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History & Culture

When birds became cool

Many Australians discovered the country’s extraordinary birds during COVID. They’d always been there, but it seems we were often too busy to notice.

Australian Geographic Adventure

Keep it clean: The ultimate guide to outdoor water filtration systems

Here’s the low-down on water filtration and purification systems to keep you healthy and safe on your next outdoor adventure.

Biodiversity

Celebrating Australia’s merry, once-misunderstood native mistletoe

Once considered a ‘nasty’ parasite, Australia’s mistletoe is now hailed as a solution to biodiversity loss.

Nature & Wildlife

OPINION: Negativity won’t help Antarctica

The frozen continent, and the treaty that protects it, have been in the news frequently of late – but for all the wrong reasons, argues ecologist and conservation biologist Professor Steven L Chown.

Land

Secret possum refuge

A radical plan is helping a tiny mammal – the mountain pygmy-possum– beat extinction.

AG Society

Bug Hunt: Let’s unite to save the tiny creatures who keep our country thriving

Introducing Bug Hunt and Bugs in My Backyard Week – two ambitious citizen-science programs, led by the Invasive Species Council, that are rewriting the rules of biosecurity by enlisting the energy, curiosity and collective power of everyday Aussies.