Jethwa, a short film recently shared by Capital Digital Media has caught the attention of an international film festival and has been nominated as a finalist at the Focus on Ability Short Film Festival…
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Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia
As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come. The banks…
World’s oldest known spider dies in Australia — of wasp sting
The world’s oldest known spider has died at the ripe old age of 43 after being monitored for years during a long-term population study in Australia, researchers said Monday. The trapdoor matriarch comfortably outlived the…
‘Idiots of the century’ swim in baited croc trap
A group of men seen swimming inside a baited crocodile trap in Australia near where a woman was recently eaten were blasted as “idiots of the century” Tuesday. Photos posted on Facebook showed the four…
‘It was going to eat her’ – Aussie teen survives shark scare
An Australian teenager has survived a terrifying encounter with a great white shark, with her harrowing screams alerting her father who was certain it was about to “eat her”. Sarah Williams, 15, was fishing for…
Human remains found in large Australian croc
Human remains were found Tuesday in a large crocodile that police believe killed an elderly woman who wandered away from her aged-care home in northeast Australia. Clothing and a walking stick belonging to Anne Cameron,…
#WeirdNews: Cats kill one million birds a day in Australia
Feral and pet cats kill more than one million birds in Australia every day, new research showed Wednesday, with the staggering slaughter driving the decline of many species. The study, published in the journal Biological…
#WorldGrooveOnTheRoad: Is getting a Travel Visa to Australia difficult?
The voice behind Capital FM’s The World Groove Show, which airs Saturdays from 7pm to 9pm on 98.4FM, Kui Gitei, is currently on the road in Australia and New Zealand. As a special correspondent for Capital…
#Conservation: Australia sees second year of Barrier Reef bleaching
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing an unprecedented second straight year of mass coral bleaching, scientists said Friday, warning many species would struggle to fully recover. The 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) reef suffered its most severe bleaching…
#Conservation: Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost a million tourists
Severe coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could cost it more than a million visitors a year and huge sums in lost tourism revenue, a survey said Tuesday. The World Heritage-listed reef which teems…