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Officials enlist unusual helpers in fight to preserve endangered creatures: 'We need to do everything we possibly can'

Dubbed "the vacuum cleaners of the river," these creatures are an environmental lifeline. Officials enlist unusual helpers in ...

100yo Mundoo Island farm to be transformed into huge Coorong National Park extension

Taxpayers will fork out about $7 million to purchase 1900 hectares of farmland as part of a national park expansion in SA’s ...

Grainy image reveals rare discovery in Aussie outback after 17-year search

In their search for quolls, the sanctuary manager had choppered over a remote location they’d neglected to survey before, then set up camera traps around an isolated rocky outcrop surrounded by ...

Endangered giraffe dies after getting caught in a door in his zoo habitat

An endangered 13-year-old giraffe has died after getting caught in a door in his zoo habitat. Kiko, a male Masai giraffe, was ...

With thousands of feral horses gone, Kosciuszko's fragile ecosystems are slowly recovering

In Kosciuszko National Park in Australia's alpine region, the landscape is slowly changing. Patches of native vegetation ...