Animals
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China relations
Chinese premier visit to include both ‘panda diplomacy’ and difficult issues
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Adelaide Zoo in a promising sign for giant pandas remaining in Australia. The rest of his visit will be far more serious.
- by Matthew Knott
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Fire at Thailand’s famous Chatuchak market kills hundreds of animals
The fire was reported early on Tuesday and quickly swept across more than 100 shops in the market’s pet section.
Eggs, milk, meat? The chink in Australia’s bird flu armour
There’s one group of Australian households of particular importance in keeping bird flu from taking hold in the country.
- by Angus Dalton
The small town between Melbourne and Adelaide where kelpies reign supreme
The Casterton Kelpie Muster has become a wildly successful dog show, resulting in world records and a tourism boom for the small Victorian town.
- by Najma Sambul
The bird flu virus has adapted to sea mammals. Scientists are puzzled
And the new research findings hold a warning: H5N1 may similarly transform to cause large-scale infections in other mammalian species, including people.
- by Apoorva Mandavilli
‘He’s an angel’: Why Liv Arnold serves $30 steaks to her pet dog
The pet supplies industry is booming as owners such as Liv Arnold seek the best food, accessories and healthcare for their animals.
- by Andrew Taylor
Tex Perkins rallied to save it, but ‘world-class’ wildlife hospital could still close
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, a registered charity, has treated more than 7000 creatures since it opened in October 2020.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Marine life
The ex-PM, the treasure hunters and the deep sea
Scott Morrison has taken a new role at a deep-sea mining fund linked to AUKUS tech and treasure hunters, as pressure grows on Australia to oppose the controversial new mining frontier.
- by Sherryn Groch
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Palaeontology
Meet the ‘echidnapus’, a bizarre blend of the world’s strangest creatures
Scientists led by Tim Flannery have unearthed evidence for a previously unknown “age of monotremes” when egg-laying mammals dominated Australia.
- by Angus Dalton
Aerial shooting culls thousands of horses in Kosciuszko
NSW government is ramping up the removal of feral horses from the alpine environment with a controversial technique.
- by Mike Foley
Farewell to the dog who touched the world
Tom Turcich spent seven years walking the globe with his beloved dog Savannah, a rescue pup he picked up in Texas not long after setting off on his journey.
- by Farrah Tomazin