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Watch a king brown snake take its first breath
Amazing footage of a newborn king brown snake hatching and taking its first breath.
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Wildlife
Where the wild horses are
Historic icon, convenient resource or environmental vandal – brumbies are both revered and reviled across our continent.
History & Culture
15 amazing Australian women you should know about
From holding the record for tennis Grand Slam wins for both men and women to being top of the Gestapo’s most-wanted list, these Australian women did some mighty impressive things against all odds, and their stories will inspire and warm your heart.
History & Culture
40 years of the ‘modern’ Welcome to Country
An indigenous Australian tradition millennia-old, Welcome to Country’s mainstream popularity began to snowball 40 years ago.
Science & Environment
Grub’s up!
Eating insects is growing in popularity. Are they just a trendy addition to city restaurants, or might they be the solution to feeding the planet’s burgeoning population?
Wildlife
The birds we love to hate
Why we ‘hate’ certain birds – and why their behaviour might be our fault.
Wildlife
Australia’s mysterious hybrid bird
How often do birds mistakenly mate with other species? That is a question arising from sightings in recent years – the first for well over a century – of Australia’s most mysterious bird, Rawnsley’s bowerbird.
Wildlife
VIDEO: Catching whale ‘blows’
A team of Queensland scientists is using innovative methods to investigate the success of Australia’s humpback whale populations.
Wildlife
VIDEO: Humphrey the baby rhino crashes onto the scene
A baby white rhino has joined the rest of its herd, or ‘crash’, at Australia Zoo.
History & Culture
12 books every Australian should read
Take a literary journey to the interior with these 12 must-read Australian books, representing a cross section of Australian literature, meditating on landscape, history and what makes us Australian.