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A guide to helping our native animals with the heat this summer

While we enjoy the summer holidays – returning to our air-conditioned abodes when it gets too much – our native animals, especially our koalas and birds, can find it difficult to cope with the sweltering heat and limited water sources. Here’s how you can help them out this summer.

Wildlife

The wallaby with a purple neck

For a long time after it was first discovered back in 1924 it was assumed that the purple-necked rock-wallabies purple colouration came from encounters with rocks or vegetation.

Wildlife

GALLERY: Ken Drake’s animal portraiture

In this gallery made up of images from his new book All Animal Beings, esteemed animal photographer Ken Drake explores the animals we know and love through his lense. Ken Drake and wife Beck established Zoo Studio in 2006, specialising in animal art photography. Ken’s understanding of animal manners, body language and knowing how to bring out the best in his furry subjects, is what sets Zoo Studios apart.

Wildlife

North Queensland’s big blue earthworms

You may never have heard of the Terriswalkeris terraereginae, a giant blue earthworm living deep in the moist soils of tropical north Queensland, but it’s the prettiest worm you’ll ever see.