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Australia’s Only Shrew is Now officially Extinct, Killed by Non-native Species Introduced by Humans

The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled a mouse and weighed around 4-6 grams (under 0.2 oz). It was once abundant on ...

Babies of 'one of Australia's rarest mammals' born in wild at park for first time

In a protected forest of eastern Australia, one of the country's "rarest mammals" wandered past a trail camera, its pouch ...

Mouse numbers on the rise, farmers told to be on alert

The CSIRO is urging farmers to reduce opportunities for mice breeding this harvest season as the threat of a pest population ...
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Green Relishes Grudge Match With Mundine

Australia's ferocious super middleweight Danny Green won't have to wait long to get bitter rival Anthony Mundine in the ring as the two clash on Wednesday, May 17 at the Aussie Stadium in Sydney. At ...