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Fossils Suggest Hominids May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans

Primitive hominids may have lived in Africa at the same time as humans, researchers said Tuesday, in new findings that...

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Vinegar Offers Hope In Barrier Reef Starfish Battle

Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday...

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Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching

Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial...

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‘Zero Recovery’ For Corals In Back-To-Back Australia Bleaching

Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists...

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‘Underwater Wasteland’ Worries After Cyclone Hits Barrier Reef

A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure...

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‘Monster’ Storm Batters Australia

A powerful cyclone has pummelled the north-east Australian coast, causing major damage, torrential rain and power cuts...

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‘Unparalleled’ Number of Dinosaur Tracks Found In Australia

An "unprecedented" 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been found on a stretch of Australia's remote coastline,...

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Huge Swathe of Australian Mangroves ‘die of Thirst’

Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia's remote north "died of thirst" last year, scientists said Tuesday, in...