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The device detecting the world’s deadliest creature
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (814+ words) July 19, 2026 — 1:50pm To some, it’s just annoying, but to others, it marks the chilling call of the world’s deadliest creature: the buzz of a mosquito. In an effort to slash the extraordinary death toll wreaked by the insects, a University of…...
The expert’s hack on how to put a bull shark to sleep
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (483+ words) July 19, 2026 — 5:00am Despite their vicious nature, Taryn-Lee Perrior says bull sharks are pretty easy to manhandle. All you have to do is pop a bit of eel on the end of drum line, wait for the animal to tire out, drag…...
Residents in Perth's south-west resort to drinking water from bird baths
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (52+ words) SMH.com.au A social housing complex in Beaconsfield has suffered weeks of water problems, with residents claiming they are so desperate, some have resorted to drinking from bird baths. Updated July 18, 2026 — 8:56pm,first published 8:52pm...
‘It’s a bit gamified, almost like Pokemon Go’: The tracking app preventing magpie attacks
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (455+ words) We’re approaching the danger point. As winter gives way to spring, every Australian starts looking up, warily cataloguing flashes of black and white among the branches of trees. To add ironic insult to gnarly injury, this happened at Victoria Park…...
The case for a ban on eating fish in the office
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (565+ words) July 15, 2026 — 11:30am Let’s ban tuna in the office. I can smell it in the sink. It stinks up the drain. I can whiff it after someone drains a tin or rinses a plate. It lingers in the hall, like a guest…...
Art or vandalism? Behind the cult of Pam the Bird
1+ week, 6+ day ago (852+ words) Jack Gibson-Burrell’s alleged latest move – scaling a 120-metre-high pillar to paint his trademark bird on the Bolte Bridge – is his most audacious yet. Scaling a 120-metre-high pillar on the Bolte Bridge on a freezing winter’s night is no mean feat – nor…...
Record’s in the bag for female pipers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (140+ words) Almost 150 female bagpipe players and drummers took part in a record-breaking event in Melbourne’s City Square on Sunday following the annual Tartan Day Parade. July 5, 2026 — 7:33pm Female pipers join the record attempt in the City Square on SundayCredit:Wayne Taylor The…...
Scavengers v humans: The race to avoid wildlife catastrophe
2+ week, 2+ day ago (993+ words) July 4, 2026 — 4:41pm The 500 personnel scouring the state’s beaches for seabirds sick with deadly H5 bird flu are racing against nature’s scavengers, the dingoes, gulls or sea eagles that may serve as the crucial link between sick washed-up seabirds and widespread wildlife disaster....
Call for drones to fly daily shark spotting
3+ week, 5+ day ago (38+ words) A NSW politician has demanded drones fly round-the-clock shark surveillance over beaches. Updated June 24, 2026 — 6:12am,first published 6:10am...
It’s one of the distinctive sounds of South East Asia – but soon the noise of the ‘tuk-tuk’ might be gone
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1389+ words) Asia’s ubiquitous three-wheeled tuk-tuks add hugely to the smog and noise of the continent’s megacities. Now, battery-powered versions promise a cleaner, quieter future – and to transform economies. For decades, the “tuk-tuk” noise of three-wheeled taxis and vans weaving through Asia’s…...