Nature & Wildlife
Don’t miss tonight’s conjunction of Venus and Mars in the evening sky
This evening, Venus and Mars will appear so close together, you can spot them with a pair of binoculars or a telescope.
Nature & Wildlife
Humpback whales: Five things you may not know
Expand your knowledge of humpback whales with these five amazing facts.
Biodiversity
Tasmanian devils: four things you may not know
Tasmanian devils are among Australia’s most beloved animals. Here are some not-so-often sighted facts about them.
Nature & Wildlife
An evolutionary explanation for why we see faces in everything
A University of Sydney study has looked at the phenomenon of face pareidolia, or seeing faces in inanimate objects.
Adventure
The Last Great First
They’re about to attempt something no-one’s ever done before – 2600km in 110 days across Antarctica. Would you dare?
Nature & Wildlife
Inside Australia’s first mobile veterinary hospital
Australia’s first fully mobile veterinary hospital for wildlife is ready to hit the road at a moment’s notice.
Nature & Wildlife
Bull sharks: fact from fiction
Bull sharks are known as the strongest, most aggressive and dangerous shark in our waters. Here, we analyse what’s fact and what’s fiction.
Nature & Wildlife
A guide to the sea snakes of Australia
Australia has an abundance of true sea snakes, with about half of the 70 or so named species found here. They have evolved to fill a wide variety of niches, and although many are not yet listed as endangered, populations are declining.
Australian Geographic Adventure
Project Blizzard: An ‘old’ mountain bike gains a second life on the trails
Take a 10-year-old steel MTB frame, add a rider disillusioned with the all the tech around a sport that is far from complicated at its core, and this trail-ripping hardtail is the result.
Nature & Wildlife
The plight of the numbat
Extinction came close twice late last century for Western Australia’s faunal emblem, the numbat. Now this still endangered and enchanting little marsupial is slowly making a comeback, even to parts of eastern Australia where it hasn’t been seen for many decades.