Category: Wildlife

Wildlife

A whale’s varied vocabulary

Wop, thwop… Australian researchers have found that whale ‘conversations’ are surprisingly varied.

Wildlife

Relocated quolls thrive offshore

Island arks saved a growing population of Top End quolls from death by toad.

Wildlife

Hanging out in the African highlands with gelada baboons

A captive monkey is rescued and released into the remote and beautiful mountains of northern Ethiopia.

Wildlife

Horny beetles battle for dung

Competition between horned female dung beetles promotes evolution in their weaponry, a study has shown.

Wildlife

Dingoes skilled at reading human gestures

The ability of wild dingoes to react to social cues from humans sets them apart from wolves in the smarts department, a new study shows.

Wildlife

AIDS-like virus new threat to koala

A virus that may weaken the immune system of koalas, similar to HIV in humans, is a new “wild card” among threats facing the species and nearly all koalas in Queensland could already be infected.

Wildlife

A bird in the hand

We quizzed Erin, a bird trainer, about rehabilitating an injured peregrine falcon.

Wildlife

Tasmanian devils: Devil coast

In the desperate race to stop a new cancer from wiping out Tasmanian devils, an expedition financed by an Australian Geographic Society fundraiser has found cause for hope on a remote, windswept coast.

Wildlife

Cryptic creatures: the art of camouflage

Many of Australia’s seemingly defenceless creatures employ ingenious methods to hide – and seek – in plain view.

Wildlife

Hanging with flying foxes

Despite their vulnerable status, grey-headed flying-foxes in regional NSW outnumber the 2900 residents 27 to one.