Wildlife
Fisheries investigate mystery mass fish kill off Safety Bay
Fisheries and Marine officers found about 150 dead sea mullet and a small number of jellyfish had died along the 400-metre stretch of coast.
- by Hannah Barry
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Wildlife
Ex-NRL player Martin Kennedy pleads guilty over his role in a wildlife smuggling ring
Australian Federal Police officers found snakes and a large amount of cash in the former footballer's Bondi apartment.
- by Angus Thompson
Politics
'A bit of a joke': Marine park plans stir mixed reviews
One fisherman called marine parks plan a joke, while an environmentalist has called it "one of the biggest setbacks for conservation we’ve seen in this country".
- by Peter Hannam
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Wildlife
Protesters rally as WA agency plans native forest logging increase
"Commitments were made loud and clear at public forums and through the media ... the community had every confidence they were going to be delivered."
- by Emma Young
Conservation
The last male northern white rhinoceros has died
Researchers say the world's last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, has died after "age-related complications".
Hervey Bay
Men fined $17,000 after dead green turtles, dugong found in boat
Two men have been fined $17,000 after park rangers found two dead green turtles and a dead dugong in their boat off Hervey Bay last year.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Kenmore
Python eats family dog's tennis ball in Brisbane's west
The tennis ball was not the strangest thing reptile vet Josh Llinas has had to remove from a snake's stomach - earlier this year, he pulled a pillow case out of a pet python.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Animals
Australia leads on extinction rate: report
Australia has lost more mammals to extinction than any other country with a new report urging the federal government to take action on the crisis.
- by Dominica Sanda
South-east Queensland
South-east Queensland's whiskered songbird at risk of extinction
“It has the makings of being a star bird," said UQ researcher Zoe Stone, but the species' numbers are dropping in Queensland.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
Animals
Penguins found a camera in Antarctica and captured a selfie
Two emperor penguins in Antarctica captured a short video of themselves after coming across a camera left on the ice by a human.
- by Amy Wang
Mossman
Queensland electrician wrangles python after it ate the family cat
'Unfortunately that's the cat' electrician Brydie Maro said looking at the rather large lump in the python's stomach.
- by Amy Mitchell-Whittington