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Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct
A comparison of the thylacine鈥檚 genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans and dingoes arrived in Australia
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Long-lost sailback shark rediscovered after more than 50 years
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Documenting the battle to protect New Zealand’s endangered birds
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Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction
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These ants are one of the most effective teams in the natural world
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Extreme heat is driving dramatic declines in tropical birds
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Cockatoos have an impressively wide repertoire of dance moves
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Your pet dog鈥檚 ancestor was a fierce, wild animal. How was it tamed?
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New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia
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Puppy and cheetah cub make unlikely pair of step-siblings
An Australian zoo has recruited a puppy to help socialise a precious cheetah cub after she had to be separated from her mother, and the two have become firm friends
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Thousands of seadragons are dying in Australia’s toxic algal bloom
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Remarkable set of tracks suggests different dinosaurs herded together
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The secret to what makes colours pop on dazzling songbirds
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Spectacular Triassic reptile had an early kind of feathers
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