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Photography

Cucumber trichomes inject poison into unwitting herbivores. (Credit: Robert Rock Belliveau/NSF/Science)

Visions of science: best images awarded

Deadly cucumber skin and a 'two-dimensional' compound feature in the best science photos of 2011.

AG Flickr photo: baby wombat

A cute little baby and mother wombat are the subjects of this week's AG Flickr contributor shot.

AG Flickr photo: Birdwood to Werrikimbee

A stark, bare tree is the subject of this week's Australian Geographic Flickr contributor shot.

People & Culture

An Aboriginal man talks in Laura, QLD, part of a Northern Australian 'hotspot' of dying languages. (Credit: Getty)

Project creates ark for world’s dying languages

Recordings of indigenous languages on the point of extinction are being gathered into an online database.

Want a better life? Change your name

Having a name that's easy to pronounce could make you more popular and help you get a better job, say experts.

Destinations

A green turtle heads up the beach to nest in Western Australia. (Credit: David Bristow)

Highway One: turtle mating season

The pristine beaches of Exmouth, on Western Australia's mid-coast are home to nesting green sea turtles.

Rottnest Island's best beaches

With more than 62 beaches and 20 bays, you're spoilt for choice on Perth's favourite ocean playground.

Fairy penguin in a nest box. (Credit: Mike Rossi)

Weed control looks good for fairies

Mike Rossi learns all about a project to save the little penguins of Montague Island.

Maps

Topography of Canberra and the Murrumbidgee River using the 30m resolution Digital Elevation Model. (Credit: CSIRO)

Space tech maps out Australia's water

Images from NASA's Space Shuttle are being used to create maps that could help manage river resources and flood events.

Map of Australia: World Heritage sites

Map of Australia: World Heritage sites.

Snowy River map

The mighty Snowy River runs through New South Wales and Victoria.

Wildlife

A humpback whale breaches in the waters of northern New South Wales. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ten of the best Australian wildlife experiences

Make your year wild and wonderful by seeking out some of Australia's most thrilling wildlife experiences.

A devil at the Tasmanian Devil Breeding Centre in Sydney. (Credit: Greg Wood/AFP)

Tasmanian devil genome offers cancer clues

Understanding the facial tumour disease decimating devil populations could provide insight into human cancers, say experts. ...

Photo of several supergiant amphipods. (Credit: Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen)

'Supergiant' crustaceans found in ocean depths

Amphipods are normally 3-4cm long, but mysterious 28cm giants have been found north of New Zealand.

Gouldian finches (both males here) have remarkable colouration. (Credit: AAP/Macquarie University)

New Gouldian finches found in Kimberley

Conservationists in WA's Dampier Peninsula have discovered a breeding population of the rare Gouldian finch.

Explore

Margaret Bowling sets off a smoke flare to alert Victorian Water Police to the boat's position.

Bass Strait expedition ends in injury

AG Society sponsored crew forced to abandon expedition after team leader Ben Turner breaks his elbow.

Beautiful, tiny flowers abound in Svalbard. (Credit: Ken Eastwood)

Arctic jewels: pixie rock gardens

Polar bears and the aurora borealis are awe-inspiring but there's beauty to be found in the tiny too, says Ken Eastwood.

Svalbard has about 10 per cent of the world's polar bears. (Credit: Chrissie Goldrick)

Arctic jewels: polar bear dreaming

The Arctic's top land carnivore - the magestic polar bear - is another critter Ken Eastwood ticks off his list.

Colourful houses in the the remote Greenland settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit. (Credit: Hannes Grober/AWI)

Arctic jewels: living the Inuit way

Ken Eastwood experiences modern-day Inuit culture at the remote Greenland settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit.

Science & Environment

A Hubble telescope image of the galaxy ESO 2430–9 in which the black hole HLX–1 resides. (Credit: NASA/STScI/Farrell et al.)

New type of black hole yields secrets

The first study of a new variety of black hole is offering up clues that may help us understand the birth of galaxies.

A rise in shark attacked has been blamed on more humans swimming in sharks' territories. (Credit: Getty)

Shark attack increase blamed on humans

A rise in shark attacks around the globe has been attributed to more tourists visiting shark territories.

Conservationists study the 76m mountain ash 'Ada', found just outside Healesville, VIC. (Credit: Bill Hatcher)

The end of the line for our biggest trees?

Big trees evolved for longevity and stability, commodities in short supply these days, says Professor Bill Laurance.

Visions of science: best images awarded

Deadly cucumber skin and a 'two-dimensional' compound feature in the best science photos of 2011.

Videos

VIDEO: Underground Adelaide

Photographer Randy Larcombe discovered a hidden world frozen in time beneath the streets of Adelaide.

A time-lapse video of the Australian outback made from 100,000 images. (Credit: Dayman Steptoe)

VIDEO: Outback Australia time lapse

104,000 images taken over a year have been turned into a stunning time-lapse video.

Jessica Watson's next challenge: Sydney-Hobart

Jessica Watson, the AG 2010 Young Adventurer of the Year talks about her next challenge: the Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race.

VIDEO: Barrington Tops National Park

Barrington Tops National Park in NSW is home to an insurance population of Tasmanian devils.

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