Category: Nature & Wildlife

Nature & Wildlife

The battle to save Australia’s ultra rare grumpy fish

A grumpy looking Tasmanian fish with flashy Broadway features is the poster child for an extraordinary battle against extinction.

Nature & Wildlife

Victoria has rediscovered a dragon – how do we secure its future?

The Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla), not seen since 1969, has been found in grasslands west of Melbourne. No need to fear this dragon, though; these lizards are just 15cm long fully grown.

Nature & Wildlife

Endangered fairy-wrens survive Kimberley floods

Four months since extreme floods swept through their habitat, a group of purple-crowned fairy-wrens have been found alive and well.

Nature & Wildlife

Aussie dragon thought to be extinct rediscovered in Victoria

The discovery has conservationists and nature-lovers buzzing.

Climate

Landslide vote: 97% of us want extinctions stopped and 72% want more spent on the environment

Most Australians (97%) want more action to protect nature, even if they don’t know the full extent of the biodiversity crisis. That’s the startling finding emerging from a national survey of 4000 voters.

Creatura with Bec Crew

Hydrosaurus lizards look like old-timey dinosaurs

Remember, back in the day, when all of our dinosaur toys looked like this beautifully posed Hydrosaurus lizard?

Biodiversity

‘Power of voluntourism’: How Fitzroy Island’s green sea turtles are reaping the benefits

A Great Barrier Reef citizen science program is embracing the eagerness of environmentally conscious travellers by enabling them to play marine biologist for a day.

Nature & Wildlife

There’s a new stink bug in town, and he’s hella horny

New to science, this stink bug is the size of a pea and has huge curved horns and bright yellow tusks.

Nature & Wildlife

Meet the biggest and most bizarre skink ever found in Australia

Many of the giant marsupials and birds that roamed ancient Australia had vanished by 40,000 years ago.

Nature & Wildlife

Designer digs: Architecture students create homes for native wildlife

Something spectacular is happening in Tasmania’s Midlands.