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Antarctica
Krill fishing in southern oceans threatens whale populations
Countries, including Australia, are pushing for regulation and more marine parks. (Footage: Sea Shepherd)
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How humans are taking whale food and feeding it to cats and dogs
“It’s like a dystopian, post-apocalyptic David Attenborough documentary where you have penguins swimming on one side and a massive trawler on the other.”
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Homes and lives came under threat in the City of Armadale
Residents of Bedfordale and Ashedon have been told to leave their properties or be prepared to stay to defend them.
Fire threatens Hallet Cove homes in Adelaide
Hallet Cove homes in Adelaide came close to being destroyed by a fire.
Scientists struggle to explain ‘really weird’ spike in world temperatures
Extreme temperatures have shattered the grimmest expectations of a warming world and tested climate models.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Endangered species
Conservationists to clash with government at koala summit
Friday’s koala summit is set for a showdown between conservationists and the government over delays in creating the Great Koala National Park and the intensification of logging within the proposed boundaries.
- by Nick O'Malley and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
‘Words can’t describe’: Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years
Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park, just south of Sydney, last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
