Mass casualties:160 whales in beach stranding in WA’s south-west

Mass casualties:160 whales in beach stranding in WA’s south-west

More than 100 pilot whales have become stranded on a beach near Dunsborough on Thursday morning.

  • bySarah Brookes andHeather McNeill

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Military horses,one blood-stained,run loose through central London
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Military horses,one blood-stained,run loose through central London

A group of horses bolted and threw their riders while on their daily morning exercise in central London,leaving several people injured.

  • byRob Harris
Fake snakes,bricks,sneakers:How Sydneysiders are fighting the cockatoo bin war

Fake snakes,bricks,sneakers:How Sydneysiders are fighting the cockatoo bin war

A world-renowned cockatoo foraging behaviour has spread to the northern beaches. And it’s getting messy.

  • byAngus Dalton
Rock snot to spiky crawling fish:Pests threatening to reshape Australia

Rock snot to spiky crawling fish:Pests threatening to reshape Australia

The wood-boring beetle wreaking havoc on Perth’s grand Moreton Bay figs is just one of many invasive species keeping experts up at night.

  • byNick O'Malley
Pets are pricey,let’s not pussyfoot around
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Pets are pricey,let’s not pussyfoot around

Cats,dogs and other furry friends give endless love,but they don’t come cheap. Commit with care.

  • byDominic Powell
‘Shoot it’:The day a tiger had Sydneysiders on the run

‘Shoot it’:The day a tiger had Sydneysiders on the run

The Warwick Farm station horse is the latest chapter in a storied history of unlikely animals roaming free in metropolitan Sydney. Not all of them ended well.

  • byAnthony Segaert andAngus Dalton
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Molly the magpie to return home,but ‘owners’ can’t cash in

Molly the magpie to return home,but ‘owners’ can’t cash in

The Gold Coast couple who adopted an abandoned magpie will be reunited with their beloved bird,but will not be allowed to make any more money off the world-famous Molly.

  • byCameron Atfield
Wrong kind of track:Escaped racehorse shocks commuters on Sydney train platform

Wrong kind of track:Escaped racehorse shocks commuters on Sydney train platform

The fare-dodging horse trotted into Warwick Farm station seven minutes before midnight last Friday,cantering up and down the platform as alarmed passengers leapt from its path.

  • byAngus Dalton
Molly the magpie to reunite with best mate

Molly the magpie to reunite with best mate

The friendship between a magpie and two English Staffies is set to be renewed after the Queensland government agreed to give a Gold Coast couple a licence to care for the native bird.

  • byCameron Atfield
Sydneysiders are being paid to convert their properties to national parks

Sydneysiders are being paid to convert their properties to national parks

Landowners can earn up to $420 per hectare every year for land placed under a conservation agreement in NSW as Australia grapples with an extinction crisis.

  • byAmber Schultz
Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in Thailand

Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in Thailand

The macaques that roam Lopburi,north of the capital Bangkok,are a symbol of local culture and a major tourist draw. And a nuisance.

  • byJintamas Saksornchai