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A South Australian school is warning students, parents and staff about the risk posed by kangaroos on school grounds after two were recently spotted boxing on the oval.
Topics: animals, human-interest, animal-attacks, offbeat, schools, public-schools, marsupials, yankalilla-5203, normanville-5204, myponga-5202, second-valley-5204, rapid-bay-5204, adelaide-5000, sa
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A Queensland wildlife sanctuary saves the life of a newborn koala in a rare, and possibly Australia-first, medical procedure where a two-day-old koala joey called Hermit was transferred from its ailing mother's pouch and into the pouch of a surrogate mother.
Topics: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, zoos, marsupials, animal-science, science-and-technology, animals, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA small island off Tasmania's coast has become a haven for a subspecies of wombat only found on one other island in Australia, and they're one of three genetically distinct wombat subspecies.
Topics: community-and-society, environment, conservation, national-parks, environmental-management, animals, animal-science, marsupials, biology, dna, dna-testing, genetics, tas, flinders-island-7255, maria-island-7190, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, university-of-tasmania-7005
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A population of eastern quolls in Mulligans Flat Sanctuary near Canberra has reared enough teenagers that they are being caught and transferred to a breeding program at Mt Rothwell in Victoria.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, marsupials, conservation, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, act, australia, forde-2914, tas
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This long-nosed potoroo probably won't get a letter from the Queen, but it is now officially the oldest of its kind ever recorded.
Topics: marsupials, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, animals, tas, hobart-7000, kingston-7050, kingston-beach-7050, blackmans-bay-7052, howden-7054, huntingfield-7055
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Rangers hope that a population of northern quolls may be hatching an unlikely tale of survival in suburban Darwin.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, animals, conservation, marsupials, animal-science, human-interest, darwin-0800
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Topics: marsupials, environment, federal---state-issues, state-elections, nsw
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World Wildlife Fund International president calls for urgent action to better protect the nation's forests and koalas.
Topics: animals, marsupials, environment, rural, federal---state-issues, state-elections, nsw, bowral-2576, canberra-2600, tamworth-2340, byron-bay-2481, taree-2430, townsville-4810, campbelltown-2560, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA two-week pregnancy is handy when you are an endangered species, and the bilby has that ace up its sleeve.
Topics: animals, marsupials, pests, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, environment, charleville-4470, pilliga-2388, tennant-creek-0860, alice-springs-0870, marion-bay-5575
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GPS tracking collars are being used to monitor the movements of koalas, to determine how much forest logging is impacting on them and whether they use regeneration areas.
Topics: regional, animal-science, marsupials, conservation, animals, animals-and-nature, port-macquarie-2444, brisbane-4000, qld, vic, coffs-harbour-2450, byron-bay-2481, sydney-2000
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Debate flares over the fate of about 100 kangaroos scheduled to be tranquilised and euthanased to make room for a housing estate in Perth's southern suburbs.
Topics: animals, human-interest, urban-development-and-planning, marsupials, baldivis-6171, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedTourists are so in love with the wombats on Maria Island that they're in need of some education about how to interact with the wild creatures.
Topics: animals, travel-and-tourism, marsupials, national-parks, offbeat, maria-island-7190, tas, hobart-7000
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Tina Janssen has nursed many endangered wallabies at her central Queensland animal sanctuary, but a tiny joey suckling on a milk bottle will be her last.
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Native animals suffering through a cold, dry winter are being given a second chance thanks to the kindness of volunteers and dozens of handmade pouches.
Topics: human-interest, animals, marsupials, mammals, volunteers, national-parks, drought, road, charities-and-community-organisations, lifestyle-and-leisure, craft, robertson-2577, berrima-2577, bowral-2576, germany, bundanoon-2578, mittagong-2575, moss-vale-2577, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedAbout 80 per cent of them have been wiped out by a transmittable cancer but there's now not enough genetic diversity in the 20 per cent left to keep the species going. And that means their low birth rate is also threatening their survival.
Topics: veterinary-medicine, marsupials, veterinary-medicine, tas
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Habitat loss is the biggest threat to the tiny honey possum, which is the only marsupial in the world that feeds solely on nectar and pollen. But a Western Australian community is stepping in to help.
Topics: national-days, native-species, planting, marsupials, wellstead-6328
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Topics: native-species, national-days, marsupials, albany-6330
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It's a gruesome task, but someone's got to do it. Wildlife authorities are enlisting the help of the public to report roadkill in an effort to curb the animal death toll, which is as high as 1,300 a day.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, animals, marsupials, tas
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Quendas dig up truffles and spread the spores through their poo
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| UpdatedThis marsupial is not just a cute face — its poo helps rejuvenate trees and prevent fires.
Topics: marsupials, trees, forests, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, mandurah-6210, esperance-6450, manjimup-6258, guilderton-6041
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| UpdatedAn Australian-led project has sequenced the entire koala genome, revealing secrets about the iconic animal's unique biology that could help guide conservation efforts and fight disease.
Topics: marsupials, mammals, science-and-technology, zoology, genetics, environment, conservation, animal-science, australia