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Nature and Environment
The giant pandas at the National Zoo know how to make the most of a snow day — head first and belly up.
The top dogs of the oceanic food web have been overfished to the point of collapse, a troubling new study says.
Less than two weeks into 2021 and it's already brought us lasso snakes.
Famous beaches swallowed, roads submerged by waterfalls and surf clubs swamped in thick sea foams.
A week earlier, nearby Fraser Island was evacuated due to bushfires.
The massive bushfire has been burning at K'gari since mid-October.
We're talking 45-plus degrees out here.
The all-white whale has made annual headline-grabbing appearances since the first recorded spotting off Byron Bay in 1991.
"The first time in 3,000 years, or thereabouts, that the Tasmanian Devil has roamed mainland forests..."
The massive march was sparked by outrage over the government's slow response to the island nation's worst environmental disaster in years.