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Fish captured near the Turners Beach artificial reef using a baited remote underwater video (BRUV). Picture: Sarah Ugalde

Fake reef reels in catch of the day

Artificial reefs in Australia are being studied for their effect on fish numbers, with researchers and fishing enthusiasts hopeful the structures will encourage larger species to stick around longer

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Coogee Beach has been closed until further after mysterious, black, ball-shaped debris was located washed along the length of the beach., It is not yet clear what the balls are, however Randwick Council suspects they may be 'tar balls' - which is formed when oil comes in to contact with debris and water, typically the result of oil spills or seepage. Picture: Nine News

‘Alien poo’ keeps beaches closed

A massive clean-up is underway after thousands of mysterious – and possibly toxic – black balls washed up on two popular Australian beaches, but what are they and where are they from?

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Hurricane Milton - 9 Oct 2024 - 0:00 UTC ...MILTON WILL BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST... As of 7:00 PM CDT Tue Oct 8 the center of Milton was located near 23.0, -86.9 with movement ENE at 10 mph. The minimum central pressure was 902 mb with maximum sustained winds of about 165 mph - Image Supplied NOAA

Why experts called for first ‘Cat 6′

Downgraded to Category 3 despite spawning tornadoes, Hurricane Milton had US experts suggesting Category 6 should be added to the storm rating system – but how are hurricanes rated and do they differ from cyclones?

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Dubbed “On the Trail of the Golden Owl,” the search captivated ten of thousands in France — on a quest to find a buried statue of an owl.

Treasure found after 30 year hunt

The world’s longest scavenger hunt has ended with the discovery of an elusive, extremely valuable golden owl, finally found three decades after the statue was first stashed in a top secret location

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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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NCA. PARIS FRANCE 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. August 5- Day 10
Gina Rinehart hosts athletes on a boat for dinner on the Seine River in Paris after completing competition. Picture: Adam Head

Fossil fuelled Olympians under fire

Sports around the world are earning a motza in sponsorship deals from oil and gas companies – but is this affecting the fight against climate change? And why is it called “sportswashing?”

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A crowd watches as the full moon is seen between the clouds from Balg Hill south of Sydney, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. The Supermoon, at perigee is the closest it has been to Earth since January 1948. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Where to see Harvest Supermoon

The largest full moon of the year, the Harvest Supermoon will be visible in the skies over Australia tonight, Wednesday 18 September – find out why this supermoon is not to be missed

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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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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, September 2, 2024

Wild winds too much for turbines

Wind is on the up as a renewable energy source but the wild weather across multiple states exposed a possible design flaw that had cartoonist Mark Knight imagining turbines taking off for real

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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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Rescuers reach a yacht with two people onboard in rough seas off the New South Wales south coast on Tuesday morning.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it had received a distress beacon alert about midday on Monday from a vessel 185km east of Nowra. Media reports named the stricken 19-metre yacht as the Spirit of Mateship. Picture: NSW Police

Sailors’ wild wind and wave rescue

Two sailors are finally safe after their yacht was battered by 5m waves and gale-force winds off the NSW coast for over 18 hours as wild weather and epic winds rip across southeast Australia

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WARRANGAMBA, AUSTRALIA. APRIL 6, 2024 Warragamba Dam spill gates opened. , Following heavy rainfall overnight at the upper end of the forecasts (the 25% chance), Warragamba Dam reached full capacity and started spilling at 5:45am., The Warragamba catchment received a significant amount of rain from midnight at an average of 100 mm over 6 hours, with the sub-catchment, close to the dam wall, receiving ~130mm. Up to 200mm was received over 24 hours in some areas., This created flash flooding in the catchment and into the dam, causing it to spill., Warragamba Dam is spilling at a rate of around 200 gigalitres per day (GL/day) with that rate continuing to rise., With the flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley the spill will contribute to the flood waters already in the system. Picture: Via NCA NewsWire.

Would you drink recycled water?

The biggest ever push for introducing recycled drinking water to millions of Australians is underway, after one major authority floated the new approach in its future water management proposal

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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

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The bureau of meteorology predicts a cluster of unusually warm weather beginning from August 23, 2024. Picture: BoM

Winter heatwave heading our way

Australians look set to welcome spring ahead of schedule, with heat records in multiple regions across the country likely to be broken as a cluster of unseasonably warm weather kicks off

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Rob White diving with turltes at Cook Island. Picture by Luke Marsden.

Winter diving with turtles of Oz

Winter won’t stop Australia’s sea turtles from swimming – they’ve been basking in the warm waters off northern NSW. But despite their idyllic lifestyle, these beauties face a human-made threat