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The wolf, named Neukgu, was on the run for nine days after reportedly slipping under a fence.

Elusive wolf that captivated a nation caught after nine days on the run

After evading earlier capture attempts, the two-year-old wolf, named Neukgu, is back in a South Korean zoo, ending a saga that forced an elementary school to close and spawned a meme coin.

  • Minwoo Park and Joyce Lee

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A great white shark.

This new luxury beachside resort has a problem: How to stop the massive sharks attacking the guests

South Africa’s first Club Med wants to use nets, but experts say that would kill large numbers of sharks, as well as dolphins, rays, turtles and birds.

  • Ben Farmer
Chimpanzee

Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree

Researchers for the first time have observed how a once-peaceful chimp community descended into violence that has been likened to a “civil war”.

  • Will Dunham
A family of flying foxes at Parramatta Park in January.

We once napalmed this cute creature. Now it’s worth $1b

Scientists for the first time have estimated what Australia would look like without this endearing – but often maligned – animal.

  • Angus Dalton
This is the story of Australia’s undisputed Easter creature.

Forget bunnies and bilbies. This is Australia’s undisputed Easter creature

A fossil hunter made the discovery of a lifetime that came at an almost impossible price, but it had a sweet ending.

  • Angus Dalton
Glass Scallop also known as Propeamussium alcocki with an Eye of Sauron sea anemone on its back.

The WA Museum exhibition taking a deep dive into the unknown

With a new OceanXperience opening at the WA Museum on April 4, hear about the deep sea expeditions the museum scientists have been on over the last two decades.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
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The African lion cubs were born to Mum Asali and Dad Sheru on Valentine's Day at Werribee Open Range Zoo.
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Zoo welcomes Lion cubs

The African lion cubs were born to Mum Asali and Dad Sheru on Valentine's Day at Werribee Open Range Zoo.

As temperatures around Australia soar, Melbourne zookeepers prepare their primates for the heatwave.
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How Melbourne Zoo prepares its primates for heatwaves

As temperatures around Australia soar, Melbourne zookeepers prepare their primates for the heatwave.

Darebin Creek Management Committee executive officer Annette Salkeld (left) and ranger Peter Wiltshire with a vandalised wildlife box.

Fears poachers have taken sugar gliders and bats from Darebin Parklands

Conservationists have raised the alarm after rangers discovered that boxes perched high on trees for sugar gliders and microbats had been dismantled twice in December.

  • Lachlan Abbott
“It gets me out of the house,” says Penrith Panther’s player and birder Mitch Kenny.

Once synonymous with retirees in cargo shorts, this hobby has a new crowd

Young people, including an NRL star, are flocking to get out birding.

  • Abby Seaman