Nature & Wildlife
Flying high: pleasure-seeking parrots pick pungent chemicals
Whether medicinal, hygienic or recreational, birds have been observed utilising highly aromatic plants and insects.
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Nature & Wildlife
Sex, stress and fertility in Australian wildlife
Hormones are driving a radical new approach to fighting the country’s extinction crisis.
Nature & Wildlife
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Unlikely animal friendships
Why do we love to see unlikely animal friendships? A psychology expert explains.
Nature & Wildlife
What’s that in my nest? How parasitic relationships create new species
How do new species arise? And why are there so many of them? One possible reason is the arms race between animals such as predators and parasites, and the victims they exploit.
Nature & Wildlife
Give me sun, give me sea, give me cetaceans
From July to October, join Australia’s premier whale and dolphin experts on a voyage of adventure and citizen science in Queensland’s idyllic Hervey Bay.
Nature & Wildlife
A guide to the flying-foxes of Australia
Australia’s flying-foxes are vital pollinators of our flowering forests and a raft of species, humans included, rely on that.
Biodiversity
OPINION: The real natural history of our tall, wet forests
History and science reveal the true story of mountain ash forests and should inform best management practice for these crucial ecosystems.
Nature & Wildlife
Is the ‘echidnapus’ the Rosetta Stone of early mammal evolution?
The chance discovery of a long-forgotten tray of fossils in the collections of the Australian Museum has highlighted a previously unknown “Age of Monotremes” that thrived while dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
Nature & Wildlife
In search of our mysterious painted-snipe
As one of our most elusive birds, the endangered Australian painted-snipe is a must-see on every serious birdwatcher’s list.
Nature & Wildlife
Wombat burrows provide refuge from fires
A new study has found wildlife use wombat burrows for vital shelter, food and even drinking water, during and after a bushfire.