News
Meet Nemo, a new species of peacock spider
Maratus Nemo was discovered by a citizen scientist in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Category: Wildlife
Destinations
Discovering Australia’s great rocks, home to wildlife aplenty
Bound by sea and shaped by the elements, Australia’s geological formations are spectacular and provide habitat for a wealth of native wildlife.
News
Orca mega-pod hunt & kill blue whale: watch the video
Up to 80 killer whales hunt and kill planet’s biggest animal off Bremer Bay, WA. It’s only the third time this behaviour has ever been witnessed worldwide.
News
Why do wombats have cube-shaped poo? Scientists may have solved the mystery
An international study has shed further light on how wombats produce distinctive cube-shaped poo.
Science and Environment
Unlike other reptiles, the Cunningham’s skink risks its own life to defend its young
Scientists have captured rare footage of a mother skink fighting a deadly brown snake to protect her babies.
News
The truth behind heroic wombats
Tales of wombat ‘heroes’ have gone viral. Unfortunately, they’re not true
News
A season in hell: bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction
Images of desperate, singed koalas in blackened landscapes have come to symbolise the damage to nature this bushfire season. Such imagery has catalysed global concern, but the toll on biodiversity is much more pervasive.
Best of Australia
Christmas & Cocos Islands: a close-knit community
There’s a melting pot of traditions on these islands and the result is a close-knit community.