Nature & Wildlife
The K’gari-Fraser Island bushfire has been catastrophic. What’s the damage?
A fire of this magnitude will alter the ecological balance on the island. Here’s why.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Robin redbreasts are belligerent Christmas bullies
How can something so adorable be so pugnacious. Just look at that face. So sweet. So unassuming. So ready for robin-on-robin warfare.
Nature & Wildlife
Tiny pygmy possum found on Kangaroo Island, despite concerns that bushfires had wiped them out
Great news for the pygmy possums of Kangaroo Island.
Nature & Wildlife
The Black Summer fires took their toll on the platypus
A new study has found that the bushfires may have caused a two per cent decline in platypus populations as the fires razed their habitat.
Nature & Wildlife
Koalas badly burned in Victorian bushfires finally return home following recovery
Fourteen koalas injured during last summer’s devastating Victorian bushfires have finally returned home.
Nature & Wildlife
Ecologists capture rare image of critically endangered parrot
The western ground parrot is rarely seen, so, when images such as this emerge, ecologists become hopeful for the species.
Nature & Wildlife
A new croc app is set to make Queensland waterways safer
The new Qwildlife app will show the size and location of Queensland crocs.
Nature & Wildlife
Meet the ‘frankenprawn’, an ancient deep sea monster that had incredible vision
Ancient deep sea monsters called radiodonts had incredible vision that likely drove an evolutionary arms race.
Nature & Wildlife
Great Barrier Reef assessed as having ‘critical conservation outlook’ by IUCN
Rising temperatures, shrinking glaciers, wildfires and droughts are now the biggest danger to Earth’s natural heritage sites including the Great Barrier Reef.
History & Culture
‘Nice and clean’: Not all blackened landscapes are bad
Scientists implore us to rethink the notion of a blackened landscape and embrace the positive qualities of contained fires.