Biodiversity
Let there be night
Artificial light has illuminated and reshaped our world after dark – but at what cost?
Category: Land
Creatura with Bec Crew
It’s a tiny bat buffet for green (or blue?) tree frogs
Large and in charge, green tree frogs are here to keep us guessing – whether it’s their colouring, or their cuisine.
Land
Ants did it first
Hold up, humans. Ants figured out medicine, farming and engineering long before we did.
Creatura with Bec Crew
‘I don’t know how to tell you this, but sugar gliders eat birds’
They might be among the cutest animals on the planet, but sugar gliders have a rather sinister trait. They’re named for their love of sweet foods, such as nectar and sap, but in Tasmania, they’re out here eating birds.
Flora & Fauna
Peacock spiders: More than meets the eye
Evolution hasn’t only gifted peacock spiders with spectacular markings – these nimble arachnids are also remarkable athletes.
Flora & Fauna
Tiny moth solves decades-old pollination mystery
How a ‘weird group of boronias’ pollinate has puzzled botanists for decades. Now the mystery has finally been solved.
Flora & Fauna
Boobialla and the butterfly
It has the ring of a fairytale, but an endangered butterfly’s survival in Western Victoria isn’t the stuff of magic but rather a story of dedicated habitat restoration.
Land
Leadbeater’s possum spotted outside Victoria for first time
When a Leadbeater’s possum photobombed a camera trap inside New South Wales’ Kosciuszko National Park recently, researchers were left stunned.
Land
Back from the dead: 10 Australian animals once thought extinct
Australia is known for its iconic flora and fauna. It also has a remarkable reputation as a place where animals believed to be extinct – sometimes for more than a century – have been rediscovered.
Flora & Fauna
It’s not easy being green
As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.