Outcast: the plight of the dingo
Pest or endangered species? Villain or environmental saviour? The dingo, Australia’s ‘native’ dog, often finds itself in no-man’s land.
Pest or endangered species? Villain or environmental saviour? The dingo, Australia’s ‘native’ dog, often finds itself in no-man’s land.
Some Australian fruits are called ‘megafauna fruits’ because the only animals capable of eating them and spreading the seeds are extinct.
Small animals are the fabric of the world around us. Without them everything would crumble.
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Quolls are some of Australasia’s feistiest carnivorous mammals.
Once thought to be extinct, the pygmy bluetongue is today rarely seen except by experts with fishing rods.
Tasmania is renowned for its incredible nature and wildlife, so it’s no surprise the island state’s capital city is a birdwatchers’ paradise.
Lifeguards could potentially have a new ally in the fight to reduce shark incidents: drones that can spot when a shark swims nearby, and automatically alert authorities.
Low-down on the funnel-web spider – and how an evolutionary accident made it one of the most dangerous spiders on Earth, able to kill a human in 15 minutes.
Sydney may be known for bin-scrounging ibis and bobble-headed pigeons, but there’s more diverse birdlife in this metropolis than many probably realise.