Category: News

News

Shark bytes: This historical dataset could help scientists better understand sharks

For the first time, the longest-running historical record of human-shark interactions in Australia is now accessible online. This follows a growing trend to make scientific datasets accessible, maximising the use and impact of the data. Taronga’s Australian Shark-Incident Database (ASID) describes more than 1000 shark-human interactions that have occurred in Australia over the past 230 years.

News

NAIDOC Week 2022: 7 podcasts for 7 days

Australian Geographic has long celebrated and shared the stories of First Nations people and their communities. Here are seven enthralling conversations with thought leaders from our Talking Australia podcast.

History & Culture

This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago

Long ago, almost up until the end of the last ice age, a peculiar giant kangaroo roamed the mountainous rainforests of New Guinea.

News

Sounds of Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover, accompanied by a helicopter drone called Ingenuity, is seeking geological evidence of past life on Mars.

History & Culture

Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science

Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term solutions from politicians and researchers.

Nature & Wildlife

Trouble in paradise for Lord Howe Island’s shearwaters

Failing fledglings in a seabird colony on a subtropical island in the South Pacific could be a sign of a growing global disaster…and it has nothing to do with climate change.

News

Jaimen Hudson: the ultimate optimist

Despite a devastating accident that left him in a wheelchair, this nature photographer remains one of the most positive and inspirational humans you’re likely to meet.

History & Culture

High Country heroes

Devoted volunteers are keeping Australia’s alpine huts standing as havens for outdoor adventurers against harsh mountain weather.

Nature & Wildlife

Scientists track 77 species for up to 60 years to try to reveal the secrets of long life

Ever wondered about the secret to a long life? Perhaps understanding the lifespans of other animals with backbones (or “vertebrates”) might help us unlock this mystery.

Nature & Wildlife

Five incredible facts about the paper nautilus

It turns out the paper nautilus is not a nautilus at all.