Michael Dahlstrom
@michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
Environment editor at Yahoo Australia. Living on Wurundjeri land. MEAA member. Views are my own. Tips: michael.dahlstrom@yahooinc.com
Yes, it's February.
But there's been an "odd" sighting of an entangled humpback whale off Victoria's coast.
If you spot it, please contact DEECA on 1300 136 017.
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But there's been an "odd" sighting of an entangled humpback whale off Victoria's coast.
If you spot it, please contact DEECA on 1300 136 017.
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Air crews search Aussie coast after 'unexpected' sighting by tourist boat
The animal has distinctive markings, and it's highly unusual to see the species at this time of year.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Yes, it's February.
But there's been an "odd" sighting of an entangled humpback whale off Victoria's coast.
If you spot it, please contact DEECA on 1300 136 017.
au.news.yahoo.com/air-crews-se...
But there's been an "odd" sighting of an entangled humpback whale off Victoria's coast.
If you spot it, please contact DEECA on 1300 136 017.
au.news.yahoo.com/air-crews-se...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance was the best I’ve seen since Prince in 2007.
Incredible.
Incredible.
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance was the best I’ve seen since Prince in 2007.
Incredible.
Incredible.
Just 7km west of Melbourne, Footscray is a thriving multicultural suburb with some of Australia’s best restaurants, coffee shops, and bars. But a 100 metres walk from the Coles and Kmart is an eerie stretch where many locals fear to walk.
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Fight to transform Aussie department store abandoned 16 years ago: 'Landlords have a lot to answer for'
The old Forges site is one of several around a Melbourne suburb that has fallen into ruin.
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February 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Just 7km west of Melbourne, Footscray is a thriving multicultural suburb with some of Australia’s best restaurants, coffee shops, and bars. But a 100 metres walk from the Coles and Kmart is an eerie stretch where many locals fear to walk.
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“Oh, for God’s sake, Woolworths"
- Professor David Lindenmayer
Woolworths has released a $6 toy set that showcases a variety of Australian wildlife, including a quokka, koala, and brushturkey.
But the fourth looks more like an animal from the USA.
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- Professor David Lindenmayer
Woolworths has released a $6 toy set that showcases a variety of Australian wildlife, including a quokka, koala, and brushturkey.
But the fourth looks more like an animal from the USA.
au.news.yahoo.com/woolworths-c...
Woolworths called out over major error in $6 Aussie animal toy: 'Oh, for God’s sake'
A leading animal expert argues the supermarket should do better at educating Aussie kids.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
“Oh, for God’s sake, Woolworths"
- Professor David Lindenmayer
Woolworths has released a $6 toy set that showcases a variety of Australian wildlife, including a quokka, koala, and brushturkey.
But the fourth looks more like an animal from the USA.
au.news.yahoo.com/woolworths-c...
- Professor David Lindenmayer
Woolworths has released a $6 toy set that showcases a variety of Australian wildlife, including a quokka, koala, and brushturkey.
But the fourth looks more like an animal from the USA.
au.news.yahoo.com/woolworths-c...
Fewer than 2,500 Guthega skinks likely survive.
Climate change and bushfires are pushing them to the brink. Because they live on mountain peaks, there's no escape to higher ground.
This story examines the radical plan to prevent their extinction.
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Climate change and bushfires are pushing them to the brink. Because they live on mountain peaks, there's no escape to higher ground.
This story examines the radical plan to prevent their extinction.
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Rare Aussie reptile carried to fenced-off mountain location to fight against deadly threat
Fewer than 3,500 remain and numbers have been continuing to drop. Find out what is being done to save the endangered population.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Fewer than 2,500 Guthega skinks likely survive.
Climate change and bushfires are pushing them to the brink. Because they live on mountain peaks, there's no escape to higher ground.
This story examines the radical plan to prevent their extinction.
au.news.yahoo.com/rare-aussie-...
Climate change and bushfires are pushing them to the brink. Because they live on mountain peaks, there's no escape to higher ground.
This story examines the radical plan to prevent their extinction.
au.news.yahoo.com/rare-aussie-...
I've been advised by Victoria's environment department (DEECA) that two water sources have been made available to wildlife in the Big Desert-Wyperfield conservation area.
The deployment follows a bushfire that impacted a genetically distinct population of dingoes that number less than 80.
The deployment follows a bushfire that impacted a genetically distinct population of dingoes that number less than 80.
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I've been advised by Victoria's environment department (DEECA) that two water sources have been made available to wildlife in the Big Desert-Wyperfield conservation area.
The deployment follows a bushfire that impacted a genetically distinct population of dingoes that number less than 80.
The deployment follows a bushfire that impacted a genetically distinct population of dingoes that number less than 80.
1000s of bats are expected to die in Victoria's heatwave, as the mercury rises over 45 degrees.
But there is a glimmer of hope at 1 flying fox camp, after DEECA agreed last night to send a water-spraying truck to the Brimbank colony to help cool them.
📸 Fly By Night.
But there is a glimmer of hope at 1 flying fox camp, after DEECA agreed last night to send a water-spraying truck to the Brimbank colony to help cool them.
📸 Fly By Night.
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
1000s of bats are expected to die in Victoria's heatwave, as the mercury rises over 45 degrees.
But there is a glimmer of hope at 1 flying fox camp, after DEECA agreed last night to send a water-spraying truck to the Brimbank colony to help cool them.
📸 Fly By Night.
But there is a glimmer of hope at 1 flying fox camp, after DEECA agreed last night to send a water-spraying truck to the Brimbank colony to help cool them.
📸 Fly By Night.
Don't forget to put water out for the birds today in Australia's south.
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Don't forget to put water out for the birds today in Australia's south.
The temperature is expected to soar beyond 45 degrees in parts of Victoria on Tuesday, and it's predicted tens of thousands of grey-headed flying foxes will perish around the state.
Volunteers are calling for @DEECA_Vic to help them reduce the deaths.
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Volunteers are calling for @DEECA_Vic to help them reduce the deaths.
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Dire prediction during five-hour window of extreme heat: 'Dead everywhere'
The state government has been urged to scale up its efforts as tens of thousands of mortalities are expected.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
The temperature is expected to soar beyond 45 degrees in parts of Victoria on Tuesday, and it's predicted tens of thousands of grey-headed flying foxes will perish around the state.
Volunteers are calling for @DEECA_Vic to help them reduce the deaths.
au.news.yahoo.com/dire-predict...
Volunteers are calling for @DEECA_Vic to help them reduce the deaths.
au.news.yahoo.com/dire-predict...
Always was, always will be.
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Always was, always will be.
Bushfires scorched more than 400,000 hectares across Victoria this summer. A man is dead, 15,000 livestock have been killed, and over 250 homes have been destroyed.
What’s unclear is the wildlife death toll.
Here's why.
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What’s unclear is the wildlife death toll.
Here's why.
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Silence after 400,000-hectare tragedy sparks suspicion: 'We need you to leave'
A man is dead, livestock has been killed, and homes lost. But there's one thing that remains unclear.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Bushfires scorched more than 400,000 hectares across Victoria this summer. A man is dead, 15,000 livestock have been killed, and over 250 homes have been destroyed.
What’s unclear is the wildlife death toll.
Here's why.
au.news.yahoo.com/silence-afte...
What’s unclear is the wildlife death toll.
Here's why.
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After 10 minutes of trying to find the snake, I had to cheat. It's so well hidden.
Here's another story about how great snakes are from me.
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Here's another story about how great snakes are from me.
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Walker spots hidden predator in Aussie bush most people can't see: 'Yikes, it's big'
Two mates were walking along a boardwalk when one stopped and snapped a picture.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM
After 10 minutes of trying to find the snake, I had to cheat. It's so well hidden.
Here's another story about how great snakes are from me.
au.news.yahoo.com/walker-spots...
Here's another story about how great snakes are from me.
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Rob Hirst will be missed ✊
January 20, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Rob Hirst will be missed ✊
Australia culls kangaroos, koalas and crown of thorns starfish.
After four attacks in three days in NSW, one marine ecologist says it's time to experiment with sharks.
As you would imagine, this has proved controversial.
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After four attacks in three days in NSW, one marine ecologist says it's time to experiment with sharks.
As you would imagine, this has proved controversial.
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'Too many sharks': Calls grow for controversial experiment in Aussie waters
Australia is searching for answers following four shark attacks.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Australia culls kangaroos, koalas and crown of thorns starfish.
After four attacks in three days in NSW, one marine ecologist says it's time to experiment with sharks.
As you would imagine, this has proved controversial.
au.news.yahoo.com/calls-grow-f...
After four attacks in three days in NSW, one marine ecologist says it's time to experiment with sharks.
As you would imagine, this has proved controversial.
au.news.yahoo.com/calls-grow-f...
Thanks to a post on iNaturalist, and a series of serendipitous events, an Australian flowering plant thought extinct for almost 60 years has been rediscovered.
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Photo leads to rediscovery of Aussie species plant almost 60 years after 'extinction'
The incredible find was only possible due to a series of 'serendipitous' events. Find out more.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Thanks to a post on iNaturalist, and a series of serendipitous events, an Australian flowering plant thought extinct for almost 60 years has been rediscovered.
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An urgent plea has been made to Victoria's environment department (DEECA) to send water to a rare population of dingoes known as Wilkerr after their home range was destroyed by fire. They have almost been hunted to extinction & fewer than 80 survive.
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Danger beyond fenceline halts recovery of 'important' photos of rare Aussie animal population
The race is on to recover SD cards inside the vast national park, and protect the surviving animals. Find out more.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:11 AM
An urgent plea has been made to Victoria's environment department (DEECA) to send water to a rare population of dingoes known as Wilkerr after their home range was destroyed by fire. They have almost been hunted to extinction & fewer than 80 survive.
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Fear is a natural response for swimmers if they see a shark in the wild.
But are they always a danger?
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But are they always a danger?
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2.5-metre shark's incredible reaction after face-off with swimmers at Aussie beach
Looking from above, it's possible to see its dark shape in the water. See the pictures here.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Fear is a natural response for swimmers if they see a shark in the wild.
But are they always a danger?
au.news.yahoo.com/tiger-sharks...
But are they always a danger?
au.news.yahoo.com/tiger-sharks...
12 years after Australia’s 'extinct' night parrot was rediscovered, a worrying new investigation by the Australian Conservation Foundation has revealed swathes of its remaining habitat are under threat.
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Rare and beautiful bird rediscovered 100 years after becoming 'extinct' faces fresh threat
It was one of 10 species highlighted in a worrying new report. Find out more.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
12 years after Australia’s 'extinct' night parrot was rediscovered, a worrying new investigation by the Australian Conservation Foundation has revealed swathes of its remaining habitat are under threat.
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Reposted by Michael Dahlstrom
When stressed & fearful, mothers will eject their joeys from their pouches. To reduce the chance of this happening, don’t approach mothers with obvious joeys/large pouches, & don’t ever let dogs chase wildlife. If a joey is ejected call a wildlife carer immediately. au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-mum-i...
Aussie mum in 'total shock' after unexpected wildlife predicament on suburban street
The mother of four has spoken to Yahoo News about her confusion following the rare encounter. Find out more.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:07 AM
When stressed & fearful, mothers will eject their joeys from their pouches. To reduce the chance of this happening, don’t approach mothers with obvious joeys/large pouches, & don’t ever let dogs chase wildlife. If a joey is ejected call a wildlife carer immediately. au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-mum-i...
Would you know what to do if a wallaby left her joey at your feet?
That's what happened to this mum in the Victorian town of Warrnambool.
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That's what happened to this mum in the Victorian town of Warrnambool.
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Aussie mum in 'total shock' after unexpected wildlife predicament on suburban street
The mother of four has spoken to Yahoo News about her confusion following the rare encounter. Find out more.
au.news.yahoo.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Would you know what to do if a wallaby left her joey at your feet?
That's what happened to this mum in the Victorian town of Warrnambool.
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That's what happened to this mum in the Victorian town of Warrnambool.
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VicEmergency or Vic Emergencies? Many Victorians have reported feeling confused about which bushfire app is the official one.
It's VicEmergency. The other is independent, and a lot of functions don't seem to be working.
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It's VicEmergency. The other is independent, and a lot of functions don't seem to be working.
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Confusing emergency app issue exposed as bushfires ravage Australia: 'Very dangerous'
Some residents are struggling as they work to determine the level of threat. Find out why.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
VicEmergency or Vic Emergencies? Many Victorians have reported feeling confused about which bushfire app is the official one.
It's VicEmergency. The other is independent, and a lot of functions don't seem to be working.
au.news.yahoo.com/confusing-em...
It's VicEmergency. The other is independent, and a lot of functions don't seem to be working.
au.news.yahoo.com/confusing-em...
Just took some water to the local crows, it's 41C degrees and they were really struggling in the heat.
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Just took some water to the local crows, it's 41C degrees and they were really struggling in the heat.
As the heatwave continues to scorch Australia, at least 800 threatened grey-headed flying foxes are thought to have died at Brimbank Park in Melbourne's north.
The situation at other colonies is unknown.
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The situation at other colonies is unknown.
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Crew left in tears over disturbing find at Aussie park: 'They were everywhere'
Authorities have been accused of 'failing' in their response to the escalating situation. Find out what happened.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:32 AM
As the heatwave continues to scorch Australia, at least 800 threatened grey-headed flying foxes are thought to have died at Brimbank Park in Melbourne's north.
The situation at other colonies is unknown.
au.news.yahoo.com/crew-left-in...
The situation at other colonies is unknown.
au.news.yahoo.com/crew-left-in...
This week is going to be a scorcher across much of Australia. Please put out water for birds! Shallow dishes with a rock in them for small reptiles.
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 AM
This week is going to be a scorcher across much of Australia. Please put out water for birds! Shallow dishes with a rock in them for small reptiles.