Nature & Wildlife
Biggest budgie flocks in a decade
As boom time ends for outback budgies, flocks up to 60,000 strong are congregating on water bodies.
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Nature & Wildlife
Extinct wombat climbed trees like a koala
Fossils have shed light on a wombat-like creature that once lived in Australia’s rainforest canopies.
Nature & Wildlife
Fairy-wrens teach babies password call for food
Unhatched fairy-wrens learn a unique call so they can be identified by their mother, research says.
News
Clouds part for 2012 solar eclipse in Queensland
The clouds in far-north Queensland parted just in time for a view of the total solar eclipse.
Nature & Wildlife
Flatback turtles filmed underwater for first time
The first ever professional underwater shots of flatback turtles have been captured off the northern coast of WA.
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Gallery: First film of flatback turtles underwater
The first ever professional underwater shots of flatback turtles have been captured off the northern coast of WA.
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Australian wattles choking South Africa
The promotion of wattle planting by aid agencies is threatening South Africa’s water supply, a researcher says.
History & Culture
Tasmanian Aboriginal people had many dialects
New research suggests there were more than a dozen different Aboriginal language groups in Tasmania.
News
Aussie adventurers sail the Northwest Passage
Australian Geographic Young Adventurer of the Year, Chris Bray and partner Jess have sailed the Northwest Passage.
Nature & Wildlife
Sea lions: how they beat the bends
Scientists have shed light on a mystery: how diving mammals hunt the depths for food without getting the bends.