History & Culture
Mapping Aboriginal knowledge of the bush
Indigenous insights into Australia’s landscape are being documented by the CSIRO.
Category: News
Nature & Wildlife
Two new lizards discovered in Queensland
Two new species of brightly-coloured rainbow skink have been identified by experts.
History & Culture
Did mega-drought destroy Aboriginal culture?
A new study suggests that ancient Kimberley rock art may record the demise of a local Aboriginal culture.
News
Year in events: Top 10 news stories of 2012
From a prehistoric gun to plants that can talk, relive the year that was through our top news headlines.
Nature & Wildlife
Parrot mimics for bird-to-bird conversation
Parrots in Costa Rica mimic each other’s distinct calls to communicate, study finds.
Biodiversity
Rare white kiwi bird hatches in NZ
A white kiwi, only the third of its kind in captivity, has hatched at a nature reserve on NZ’s North Island.
News
Genetic diversity gives hope to Tassie devils
A new addition provides genetic diversity to the Devil Ark insurance population.
News
$4 million endowment for rock art research
A new focus on Kimberley rock art aims to uncover secrets about Australia’s earliest inhabitants.
Nature & Wildlife
Biggest budgie flocks in a decade
As boom time ends for outback budgies, flocks up to 60,000 strong are congregating on water bodies.
Nature & Wildlife
Extinct wombat climbed trees like a koala
Fossils have shed light on a wombat-like creature that once lived in Australia’s rainforest canopies.