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.
Category: Land
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.
Biodiversity
Reaching the summit: How Australia united to save the bilby
It’s 10 years since the first Greater Bilby Recovery Summit brought together 39 individuals representing 29 separate stakeholder groups, united in the fight to prevent the demise of this charismatic denizen of the Australian outback.
Land
A $13 billion, 30-year flop: Landmark report argues stark failure to halt Murray-Darling river system decline
Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, researchers argue.
Biodiversity
Unbearable loss: Our koalas are endangered
Thousands of koalas were killed in the 2019/20 bushfire emergency, but keeping the species from extinction is more than just a numbers game.
Biodiversity
Bogs are beautiful
The word ‘bog’ doesn’t exactly evoke the most ideal mental imagery, but bogs are, in fact, extremely idyllic.
Land
Jungle royalty: The enigmatic cassowary
Australia’s cassowaries aren’t as rare as we thought, but there’s still much to discover about these enigmatic rainforest birds.