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Yowie footprints in the bush?
Is this a Yowie footprint?This bushwalker is puzzled when he finds a solitary human-looking footprint in otherwise remote, untouched bushland. What do you think?
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Zoos the urban arks of the future
Melbourne's zoos will become urban arks, breeding sanctuaries for 20 of the most at-risk species in the state, as scientists struggle to save them from extinction, according to The Age.Flagging a...
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OOPA: Wallaby carnage in Woodchester UK
A mysterious blood-thirsty wild cat is feared to have struck again after three wallabies were found devoured on farmland in the Cotswolds area of the United Kingdom.The trio were found stripped to the...
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The Bunyip Terror of Geelong
The Geelong Advertiser has this fascinating bit of local lore in the paper this week.Devil's Pool, the Bunyip Hole - the Barwon River precinct at Queens Park better known as Buckley Falls, for the...
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Vale Chief - White Wolf of the West
We lost our dog today. Well, lost seems the wrong word - he shuffled off the mortal coil courtesy of a vet's needle after an agonising decline in his health - but that certainly is how it feels to us....
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Chasing Blue Mountains yowies - a flashback!
Reflecting on Chief's glorious life, we realised that it might be timely to trot out this great feature run in Ralph magazine many, many years ago - about eight by our reckoning. Thank you to Sean for...
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Whitening strikes wombats twice in Ceduna
Last year we brought you the charming tale of an albino wombat rescued in South Australia and left in the care of, well, a wildlife carer. Nicknamed Polar, the ghostly white marsupial was the toast of...
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A plea - can you help find missing Jeanett?
We have a special request today - can you help find the missing wife of Denmark cryptozoologist Lars Thomas?Jeanett Rask Thomas disappeared more than 24 hour ago from her home and Lars and his family...
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Thylacines spotted in northern NSW
More alleged thylacine spottings have been reported to the ABC Radio's wildlife expert Gary Opit.Officially they no longer exist, but that hasn't stopped wildlife watchers spotting thylacines in...
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Queensland Tiger rears its head once again
The Northern Rivers may be home to a thylacine-type animal thought to be extinct on the mainland for more than 3000 years, according to a wildlife expert.With recent sightings of an unusual animal...
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Are pumas roaming Victoria's Yarra Ranges?
Yarra Ranges residents believe pumas are not the only big cats to roam the hills, according to the Free Press Leader.Healesville farmer Ken Lang believes there are both leopards and pumas living in the...
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Big cats stalking the bush?
Dr Darren Naish gave Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers a very respectable thumbs-up recently on his very popular Scientific American blog.He writes in part, in Williams and Lang’s...
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Heuvelmans' On The Track continues to inspire...
The Independent's Michael McCarthy recently reflected on the enduring power of natural mysteries:"I can't say I've been influenced by a lot of Belgians in my life, but I make an exception for one:...
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NSW 'Thylacine' sightings update
More on those Tasmanian Tiger sightings in northern NSW...There have been several recent sightings of an unusual 'dog-like' animal, seen in and around the region of northern NSW and north coast...
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Turning back extinction clock
The fruit of a narrow-leaved campion, buried in permafrost by a ground squirrel 32,000 years ago on the banks of the Kolyma river in Siberia, has been coaxed into growing into a new plant, which then...
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Love is in the air @ Devil's Ark
Following the first successful breeding season at Devil Ark last year, the next season is almost upon us.The female Tasmanian devil is preparing her body for the mating season, which commences this...
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New species discovered off Australian coast
A new species of venomous sea snake mysteriously covered head to tail in spiny scales has been discovered in treacherous seas off northern Australia, according to a new study.Though some other sea...
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Another panther sighting in Yarra Ranges
Another Yarra Ranges big cat story has popped up in the Free Press...You may recall a recent sighting mentioned on this blog.The elusive black puma whose various sightings have mystified residents has...
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Did dingoes play a role in Thylacine extinction?
A new academic paper is out...Impact of the dingo on the thylacine (Tasmanian Tigers)Fillios, Melanie, Mathew S. Crowther, and Mike Letnic. 2012. “The Impact of the Dingo on the Thylacine in Holocene...
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