Science & Environment
Top 10 secrets to saving the planet in your neighbourhood
It’s one thing to have a host of bright ideas, the real challenge is putting them into practice. That’s where Your Life Your Planet shines brightly.
Category: Science & Environment
Science & Environment
Number of shark and rays falls by more than 70 per cent in 50 years
New research conducted with the help of Australian scientists has found oceanic shark and ray numbers have dropped more than 70 per cent in 50 years.
History & Culture
Turning toxins to therapies: the wild world of researching venom
From deadly snakes and spiders to the box jellyfish and blue-ringed octopus, Australia’s legendary range of venomous creatures is being celebrated as a potentially rich source of new drugs and disease treatments.
Science & Environment
A guide to Australia’s adorable pygmy-possums
Pygmy-possums are arguably Australia’s most adorable marsupials, with their curly tails and soft-looking bellies. Here’s your chance to get to know them better.
Science & Environment
The wandering sea anemone is the tumbleweed of the ocean
You may have come across a wandering sea anemone washed ashore, leaving you thinking, “what on Earth was that jiggling ball of baked beans?”
Science & Environment
The road to saving Australia’s regent honeyeaters
The world watches with bated breath as the future of one of our most endangered birds hangs in the balance.
News
An extinct Tasmanian crayfish has been re-discovered
A little-known type of burrowing crayfish thought to be extinct has been spotted by environmental scientists in steep creeks in Tasmania’s rugged west.
News
Researchers decode Aussie lungfish genome
German and Austrian biologists say they have cracked the genetic code of the Australian lungfish, which is considered to be a “living fossil”.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
How you can view the ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter and Saturn meet in the sky for a great conjunction approximately once every 20 years at varying distances and we get to see that on December 21st.
News
Winning images from our Nature Photographer of the Year competition from the last decade
Entries are about to open for the 2021 competition. So, here, we look back on the winning images from the past decade.