Category: Wildlife
Wildlife
The adorable marsupial surviving against all odds
Here’s some good news about Australia’s ridiculously cute burrowing bettongs, also known as boodies.
Wildlife
OPINION: Radical overhaul needed to halt Earth’s sixth great extinction event
The jury is in and the debate is over: Earth’s sixth great extinction has arrived.
Wildlife
Aussie artist brings animals and birds to life with beautiful detailed portraits
Sydney-based artist Janet Luxton says she hopes to portray the diversity and individuality of her subjects through these detailed painted portraits.
Wildlife
Some of the world’s strangest species could vanish before they’re discovered
The organisms that we’re now discovering are often more hidden and more difficult to catch than ever before.
Video
Reader video: Huntsman eating another spider
Extraordinary close-up footage of an Australian huntsman eating another spider.
Wildlife
The dumpy frog
Also known as the smiley tree frog or simply the Australian green tree frog, there are many reasons to love them.
Wildlife
GALLERY: Raptor rehab
IN THE NSW SOUTHERN Highlands, Peggy McDonald has helped run the Australian Raptor Care & Conservation Centre since it was founded in April 2015. The 17ha property rehabilitates injured birds, mostly birds of prey, with the aim to return them to the wild. All photography by Esther Beaton. Read more about Peggy’s life-long passion for wildlife and how she co-founded the centre in AG#135, out now.
Wildlife
GALLERY: Deadly Oceans
Take a tour of the world’s deadliest sea creatures with these amazing images from Deadly Oceans: In Search Of The Deadliest Sea Creatures, a new book by conservation-led underwater photographers, biologists and journalists, Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown. Some of them might surprise you!
Wildlife
The secret life of echidnas reveals a world-class digger vital to our ecosystems
New technology reveals that digging echidnas play a crucial role in Australia’s ecosystems.