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A worker holds Spencer the rhino during the media demonstration at the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve (Reuters)

Video: Rhino killed in attempt to save him from poachers video 

A South African game park's effort to save a rhino from poachers ended up taking its life. +more
The videos were secretly shot and show cattle being abused

Australian abattoirs under review after abuse videos video  

All New South Wales abattoirs are to be inspected afte...
One of the hundreds of still images taken from the International Space Station

Video: NASA time-lapse photos of Aurora Borealis video  

Stunning new images of the Aurora Borealis, or Norther...
The Ministry of Fisheries has spent the past 15 years growing snapper stocks in Auckland following a period of significant decline (file pic)

Why Auckland is enjoying a bumper snapper season video  

Recreational and commercial fishing operators are repo...
Mount Etna spews lava on the southern Italian island of Sicily (Reuters)

Video: Mount Etna bursts into life with eruption video   Photogallery 

Italy's Mount Etna has been spewing forth lava with bu...

Wildlife

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Marine mammals are protected and anyone killing or harming them can face up to six months in prison and up to $250,000 in fines

Sea lion found shot in Otago

A .22 calibre bullet has been found in the carcass of a sea lion - a critically endangered species -...

Science

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Professor Craig Cary from Waikato University and University of Delaware in Antarctica with a mummified seal

Mummified seals reveal effects of climate change in Antarctica

The scientists have found that microbial communities in the soil undergo rapid and lasting changes in response to current environmental conditions.


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