Science & Environment
It’s not easy being green
As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.
Category: Science & Environment
Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Time to plug holes in species conservation
To prevent extinctions, we need to start addressing the big gaps in our national threatened species list, argues Hugh Possingham, the Biodiversity Council’s Co-chief Councillor.
Photography
Red sprites: Photographing a rare phenomenon
Red sprites have been captured on camera in Western Australia’s Kimberley.
Science & Environment
Planktivores surprise scientists with diversity of shapes
For decades, experts believed that plankton-feeding fishes – or planktivores – share a specialised, uniform design. However, new research shows not only is this false, but they also display the widest range of body forms of any feeding group among reef fishes.
Science & Environment
Zombie ants found in Top End
Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country in the Northern Territory during a Bush Blitz expedition.
International
The Australian woman fighting to restore the world’s most biodiverse reef
Australian-born Lynn Lawrance is restoring Raja Ampat’s reefs, injecting fresh life into communities both underwater and on land.
History & Culture
A place of mists and shadows
Central to the identities of First Nations peoples and modern Melburnians, the Yarra River (Birrarung) is now legally recognised as a ‘living entity’.
Queensland
Reef revival
The Reef Sanctuary Pontoon on Lady Musgrave Island lagoon is revolutionising marine education.
Science & Environment
Big bush corridor
One of the world’s largest land rehabilitation projects is transforming paddocks into natural paradises in the south-west of Western Australia.
Science & Environment
Lyrebirds reveal hidden farming talents
Australian researchers have found superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature.