BBC World
Australia's giant cuttlefish mating season hit a record low with a 97% plunge, likely due to a toxic algal bloom - proving that even cephalopods can't catch a break in a warming world.
The Guardian
A dolphin dies from bird flu, researchers flee an island to avoid seeing seal casualties, and penguins get vaccines - Australia's avian flu saga takes a bizarre turn.
The Guardian
Australia's first mainland mammal case of H5 bird flu is confirmed in a fur seal, just after 1,000 terns kicked the bucket. Penguins are now also on the menu.
The Guardian
Australia's H5 bird flu outbreak is escalating, with over 1,000 dead terns and a suspicious penguin, as officials scramble to vaccinate captive birds and hope the sea lions stay safe.
The Guardian Europe
Only 44 giant cuttlefish show up for the world's biggest cephalopod orgy, and scientists are demanding the government stop sitting on the bad news.
The Guardian
An algal bloom and marine heatwave turned dolphin dining into a famine, with 2025 seeing the highest death toll in 12 years - and the calamari shortage isn't helping.
The Guardian
Australia's local birds finally get their own bird flu case, thanks to a greater crested tern that apparently didn't get the memo about social distancing.
The Guardian
Albanese breaks Garma promise, Telstra investigates death during outage, and politicians clarify they want to get rid of the government, not join it.
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