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Science & Environment
Gallery: The world’s greatest palaeoart
‘Dinosaur Art: The world’s greatest paleoart’, from Titan books, collects together truly incredible illustrations of long-gone species.
Science & Environment
Q&A: The world’s greatest palaeoart
Two of the world’s top palaeontological and dinosaur illustrators talk about their craft.
History & Culture
Gallery: Australia’s iconic postage stamps
Since the first postage stamp was used in Australia in 1850 philately has grown to become one of Australia’s favourite hobbies. Read more in #120 of Australian Geographic magazine.
History & Culture
Fighting for the Franklin: archive footage
SEVEN YEARS OF campaigning to save the Franklin River from a similar fate to that of Lake Pedder culminated in the 1982 -blockade at Warner’s Landing, in which 1300 people were arrested. Domestic and international focus on the campaign grew as popular celebrities including Sir Yehudi Menuhin, -Barry Humphries, Eartha Kitt, Claudio and Lesley Alcorso,… View Article
History & Culture
Gallery: Celebrating PNG’s first conservation area
An AGS-funded team is collaborating with locals to protect the wildlife of PNG’s first major conservation area. Read the full story in Australian Geographic magazine #120.
History & Culture
Celebrating PNG’s first conservation area
The people of the YUS region of PNG celebrate the creation of PNG’s first conservation area.
Science & Environment
How Google helped find a lost world
Julian Bayliss found the lost forest of Mount Mabu in Africa with the help of Google tools
Wildlife
Humpback whales: behind the scenes
Get up close and personal with some of the ocean’s amazing animals
Wildlife
Gallery: Tolga Bat Hospital
The Tolga Bat Hospital has grown in a sprawling fashion from what was once simply Jenny Maclean’s brick home. In the mid-1980s, a localised problem of bats coming into contact with native paralysis ticks was noticed on the Atherton Tablelands, 50km south-west of Cairns. Jenny’s team of volunteers deals with about 1200 affected flying-foxes each year. Read the full story in Australian Geographic magazine #120.