium has shocked scientists by being the first in the world to give birth without a male, after previously mating in the usual way.
Topics: marine-biology, human-interest, animals, animals-and-nature, science-and-technology, biology, townsville-4810
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The sudden death of about half a tonne of mullet at Smiths Lake on the NSW mid-north coast in early January is being investigated by the Department of Primary Industries.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, animal-science, fish, animals-and-nature, animals, veterinary-medicine, smiths-lake-2428
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Residents of Raiganj in India were mauled when a terrified leopard strayed into town before being trapped by wildlife officers, according to The Telegraph of Calcutta.
Topics: animal-attacks, animal-welfare, animals-and-nature, india
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Mount Weld Station in Western Australia's Goldfields will install sea containers to camel-proof vital infrastructure at watering holes and bring cattle back to the station.
Topics: beef-cattle, sea-transport, animals-and-nature, animals, miscellaneous-animal-production, animal-behaviour, water, laverton-6440
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| UpdatedAn endangered baby penguin dubbed Holly is reunited with her colony near Manly on Sydney's northern beaches, after being saved from a stormwater drain in the city's inner west.
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| UpdatedConjoined twin calves, expected to be the first Speckle Park bred on the south coast of WA, have been born near Albany.
Topics: beef-cattle, livestock-welfare, animals, veterinary-medicine, animals-and-nature, napier-6330
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Here is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, visual-art, community-and-society, rural, regional, lifestyle-and-leisure, animals-and-nature, australia
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Canberran conservationists, including wildlife rangers as young as 10, join Victoria and Japan in a global conservation project to protect the Latham's snipe, a migratory shorebird feared to be in decline.
Topics: animals-and-nature, conservation, environment, jerrabomberra-2619, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Sydney's Taronga Zoo celebrates its first echidna birth in 29 years.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, sydney-2000
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An animal activist tries to place a net over NSW Premier Mike Baird during an event to mark the installation of shark nets off the state's north coast.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, animals-and-nature, environmental-management, ballina-2478
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| UpdatedAt a council reserve on the NSW mid-north coast, children attend a school where they spend their entire day in the wild — an increasingly popular movement designed to build character and improve creativity.
Topics: animals-and-nature, kids-games-and-links, primary-schools, schools, education, nsw, port-macquarie-2444, australia
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The National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra is celebrating the birth of four baby black-and-white ruffed lemurs as part of an international breeding program.
Topics: zoos, animals-and-nature, animals, human-interest, conservation, environment, canberra-2600, act