Nature & Wildlife
Postcards from Lightning Ridge
The first week of the Australian Opal Centre and Australian Geographic fossil dig at Lightning Ridge has unearthed plenty of fossils and opals.
Astronomy with Kirsten Banks
Dreaming big: National Science Week with Kirsten Banks
Meet Kirsten Banks, Indigenous astronomer and the newest member of our AG family. Over the coming months she’ll be sharing her knowledge of space from an Aboriginal perspective.
Nature & Wildlife
Scientists have invented a way to save a little Australian bird from a blood-sucking maggot
The endangered forty-spotted pardalote is preyed upon by a parasitic fly the moment it hatches. But now, scientists have invented a crafty way to protect hatchlings.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The head-stacking caterpillar wears its old heads as a hat
Wearing a vertically inclined conga line of decapitated heads as a hat is just so metal.
History & Culture
Back to the Moon: Australia’s mining expertise at forefront of new era of space exploration
Australia’s mining expertise is at the forefront of a new era of space exploration that’s looking to the Moon and beyond.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Orchid mantis babies are strange little aliens
Like baby xenomorphs lurking menacingly in the crawl space, orchid mantis babies are feisty little critters that sure can hold their own.
Nature & Wildlife
An intimate look at the challenges of caring for wildlife amid a pandemic
Meet wombat joeys Beatrice, Bronson and Landon: few babies have had such a tough start to life as these three.
Nature & Wildlife
It’s official: Australia is home to a fly named after Deadpool
Over the past year, CSIRO has given scientific names to 165 new species.
News
Highest ice dome on the Antarctic Plateau best place to view stars
A chilly, but superb place to observe stars.
Nature & Wildlife
The mystery of the Top End’s vanishing wildlife
Exactly why the Top End’s mammals have declined so severely has long been unknown, leaving scientists and conservation managers at a loss.