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Echidnas are seemingly everywhere in Australia, from the Red Centre to snowy mountains. And that’s just the start of what makes them interesting
A koala joey was found drenched and trembling near the edge of the Brisbane River. It was one of the lucky animals to be rescued from the severe floodwaters.
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Floods allow aquatic animals to venture into places you wouldn’t expect, from crocs in swimming pools to bull sharks in a golf course.
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Excavator, farmer, matchmaker: echidnas provide a host of benefits to nature. So let’s harness the potential.
This is Noojee, a joey koala who was rehabilitated in Healesville Sanctuary after being hit by a car.
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As the holiday season begins after months of reduced travel, wildlife hospitals are braced for a new wave of admissions.
Echidna blood is especially good at holding and transporting oxygen.
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Echidnas can survive quite low levels of oxygen.
In 2012 scientists succeeded in filming for the first time ever a giant squid in its natural habitat.
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Searching for animals thought to be extinct – or fictional – is difficult, painstaking and often disappointing. But new technology like drones offer hope of a boom in biological discovery.
Physiological, molecular and fossil evidence suggests that ancestors of both platypuses and echidnas were venomous. Male…