Celebrity-inspired scientific names
From Darthvaderum to Aphonopelma johnnycashi – sometimes scientists like to have a bit of fun when naming new species.
From Darthvaderum to Aphonopelma johnnycashi – sometimes scientists like to have a bit of fun when naming new species.
Twelve-year-old Jasper Lowenstein snapped photos of the snake-eat-snake incident in his backyard in Hobart, Tasmania.
AG wildlife photographer Gerry Pearce captured this dramatic photo series in Garigal National Park near Sydney.
Is providing birds with food and water making them too dependent? Or are gardens just the new frontier of Australia’s urban landscape? New research aims to find out.
They walk on their fins, and when they’re in a hurry they trot. Welcome to the strange world of handfishes.
Usually the butt of jokes and objects of revulsion, it’s time we started listening to the message of the Australian white ibis.
Australia’s ‘native’ dog, the dingo, is loved or loathed, depending on what side of the fence you’re on. To Indigenous people they are a revered totem; to graziers they are public enemy number one, while some scientists see them as an environmental saviour. Dingoes often find themselves in no-man’s land. Read more in Amanda Burdon’s feature on the place of the dingo in Australia – and see more of Jason Edward’s stunning shots – in AG#136.
They may look romantic, but coconut palms are an invasive weed that needs to be kept in check.
We are only just starting to appreciate the full sexual diversity of animals.
For a long time it was not believed that animals were even capable of feeling pain, let alone complex emotions. We now know that is far from the truth.