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Turf wars

Turf wars

Herbivorous fish may be key to shoring up coral resilience.

No place like space

No place like space

Photography from the final frontier.

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Once stung...

The Gympie-Gympie stinging tree can cause months of excruciating pain for victims.
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The low carbon workplace

Businesses everywhere are rethinking their environmental practice...
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The dinosaur trail

Here's where to dig for remains of Aussie dinosaurs.
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Simpson Desert

Follow our AG scientists and volunteers as they navigate desert biology and ecology.
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The dinosaur musterers

See the million-year-old secrets found in outback Queensland.
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Sweet taste of energy production

The sugar industry has got in touch with its greener side.
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Editor's welcome

Journal Editor Ian Connellan cuts the ribbon on AG online.
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Spring has sprung

Frolic through some of Australia's finest flora.Open Gallery
Canning Stock Route

Age has not wearied our premier 4WD track.Open Gallery
Life under the sea

Stills from AG's various below-sea-level explorations.Open Gallery
Animal nursery

The only thing better than animal photography: baby animal photography!Open Gallery

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Fledgling success for peregrine falcon project

AG Society sponsored project helps bolster dwindling peregrine falcons numbers on the Gippsland Plains.
'Supergiant' crustaceans found in ocean depths

Amphipods are normally 3-4cm long, but mysterious 28cm giants have been found north of New Zealand.
Introduce elephants to Aussie bush, says scientist

Elephants would make short work of invasive grasses causing rampant bushfires, but experts are sceptical.
VIDEO: life aboard a longline fishing boat

These men of the sea live a tough life, working hard on a longline fishing boat.
Tasman Sea a “hotspot” for ocean warming

The temperature of waters east of Tasmania are rising rapidly, as balmy ocean currents shift toward the poles.

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