NSW residents and visitors are being urged to keep an eye out for one of Australia’s rarest butterflies this spring. “Citizen scientists” can help save the endangered species — which plays an important role in its local ecosystem — by recording and reporting sightings, the NSW Government said on Wednesday. The easiest way to spot … Read more
Footage has emerged of the moments immediately after a man was knocked unconscious when a whale breached next to his vessel, slapping him in the face. The man, aged in his 40s, was driving a tinnie in waters off Duranbah near the NSW-Queensland border when the whale breached next to him just before 9am on … Read more
A Canadian mother who was attacked by a grizzly bear while jogging said her two-year-old daughter was her inspiration to survive. “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Vanessa Chaput, 24, said. The Yukon native was jogging on a paved trail between Haines Junction and Pine Lake Campground in Ontario with her … Read more
Elephants in Orang National Park in Assam, India. Dinodia Photo | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images The state of Assam, in northeastern India, has launched a mobile app that warns people of incoming herds of wild elephants in an effort to reduce violent encounters between humans and the land giants. Clashes between humans and elephants … Read more
Australian researchers warn the Coral Sea is the warmest it has been in at least 400 years, putting the Great Barrier Reef in danger. Lead author Benjamin Henley said the research, published in Nature journal on Thursday, involved drilling the cores of coral to identify geochemical changes and reconstruct past sea-surface temperatures. Co-author Professor Helen … Read more
Presidential hopeful, brainworm survivor and dead bear relocator Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a weird guy. His campaign has remained sort of in the spotlight because of his name and because of the strange shit he does and says. Well, after this week’s dead bear in Central Park incident, we’ve got a new weird RFK … Read more
The surviving wife and three children of a man killed by a crocodile in far north Queensland have been inundated with community support. More than $112,000 has been raised for the family of David Hogbin as he is being remembered by people in his home city of Newcastle as an exceptional general practitioner and “amazing … Read more
Newcastle doctor David Hogbin has been identified as the man killed and eaten by a crocodile in far north Queensland. Hogbin, 40, was taken from the banks of the Annan River in Cooktown while on holiday with his family on Saturday afternoon. The general practitioner reportedly leaves behind a wife and three children. Know the … Read more
A large crocodile believed to be responsible for a fatal attack on a 40-year-old father in far north Queensland has been euthanised. Rangers had targeted a crocodile with a distinctive scar near its snout as an extensive search for the NSW man near Cooktown entered a third day. It is believed the man had been … Read more
Fears crocodiles are habituated to humans at a Queensland river where a man was taken by a “large” croc have been increased by the discovery of footage of people apparently deliberately feeding them. The social media footage shows people throwing fish scraps or meat into the water, which are then abruptly eaten by crocodiles. WATCH … Read more
