Nature & Wildlife
How to rebuild a platypus population
An innovative collaboration between field biologists and zoo vets could be the saviour of one of Australia’s most recognisable mammals.
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Nature & Wildlife
Braying for love
Come and chase the ghosts of ‘gun packers’ across the rugged hinterland west of Cairns, on Australia’s only commercial donkey trek.
Nature & Wildlife
Aussie fairy-wrens learn while still inside their eggs
An Adelaide-led study has cracked the mystery of how and when some bird species start learning to sing.
History & Culture
Stories told by Aboriginal Tasmanians could be oldest recorded in the world
First Nations people in Lutruwita/Tasmania have been sharing their stories for more than 12,000 years, new research has found.
History & Culture
Explainer: Australia has voted against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Here’s what happened, and what happens next
The majority of Australian voters have rejected the proposal to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament.
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‘Naked rower’ Tom Robinson speaks about 14-hour ordeal stranded at sea
Dubbed ‘the naked rower’ by mainstream media after being found by a cruise ship clinging naked to his upturned rowboat, Tom Robinson says he achieved everything he wanted to achieve on his journey, despite missing out on his planned world record.
Nature & Wildlife
Museum staff discover hundreds of mammals glow under UV light
Did you know that some mammals glow when exposed to UV light, and it’s not just a handful of the warm-blooded critters?
Nature & Wildlife
New major threat to Reef discovered by scientists
Scientists have identified a major new threat to the Great Barrier Reef – invisible groundwater flows delivering nutrients at harmful levels.
Nature & Wildlife
Organisms without brains can learn, study finds
What does it mean to be a thinking creature?
Nature & Wildlife
Surveys confirm long-term decline of Reef’s dugongs
A long-running program that monitors dugong numbers off Queensland has identified a clear, long-term decline over about half of the Great Barrier Reef.