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THE World Wildlife Fund and Indigenous rangers have commenced a survey of three Kimberley rock wallaby species.
World Wildlife Fund ecologist Darren Grover says the animals’ habitats have not been surveyed for up to 10 years, and there are concerns about declining numbers in the wild.
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This story was also republished in The Kimberley Echo on 11 July 2013.
The Western Review
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This is a 1995 review of a show by Jon Denaro at Margaret River Galleries.
He has since held regular exhibitions and undertaken public art commissions on both sides of Australia.
Many of these are collaborations with his partner Bec Juniper.
From The Western Review July 1995.
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Climate change could lead to sea turtles successfully breeding further south, a scientist says.
While instinct drives a mother turtle to lay her eggs at her own hatching place, cyclones sometimes take her a long way away when she is ready to lay.
She may have to make an emergency landing – and laying – on another beach when she is caught short.
Hotter summers are likely to make new beaches warm enough to incubate turtle eggs in future.
Dirk Hartog Island has the southernmost loggerhead turtle rookery.
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This story was republished in The Northern Guardian on 13 November 2013.
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A sea snakes expert says species that used to be abundant at Ashmore Reef have not been seen for years.
Dr Vimoksalehi Lucoschek said the change has been one of the most marked declines of a large marine vertebrate ever recorded.
On her last trip to the reef she made an extensive search, finding just two species present.
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An edited version of this story also appeared in The West Australian on Wednesday 6 November 2013