In a remote river in Victoria's east, a fisherman says he has encountered an ultra-rare pink platypus, one of only a handful ever sighted in the past 200 years.
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Scientists say golf course wetlands are the future for breeding threatened native fish
Golf courses around the world feature picturesque water ponds as a challenging hazard for players to avoid, but scientists are diving right in. They say golf club wetlands are an ecological safe haven to repopulate threatened native fish.
Outrage as spear fisherman seen killing protected blue groper
Investigations are underway into the death of the near-threatened species on the NSW Central Coast, prompting calls for better awareness about local marine life.
Pesky rabbits, a shark scare and bubbly smiles shine in November's top WA photos
Our photographers cast their eyes towards WA's exploding rabbit population, a surfer's near-miss with a suspected great white shark, and a school program helping parents bond with their children.
Two decades of capturing numbat antics on camera
Lyn Alcock is known as the 'Numbat whisperer', spending hours every day observing and photographing the tiny, endangered marsupials, recording behaviours that have never been seen before.
Man's half-century bid to save rare 'snack size' island wallabies
The parma wallaby was thought to be extinct until Peter Pigott followed up on a rumour that a 19th century governor took a bunch of the mammals to New Zealand proved to be true.
'Absolute madness': Environment groups decry glider survey results
New data points to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in NSW, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions.
Qld government denies dingoes could be kept as pets under reclassification
Queensland is considering changes that would remove restrictions on keeping dingoes and while the government says that will not mean people can keep them as pets, experts fear it could be an unintended outcome.
Endangered bandicoots given new home free of feral predators
Twenty endangered bandicoots are roaming south-west New South Wales in an effort to return bandicoots to the region after several species were wiped out in the late 1800s.
Chasing the 'middle ground' as forestry industry stumped by koala park
The Great Koala National Park was announced to protect koalas and forests in northern NSW, but the forestry industry has been left wondering how it can fill a shortfall in supply.
'We really need her to turn around': Health fears for rare white whale
A white humpback calf known as Siale is seen heading north along the NSW coast when most whales are searching for food in the Antarctic Ocean.
'Cruel' removal of sawfish rostrum likened to trophy hunting rhino horns
A video showing a critically endangered sawfish lying dead on a beach with its saw removed is described as "cruel" and "trophy hunting".
Bat colony causes council to consider property buyback scheme
A Queensland council will consider seeking government funding for a property buyback scheme as part of a new flying fox management plan.
Endangered parrot found in northern Tasmania for first time in decades
The presence of an endangered and "cryptic" parrot species at a northern Tasmanian national park is hailed as "very good news" by a bird expert.
Revered and reviled, cats in the crosshairs on Christmas Island
On a speck of land in the Indian Ocean, one of the world's most ambitious wars is being waged against feral cats. But not everyone is celebrating.
Queensland considers changes that could see dingoes in dog parks
People could be allowed to keep dingoes as pets in Queensland under proposed changes to biosecurity regulations, but experts say the native animal is fundamentally different to domestic dogs.
This tiny native mouse is legally considered both dead and alive
Animals and plants aren't automatically taken off most national and state extinct species list in Australia if they are rediscovered, leaving them without protection as threatened species.
Cassowary wandering 150km from home baffles outback residents
Queensland's department of environment says it has no plans to relocate a cassowary spotted roaming the dry Gulf Savannah.
World's smallest penguins return to coastal hamlet after 30-year disappearance
A re-establishing little penguin colony, once locally extinct, is finding its feet on the NSW far south coast.
'Very fat' baby penguins raise hopes for SA colony despite algal bloom
The small, fragile colony of surviving little penguins on South Australia's Granite Island records a "significant increase" in numbers amid the state's harmful algal bloom.
'Incredibly exciting': Thermal drones detect hidden koala cluster
A hidden group of koalas is found for the first time in a remote area of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.