About 40 per cent of the rubbish collected during last years’ Clean Up Australia Day was plastic – a total of 6400 tonnes. It has adverse impacts on the environment, our health and our society, but there are a number of things you can do to reduce your usage. And you don’t have to completely avoid it either – just make sustainable choices, opting for reusable plastic products.
Otherwise known as Australia’s zebra finch. Only the great tit of Eurasia is more studied.
As Australian industries grow increasingly concerned with conservation, scientists, government agencies, and companies are turning to Aboriginal Australians for their ancient knowledge of living on and with the land. Drawing on ancient traditions, Indigenous communities are providing innovative solutions in farming, healthcare, land management, and conservation. Read more about Australia’s Indigenous innovators in AG#132, out now.
Grunting, growling, hissing, screeching: if your home is making these noises, you probably have possums.
Everything you need to know about the 10 deserts that make up almost a fifth of Australia.
An interview with expert David Wells about the tenacious brush turkey, which is making a comeback in suburbs up and down Australia’s east coast.
David Suzuki – and science – wants you to get outside.
For centuries, the fossil remains of back-boned animals were studied primarily from their hardened bones. Now palaeontologists can study the softer side of these ancient creatures.
Poos come in many different shapes and sizes, but the wombat is unique for its cube-shaped excrement.
A group of numbat lovers has come to the rare marsupial’s rescue in a pocket of south-western WA.