New life for ancient predatory fish from the Red Centre
A bizarre large-fanged, air-breathing, lobe-finned fish that once swam in the rivers of central Australia has been described by Adelaide researchers.
A bizarre large-fanged, air-breathing, lobe-finned fish that once swam in the rivers of central Australia has been described by Adelaide researchers.
In places where we need to protect valuable plants – whether for ecological or economic reasons – local herbivores can cause significant damage.
Before Palmerston (modern-day Darwin) was founded in 1869, the British made four failed attempts to create a settlement on New Holland’s “unclaimed” northern coastline. The largest of these was Victoria Settlement, located about 200km north-east of Darwin, at Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula.
New experiences with First Nations people on Country are transforming “flop-and-drop” tourism in this tropical getaway.
Australia’s native rodents aren’t as beloved as our marsupials and mammals, and it might be to do with their ugly names.
The answer is ‘maybe’.
1967: Ronald Ryan is the last person legally executed in Australia.
Scientists have challenged the previous interpretations of the megalodon’s body shape.
What the world looks like differs from species to species. Now researchers have developed a way for us to see through the eyes of animals.
Many Australian birds are named after people. But with so many of these historical figures having direct – or indirect – links to violent colonialism, there’s a growing movement advocating for them to be renamed.