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Terrified mum discovers snake in her toddler's bedroom. Picture: TikTok

Teen finds snake in sister’s room

One big brother had a lucky escape after the Queensland teenager found a deadly brown snake taking a tour of his four-year-old sister’s bedroom – don’t miss our snake guide and safety tips

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An emperor penguin has been found in Denmark, Western Australia, the furthest north the species has ever been recorded. Picture: Miles Brotherson/DBCA, (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions)

Emperor penguin’s epic Oz swim

Beachgoers got the surprise of their lives when an adventurous emperor penguin waddled from the water to explore a WA beach, possibly the first time one has swum from Antarctica to Australia

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Short-tailed shearwaters have a long life-span. Picture: Trevor Pescott.

Why washed up birds are a worry

Authorities are monitoring beaches along the eastern seaboard as migrating bird dying of ‘malnutrition’ wash ashore, with bird flu experts on alert in the bid to keep H5N1 out of Australia

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Soft coral spawning Moore Reef.

Full moon to trigger coral spawn

As the reef gets ready for its yearly ‘date night’, scientists say it’s not just coral that will be busy during November’s spawning season. Here’s what to expect and why it’s critical for our oceans

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Cassius has reclaimed his crown.
 Green Island's resident giant estuarine crocodile, Cassius, measuring 5.48m, is once again the world's largest crocodile in captivity after Philippines' monster crocodile Lolong died on Sunday night.
 Cassius was first named the world's biggest by the Guinness World Records in 2011.
 But he was stripped of the title last year, when the 6.17m Lolong was captured in the Philippines' town of Bunawan.
 Authorities will try to determine what caused the death of Lolong who had become a star attraction of the marshy town of 37,000 people about 830km southeast of Manila.

World’s largest croc dies in QLD

A record-breaking crocodile that as a younger predator rampaged through Australian waterways, attacking boats and stalking cows, has passed away peacefully after nearly 40 years in captivity

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KIDS NEWS. Taronga Zoo 9-week-old Fiordland Penguin chick with mother penguin Dusky. Picture: Taronga Zoo

Meet Australia’s precious penguins

Not only are these recent hatchlings flippin’ cute, they could prove crucial to the survival of their species thanks to a world-first breeding program that is revealing new insights into how they live

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Giotto the skateboarding bulldog pictured in Kurnell today with owner Greg Denaro. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Dog teaches himself to skateboard

Pigs may not fly but at least one dog can skateboard, after six-year-old Australian bulldog Giotto showed his form on his local circuit and social media helped make him a skateboarding star

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KIDS NEWS. The team at Taronga’s Wildlife Hospital treat an injured  diamond python brought in by wildlife rescue service WIRES. The python that had been discovered on the side of the road near Sydney. Picture: Taronga Wildlife Hospital

Python patient’s road to recovery

The roadside rescue of an injured diamond python this International Reptile Awareness Day is a timely reminder that even our slithery friends need a helping hand from time to time

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Mickey the cockatoo rescued by local dedicated wildlife rescuer and his helpful cockatoo assistant. Picture: Supplied

Feathered friend rescues cockatoo

Birds of a feather really do flock together, after a sulphur-crested assistant helped rescue another cockatoo trapped inside Coles for four weeks, leading it to seeds and safety in a successful extraction

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An AI-generated image of a thylacine which could soon be  brought back from extinction by scientists from the US bioscience company Collosal.

How Tassie tigers will be reborn

The Tasmanian tiger could be brought back from extinction in just three years’ time thanks to a major breakthrough in genome sequencing. But exactly how will scientists rebirth the species?

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Curtis Peterson from Tiwi Islands Adventures reeled in this creature from the deep during a recent charter. Picture: Fishing Australia TV Facebook.

Freaky NT monster of the deep

Australia is infamous for its massive crocs, painful stingers and hungry sharks and now there’s a crazy sea creature on the list – check out this amazing Tiwi Islands catch with a giant horse head

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KIDS NEWS 2024:  Werribee Open Range Zoo’s recently born rhino calf has been named Jabulani, following an online competition for the perfect moniker for the precious new arrival. Jabulani was born August 2024. Picture: supplied/ Werribee Open Range Zoo

White rhino calf wins hearts in Oz

Mum Kipenzi tragically lost her last calf, but Australia’s newest white rhino calf is bringing joy by name and nature, now dubbed ‘Jabulani’, the Zulu word for ‘rejoice’, following his August birth

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White-bellied sea eagle captures a huge sea snake. Picture - Sunshine Coast photographer Glen Vidler.

Bird versus snake – who will win?

Timing is everything in more ways than one as one eagle-eyed photographer captures stunning and rare photos of a bird of prey snagging a giant sea snake straight from the big bluewater buffet

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KIDS NEWS 2024: Superstar Olympic gold medallists sisters Noemie Fox, left, and sister Jessica Fox, meet their namesake joey koala, 10-month-old  Fox at Wild Life Sydney Zoo in a week the same week an island at Penrith Whitewater Stadium was named for their family. Picture: supplied

Koala joey ‘Fox’ named for sisters

Super cute koala joey ‘Fox’ kicked off Save the Koala Month by meeting his Olympic namesakes Jess and Noemie, as the popular pair also had an island renamed in their honour in Sydney

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A Great White shark circled a boat off the Sunshine Coast before biting it.

Crazy moment shark bites boat

‘Catch of the day’ took on new meaning for two QLD fishermen after they captured incredible footage of a whopping great white shark that mistook their tinnie for a tasty treat

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A juvenile humpback whale has become entangled in Sydney Harbour. Picture: 9NEWS

Young humpback’s harbour rescue

There were happy scenes on Sydney Harbour as a juvenile humpback whale was disentangled and freed, after rescue crews launched a huge operation in a dramatic race against time

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Markos Sakarikos and his granddaughter Markella are checking their beehives, Markos Sakarikos, 70, is a pensioner and a beekeeper from Nea Makri, Greece. Picture: UNICEF/Anna Pantelia

Missing bees sound climate alarm

Years of extreme heat and prolonged drought have created dangerous wildfire conditions in Greece, wiping out the vegetation that bees depend upon – and spelling trouble for the ecosystem