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Looking for that succulent mealworm. Botanist. Oz flora. Arid-zone plants. Servant to all wagtails. Frog pond enthusiast #TeamRhipidura On the planet in a country that is not the USA Perth /on Whadjuk Boodjar
🇮🇳 Once a top export, prized Kashmir carpet fades For centuries, handwoven Kashmir carpet been famous around the world. Today, however, sales are dwindling, as long working hours, low wages and changing aspirations have made this profession less attractive to young Kashmiris.
Today is Duodi the 22nd of Thermidor in the year 234. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate capers. #JacobinDay See today's page
What is Australia's most amazing wildflower? Vote now www.abc.net.au/news/science...
These 10 Aussie wildflowers have superpowers. Pick your favourite
Move over waratahs and banksias! These 10 flowers from the unsung understorey are not just pretty faces, they have surprising tricks up their sleeves.
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Dust storms would ground Kalgoorlie-Boulder to a halt, until the people fought back and won www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Fifty years ago, a radical idea saved historic mining town from dust
Dust storms would blanket the sky and send people running indoors in this outback mining city. Fifty years ago, one man arrived in town with a radical idea that changed Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
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SPOILERS (lol it's only ~2,700 years old but hey just in case) Lots of people die in the Odyssey. Here's how Odysseus' crew declines over time, and how they all died 📊 www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Birdwatching is in. AI and social media are out. New from me. au.yahoo.com/news/aussie-...
Aussie mates become international sensation after embracing 'wholesome' outdoor hobby: 'It's a rush'
The blokes say they're 'breaking down the stigma' around the unlikely pastime. See what gives them a kick out of birdwatching.
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🇯🇵 An overly enthusiastic Japanese musician has been arrested after allegedly giving his elderly neighbours insomnia for more than seven years with his loud guitar playing, police say. ➡️ u.afp.com/SraW
If you remember Bill Oddie for one thing, let it be for this 4 minutes of magic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuY9...
Starling Magic
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Be the Brush Turkey you want to be in your lifetime Industrious Visionary Ungovernable www.facebook.com/watch/?v=278...
2.7M views · 18K reactions | A hardworking bush turkey has shown off it's landscaping skills in the car park of a Noosaville business. #noosa #tewantin #landscaping #bushturkey | 7NEWS Sunshine Coast
A hardworking bush turkey has shown off it's landscaping skills in the car park of a Noosaville business. #noosa #tewantin #landscaping #bushturkey
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Luckily he hasn't got to be up early tomorrow morning.
🌍 Cat colonies reshape the abundance and body size of lizards. This video by Javier Martín Carbajal is the best graphical abstract of this study! Watch It! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
Record rains fuel buffel weed surge prompting calls for stronger SA management www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Wettest year on record sees controversial and highly flammable weed 'explode'
As buffel grass explodes across Central Australia due to high rainfall, there are fears it will spread further east and threaten landmarks in South Australia and other states.
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#RedBeakFeetEyes for #BirdOfTheDay Crested Pigeon, Exmouth Western Australia
Rob Crank Photography@robcrank68.bsky.social · 2mo agoGood morning folks. Today's #BirdOfTheDay Theme is #RedBeakFeetEyes, any bird with a Red beak, Feet or Eyes Not Feathers. The Alt Theme is #Paridae, any of the species will do. #birds #ECK #birdphotography @rspb.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ukbirding #CanonR5mkii #photography #BirdLife
Imported plant pathogen to be released on the wind to battle poisonous lantana weed www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Scientists prepare natural enemy to fight one of Australia's worst weeds
An imported plant pathogen that will spread on the wind is being readied for release against one of Australia's worst weeds.
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Water levels at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre ‘best’ locals have seen www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
The dry heart of Australia is now awash with water
The myth of an inland sea lured 19th century European explorers into the heart of Australia. But where they found only desert, this year it's awash, with water levels at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre now the ...
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Millstream Chichester NP - doing well from some recent rains
For correct and up to date details, please check out the H5 bird flu websites by DAFF, DCCEEW, BirdLife, Wildlife Health Australia and the Australian CDC. Some links here: DAFF: www.agriculture.gov.au/campaigns/bi... DCCEEW: www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/... (3/x)
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Sharing from WA Seabird Rescue re: the emerging HPAI situation in Western Australia. For multiple deaths, call: Emergency Animal Disease Hotline 1800 675 888 AND for symptomatic birds call us on: (08) 6102 8464 wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au
Key remote bird observatory shuttered for months before Australia's first bird flu detection
Key observatory shut for months prior to bird flu detection
Volunteers and wildlife advocates push to reopen the Eyre Bird Observatory, arguing the station will be critical in monitoring the potential impact of avian flu.
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on the destruction of New Zealand Science open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the destruction of New Zealand Science
and earthquakes
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The heat in Paris this week has been unbearable and inescapable. rick-morton.ghost.io/canic-at-the...
Canic! At the Disco
Each year, on the summer solstice, Paris and most of France becomes what is essentially the world's largest outdoor party for Fête de la Musique. Bistros, restaurants, cafes and sundry businesses sat...
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New BBC podcast on how Australia led the world in denormalising tanning, now paying dividends with reduced skin cancer in young Australians. Told by one of my oldest colleagues & friends, David Hill. www.bbc.com/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Witness History, Sid the seagull and the Slip Slop Slap campaign
In 1981, Australia launched a fight against skin cancer with help from Sid the seagull
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The battle isn’t over until the bill is dead and buried.
Vale Horatio T Birdbath Freo icon of street art and living life well. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The world according to Birdbath - ABC listen
Horatio T Birdbath is a Fremantle street artist and the last Bohemian standing
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Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average. A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’ It’s more than depressing - it’s a disaster.
oooo - found this uuutube on shuffle while listening to Blanck Mass www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7wK...
Max Cooper - Order From Chaos (official video by Maxime Causeret)
YouTube video by Max Cooper
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