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Eastern bettong returns to mainland Australia
Thanks again to Brad Wolfe for spotting and sharing this great news.A rare marsupial long disappeared from Australia's mainland is now thriving near Canberra, with reports the population is fat and...
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The Murray Bridge Bunyip
European settlers of the 1800s were told about the bunyip by local Aboriginies, according to the City of Murray Bridge website.The bunyip was said to live in creeks, riverbeds, waterholes and swamps,...
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From the archives: 1939 'bunyip' sighting had district agog
LOWOOD had a "Bunyip" in December 1939. News had been circulated that some strange creature in the Brisbane River was taking Mr John Roulston's calves. A watch was kept but nothing definite could be...
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Concert fundraiser for endangered devils
Tasmanians will be rocking for the Devils during April and May in a bid to raise funds to support research into the facial tumour disease decimating Tasmanian Devil populations.Country and western band...
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Tassie devils breeding on Maria Island
Tasmanian devils are busily breeding on Maria Island in a special colony free of the facial tumour disease decimating the species.Fifteen healthy devils were released on Maria Island, off Tasmania's...
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Felled NSW forest confuses koalas
This sad little chap was rescued recently near Bathurst, NSW, and the picture posted on the WIRES Facebook page courtesy of Louise O'Brien.The koala was found sitting on a pile of wood chips surrounded...
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Meet the Cryptozoologist: Nick Redfern
How did you first get involved in researching strange and mysterious creatures?When I was about 5 or 6, my parents took me to Scotland for a week's holiday, and we spent a day at Loch Ness. I still...
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Some legends have teeth - meet The Bunyip
Some time ago we told you about the crowdfunded horror movie being shot featuring another iconic cryptid, the Bunyip.The storyline goes thus: When a team-building hike strays into the territory of an...
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Megalania - Australia's lizard king
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegalaniaMegalania (Megalania prisca or Varanus priscus) was a very large goanna or monitor lizard, now extinct. It was part of a megafaunal assemblage that inhabited...
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Meet the Cryptozoologist: Neil Frost
How did you first get involved in researching strange and mysterious creatures?I became acutely interested in studying the dooligahl on Sunday 21st February, 1993 at 11:15 PM after one stood up and ran...
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Pine Mountain panther on the loose
Is there a black panther on the loose in Pine Mountain, Queensland?That's the question locals are asking following sightings of a giant black cat after recent stock losses.Sightings have been reported...
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Archer: Col Bailey's thylacine sighting credible
Noted zoologist Professor Mike Archer, a former director of the Australian Museum, has said despite his professional scepticism, he respects Tiger Hunter Col Bailey's theory that a population of...
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Thylacines of the New Guinea Highlands
Everyone has heard of the Tasmanian Tiger.But during the Pleistocene epoch, ending a mere 11,700 years ago, the Thylacine also existed on New Guinea, and mainland Australia.In a new blog post, Dr Karl...
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Night Parrot stories collected for documentary
Ecologist Julian Reid and filmmaker Rob Nugent from the Australian National University are travelling Outback Australia in search of evidence of the elusive Night Parrot for their documentary.Only a...
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Tassie Devils halt mining in Tarkine - for now
An environmental group fighting to save Tasmanian devils has secured a temporary halt to construction at a proposed iron ore mine in the Tarkine.An injunction was granted in the Federal Court on May...
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Go black and white for Tassie Devils on May 24
Go Black and White on May 24Help raise funds for the Tasmanian Devil through Black & White Day!We are calling on all schools, businesses and community organisations to get involved in Black &...
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CFZ Australia talks to UK amateur Archnologist Carl Portman
CFZ Australia caught up with one of our favourite authors, chess demon and spider expert Carl Portman this week.Carl is the author of A Daintree Diary, which documents his travels through the...
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Night Parrot not extinct - proof emerges in Queensland!
The rare Australian Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) has been caught - on camera, that is - by a Queensland wildlife photographer.We have posted numerous stories on this blog over the years about...
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De-extinction researchers hot on the Thylacine's trail
He may be a little greyer around the temples now at 68, but palaeontologist Professor Mike Archer is still hot on the trail of resurrecting the Thylacine.He heads up the Lazarus Project, an Australian...
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Big cat sighted in rural Victoria
Wikipedia - Patrick GiraudResidents in the rural hamlets of Sea Lake and Nandaly are on alert after a local farmer claimed to have spotted (excuse the pun) a leopard on his property.Sea Lake farmer Nic...
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