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Birds, bats and
bugs fly, but how?
We take an
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Travel guide to
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We reveal the inside tips
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You don't need to a
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News

Crows, like this carion crow, can recognise individual human voices, new research shows. (Credit: Claudia Wascher)

Intelligent crows can recognise human voices

Crows are known for their craftiness, but new research into voice recognition show just how intelligent they are.

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Features

One key survival skill is knowing how to light a fire. (Credit: Chris Ord)

Bush survival skills: guide to staying alive

When things go wronge in the bush, staying alive shouldn't be a matter of luck; it should be about knowledge.

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Highlights

AG reader photo: caterpillar

A colourful caterpillar perches on a branch, almost ready for its metamorphosis. Open Article
Reader photos: your shots of Australia

Submit your best images of Australia for a chance to see them published.Open Article

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Fight for the frigatebird

With about 1200 mating pairs left, these Christmas Island birds need your help.More info
AGS photo seminar

Join professional photographers Steve Parish and Darran Leal on this special two-day event.More info

AG Blog

Highway One: Crayfishing at Southend, South Australia

Catherine and David head to Southend, in South Australia for some crayfishing.

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Lake Eyre colours

Peter Elfes captures the continuing green flush at Lake Eyre, following unprecedented flooding.Open Article
My favourite place contest

We bring you the best of your photographs showing off your favourite place.Open Article

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Goanna | Photo: David Bristow

From the Video Library

Christmas and Cocos islands

Australian Geographic presents a new documentary on the remote Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) islands.
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Intelligent crows can recognise human voices

Crows are known for their craftiness, but new research into voice recognition show just how intelligent they are.
Highway One: Crayfishing at Southend, South Australia

Catherine and David head to Southend, in South Australia for some crayfishing.
Crossing Lake Eyre by kayak

Facing hypothermia, isolation and a long paddle, a couple takes on the challenge of crossing Lake Eyre by kayak.
Dream job: making wildlife documentaries

Aussie filmmaker takes us behind the scenes of an epic global wildlife soap opera, where nature writes the script.
Reader photo: caterpillar

A colourful caterpillar perches on a branch, almost ready for its metamorphosis.

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