Nature & Wildlife
Inside Australia’s first mobile veterinary hospital
Australia’s first fully mobile veterinary hospital for wildlife is ready to hit the road at a moment’s notice.
Nature & Wildlife
Bull sharks: fact from fiction
Bull sharks are known as the strongest, most aggressive and dangerous shark in our waters. Here, we analyse what’s fact and what’s fiction.
Nature & Wildlife
A guide to the sea snakes of Australia
Australia has an abundance of true sea snakes, with about half of the 70 or so named species found here. They have evolved to fill a wide variety of niches, and although many are not yet listed as endangered, populations are declining.
Australian Geographic Adventure
Project Blizzard: An ‘old’ mountain bike gains a second life on the trails
Take a 10-year-old steel MTB frame, add a rider disillusioned with the all the tech around a sport that is far from complicated at its core, and this trail-ripping hardtail is the result.
Nature & Wildlife
The plight of the numbat
Extinction came close twice late last century for Western Australia’s faunal emblem, the numbat. Now this still endangered and enchanting little marsupial is slowly making a comeback, even to parts of eastern Australia where it hasn’t been seen for many decades.
Nature & Wildlife
The weird world of Australian sea snakes
New sea snake research is revealing the remarkable adaptations that equip these reptiles for life in the ocean.
Nature & Wildlife
Megalodon: Fact from fiction
There are lots of myths surrounding the megalodon, the biggest predatory shark in the world. Here, we sort fact from fiction.
Adventure
Mt Anne Circuit: Tassie’s epic four-day trek
This four-day trek in Tassie’s rugged southwest is the ultimate short escape into a truly wild world.
Nature & Wildlife
‘There’s hope’: Fighting for the future of the red handfish
Scientists are working hard to ensure the red handfish has a future. They hope a new captive-rearing program is the answer.