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One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to grace our skies

Over the next coming weeks, you may be lucky enough to catch a glint in the sky as the Eta Aquarids meteor shower ramps up in 2021.

Creatura with Bec Crew

The black lory is a rare beauty

Parrots are known for their extraordinary colours, but those that buck the trend can be just as striking. Meet the black lory.

Creatura with Bec Crew

The Maningrida diving tarantula sounds like a bad time

Far be it from me to tell spiders what to do, but a tarantula has no business being in the water.

History & Culture

The Gosford glyphs, debunked

Nope, the hieroglyphs seen engraved on rocks within Brisbane Water National Park were not the handiwork of Egyptian travellers who sailed to Australia some 5000 years ago.

History & Culture

The tale of the Nullarbor Nymph

The photo of the so-called Nullarbor Nymph spread like wildfire.

Creatura with Bec Crew

Moon moths have the creepiest energy and we’re here for it

Moon moth are outta this world.

Astronomy with Kirsten Banks

What’s up in 2021?

There’s a whole solar system of exciting astronomical events to look forward to this year.

Creatura with Bec Crew

The eastern great egret looks like a proper Christmas angel

Now that is an intimidatingly beautiful creature.

Astronomy with Kirsten Banks

How you can view the ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn

Jupiter and Saturn meet in the sky for a great conjunction approximately once every 20 years at varying distances and we get to see that on December 21st.

History & Culture

What causes Lake’s George’s water levels to fluctuate so wildly?

I’d love to have a dollar for each time someone has asked me, “Isn’t Lake George connected to a lake in China, or is it Siberia?”

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