Animals
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Scientists discover wombats on Tasmania's islands are one of three subspecies
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A small island off Tasmania's coast has become a haven for a subspecies of wombat only found on one other island in Australia, and they're one of three genetically different wombat subspecies.
Topics: community-and-society, environment, conservation, national-parks, environmental-management, animals, animal-science, marsupials, biology, dna, dna-testing, genetics, tas, flinders-island-7255, maria-island-7190, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, university-of-tasmania-7005
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'A lifetime of cruelty': Coffee with hedgehogs, otters and owls in Japan's pet cafes
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As people hunt for their next Instagrammable moment, cafes in countries like Japan and South Korea are offering new ways to interact with animals — domestic pets as well as wildlife like otters, owls, hedgehogs and raccoons.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, conservation, japan, asia
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Poachers trap protected crayfish to 'stick them on the BBQ'
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Ecologists fear protected 'no-take' freshwater crayfish are being poached for food or sold as aquarium pets.
Topics: ecology, animal-science, animals, fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, animal-welfare, environmental-impact, springbrook-4213, griffith-university-4111, brisbane-4000
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Topics: ecology, animal-science, animals, environmental-management, animal-welfare, environmental-impact, springbrook-4213
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Ceris Ash photo image
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Topics: animals, animal-science, springbrook-4213
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Video still of a Lamington spiny crayfish image
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Topics: ecology, animal-science, animals, environmental-management, animal-welfare, environmental-impact, springbrook-4213
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Clyde Wild photo image
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Topics: ecology, animal-science, animals, environmental-management, animal-welfare, environmental-impact, springbrook-4213
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Lamington Spiny Crayfish at Springbrook Video
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Lamington Spiny Crayfish in rainforest streams at Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland
Topics: ecology, animal-science, animals, environmental-management, animal-welfare, environmental-impact, springbrook-4213
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Veteran with PTSD rejected from businesses because of assistance dog
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David Cantley relies on his dog Buddy to get him through difficult moments, but the 54-year-old veteran, who lives with PTSD, says he's been rejected from numerous businesses for having his accredited assistance animal by his side.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, defence-and-national-security, veterans, mental-health, animals, human-interest, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, st-helens-7216
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Kangaroo eating carrot offered by a tourist image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Signs asking visitors to not feed wildlife image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Kangaroo eating carrot offered by a tourist image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Feeding kangaroos bananas image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Wildlife carer Lynn Kidd image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Kangaroos at Lucky Bay image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Kangaroo eating a puffer fish image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Woman feeding kangaroos image
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-nutrition, animal-behaviour, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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Bananas, chocolate ‘killing’ kangaroos as tourists seek the perfect selfie
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There are signs asking visitors not to feed the wildlife, but at this popular WA beach where kangaroo selfies are the new social media craze, tourists are not paying any attention.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, animal-behaviour, travel-and-tourism, tourism, travel-health-and-safety, cape-le-grand-6450, esperance-6450
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A doctor removed four bees from the woman's eye Video
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The bees were living off the woman's tears.
Topics: animals, animal-behaviour, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, taiwan
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Doctors find four bees alive inside Taiwanese woman's eye
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The woman visits hospital with a stinging pain in her left eye hours after a gust of wind blew what she thought was dust into her face. It turns out they were sweat bees which are known to be attracted to perspiration.
Topics: human-interest, animals, health, taiwan
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Rubbish piling up in dolphin sanctuary spurs volunteers into action
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A volunteer-driven clean-up operation, coupled with reduced boating speed limits, are part of a concerted effort to preserve Adelaide's resident dolphin population.
Topics: conservation, environment, animals, animal-welfare, endangered-and-protected-species, marine-parks, marine-biology, human-interest, port-adelaide-5015, gillman-5013, st-kilda-5110, sa, adelaide-5000
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New species of parasitic wasps named after Oreo biscuits and aliens from Doctor Who
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Several new species of wasps have been discovered across Australia, with one named after a biscuit and another named after an alien species from the television show Doctor Who.
Topics: human-interest, animals, animal-science, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, pests-diseases-and-control-methods, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, wa
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Turtle hatchlings image
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Topics: human-interest, animals, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, endangered-and-protected-species, gunbower-3566