AG Society News
Sophie Matterson named the recipient of Nancy-Bird Walton sponsorship
Sophie Matterson won the sponsorship for her Coast to Coast project, a 5000km camel journey across Australia.
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Home again
The Swag Family (Nicola, Andrew, Hope and Wilfy Hughes) are now home, having completed their 14,011km, 350-day, tandem bike ride around Australia.
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Unlocking the secrets to dolphins’ risky feeding habits
Australian researchers have for the first time documented the unique risky feeding behaviour known as ‘strand feeding’ in Australian dolphins.
Fundraising
Help create a sanctuary for koalas
Make a difference. Please donate today. Funds raised will help save and support our koala population
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How your donations are helping our most vulnerable wildlife
While the fires may have eased in south-east Queensland, the work is ongoing for wildlife carers and their charges. Here’s how your donated funds are helping.
Fundraising
Australian Geographic Bushfire Support
Money from the fundraiser will be dispersed to support wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, habitat restoration and communities devastated by the fires.
Fundraising
Help save the glossy-black cockatoo
Glossy black-cockatoos face a tough future. Listed as vulnerable in NSW, the species has specialist dietary and nesting needs, eating only the cones of a few species of she-oak and nesting exclusively in the hollows of old-growth gums. Habitat loss has reduced both resources.
Awards
Devilish behaviour
Victor Vescovo meets the Tassie devil, and a snuggle of irresistible baby bandicoots.
Awards
In pictures: 2019 Australian Geographic Gala Awards
On Friday, 1 November 2019, we toasted the achievements of some of Australia’s greatest conservationists and adventurers at the annual Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards night in Sydney, with special guest Victor Vescovo.