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The dingo is Australia’s largest terrestrial predator despite not being native to the continent. After arriving thousands of years ago, it spread across the entire mainland in just a century. Since ...

Long before humans arrived in Australia, the continent was home to one of the strangest apex predators ever discovered. The marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex, combined the size of a jaguar with the ...

The return of apex predators such as sharks can restore critical ecological balance to coral reefs, creating healthier ecosystems. New research found a rise in the shark population on Ashmore Reef, ...