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Two pelicans found entangled in fishing lines in South Australia's south coast have been saved thanks to nearby kayakers and wildlife rescuers, prompting reminders to fishers to be responsible with their equipment. WARNING: The story contains images that some readers may find distressing.

More leopard seals have been recorded on SA beaches annually in the past five years compared to the previous 30 years, but no one knows why.

Thanks to the rising cost of living crisis and the ballooning costs of the wedding industry, many Australians are choosing smaller, affordable honeymoons instead of expensive overseas trips.

Her relatives live in Queensland, the Seychelles and New Caledonia, but Paddy the green turtle spent winter in the cold waters of Port Augusta in South Australia. Could warming oceans be why?

A whale conservation group reacts angrily to the SA government's decision to permanently allow year-round commercial rock lobster fishing in a breeding area, intended to give the industry more flexibility.

Alexandrina Council Mayor Keith Parkes says a little bit of development is OK, but not too much, or the town's entrance will end up looking like it does between Wistow and Mount Barker.

A child is taken to hospital and other passengers suffer minor injuries after a collision between a heritage train and a truck at a level crossing south of Adelaide, emergency services say.

Seven tonnes of wood from a red gum tree that fell over in a Naracoorte swamp two years ago has been transformed into a sculpture of a whale and her calf at the foreshore above Bashams Beach at Middleton.

This whale is a frequent visitor to Encounter Bay in South Australia. Now an artist has carved a fallen red gum, weighing all of seven tonnes, into a likeness of the mother and her calf.

Paddy the green turtle has been released back into the sea with a big red "P" on her back and a tracking device to match, after beaching herself at Middleton earlier this year.

Zoo staff will test the green sea turtle's blood after it was found sick and exhausted on a beach south of Adelaide, where extensive floodwaters flowing out to sea have left piles of dead fish on the shore.

A dog walker found this green sea turtle beached and far from home at Middleton, SA, stranded among seaweed. Wildlife rescue volunteers conveyed the turtle to a specialist wildlife vet for assessment where it was expected to be checked for internal obstructions.

Green sea turtles are usually found in tropical or sub-tropical waters, but this did not stop a large marine animal, believed to be suffering from plastic ingestion, from finding its way to a beach south of Adelaide.

Eight of the birds have been found dead along South Australia's South Coast over a three-week period.

Waves, wind and floodwater have combined to generate a remarkable amount of sea foam in the state's south.

SA's Emergency Services Minister Joe Szakacs says the peak has reached Wellington, near where the river meets Lake Alexandrina.

Experts are investigating whether dead marine life found washed up on South Australia's south coast is connected with the high flows from the River Murray that have started to cause flooding in the Lower Lakes.

As water from upstream reaches the mouth of the River Murray in SA, the fast current is carrying away turtles. The lucky ones are picked up by wildlife carers, who have a busy summer ahead.

Aimie Sherwin will be kicked out of her house less than a week before Christmas. She has been searching for a new home for her family for four months.

Some 65,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity, with SA Power Networks saying many will not be reconnected until at least Tuesday.