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The beauty and scourge of Tasmania’s mining industry

Tasmania’s clean and green image is being put under the spotlight with Entropy 1, a collection of images from Tasmanian photographer Isla MacGregor, who’s had a 30-year fascination with the ‘conflicted zones’ of Tasmania’s West Coast. Isla’s images show how the uncontrolled mining of our past has left a weird and ravaged landscape and these images are beautiful and perverse at the same time. Her aim has been to bring another “truth to the art of photography of the Tasmanian landscape and the collision between human activities and our ecology.”

Science & Environment

Timelapse of night skies over Siding Springs Observatory

The Australian National University’s Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, is home to some of the countries most breathtaking skies.

Wildlife

Derwent River sea star

Known in just five areas along the Derwent River in Tasmania, this small sea star is failing to compete against introduced species

Science & Environment

Australia’s Nobel Prize Laureate list

Australia’s laureates have been illustrious, ranging from the man recognised for discovering that the universe is rapidly expanding to another lauded for drinking a bacteria cocktail. As far back as 1915 we laid claim to one of the youngest ever Nobel Laureates, 25-year-old Lawrence Bragg. So far Australia has played a part in producing 15 Nobel Prize winners, all brilliant and, often, unexpected.

Wildlife

Protecting the grey nurse shark

Saving Australia’s grey nurse shark is a major challenge, requiring community cooperation and ongoing research.

Wildlife

GALLERY: Protecting the grey nurse shark

Photographer Justin Gilligan has spent many years capturing images of grey nurse sharks and lobbying for their conservation.

Wildlife

The world in macro

Featured in a photographic competition hosted by Photocrowd.com, these macro images showcase the stunning natural world of insects, bugs and plant life, bringing the world around us into a close-up view.

Science & Environment

Arctic and Antarctic images that will leave you breathless

The Global Arctic Awards is a international photography competition that gathers together some of the year’s most spectacular Arctic and Antarctic shots. Photographers from 30 countries participated in the latest competition, with Norwegian photographer Audun Rikardsen taking out the Arctic Photographer of the Year prize. From the glow of the aurora borealis to the symmetry of polar bears bonding, this year’s winning images show off the sheer magnificence of some of the harshest environments on Earth.